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Updated Nov. 14, 2003, 4:37 p.m. ET

Moussaoui will not be able to represent self at anti-terror trial

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge Friday revoked the right of al-Qaida defendant Zacarias Moussaoui to represent himself in the only case arising from the Sept. 11 attacks.

U.S. District Judge Leonie Brinkema said Moussaoui's latest motions "include contemptuous language that would never be tolerated from an attorney, and will no longer be tolerated from this defendant."

The judge had warned Moussaoui last week that she would no longer tolerate motions that insulted her and attorneys or seemed to be attempts to contact al-Qaida sympathizers.

Brinkema named Moussaoui's court-appointed defense team to represent him. While Moussaoui has refused to cooperate with them, the lawyers have been filing motions on his behalf.

 


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