Terror planners considered Moussaoui 'not right in the head'

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ALEXANDRIA, United States (AFP) — Leading Islamic militants had doubts about the stability of Zacarias Moussaoui and denied he was a key Al-Qaeda player in testimony aired at his death penalty trial, a day after his claim of a major role in the September 11 attacks.

Defence lawyers used testimony from Indonesian militant Hambali and Al-Qaeda facilitator Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawasawi to try to knock down suggestions that Moussaoui was a key plotter.

"Hambali described Moussaoui as very troubled, not right in the head and having a bad character," said a summary of interrogations of the key leader in the Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) extremist network in Indonesia.

Moussaoui thought JI "was sitting around reading the Koran rather than planning operations," according to...