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Quick Guide & Transcript: Moussaoui sentenced to life, Week in Review
RELATEDCNN STUDENT NEWS(CNN Student News) -- May 5, 2006 Quick GuideMoussaoui Sentenced - Hear what could be the last public words of an al Qaeda conspirator. Plugged into Terror - Understand how the Internet has become a tool for terrorists. Week in Review - Review headlines about immigration rallies and a school soda shutdown. TranscriptTHIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. DANIELLE ELIAS, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: You've made it to Friday! Welcome to CNN Student News. I'm Danielle Elias. Al Qaeda conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui might have just spoken his last public words. Hear what they were, and find out where he'll be locked down. Your next school-bought soda could be your last. Review the reasons why some groups want soft drinks kicked off campus. And maybe it looks better than your lunch. But a lot of folks would lose their appetites when they heard the price of this swanky sandwich! First Up: Moussaoui Sentenced ELIAS: Zacarias Moussaoui is heading to the toughest maximum security prison in the country. The 38-year-old al Qaeda member was the first September 11th conspirator to stand trial in the U.S. And he'll be locked down in the same Colorado facility as several other convicted terrorists. At Moussaoui's sentencing yesterday, he heard from some family members of September 11th victims. Kelli Arena reports on what they had to say. And what could be the last words you'll hear from Moussaoui. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KELLY ARENA, CNN REPORTER: Before Zacarias Moussaoui got a chance to speak---he was forced to listen---as three 9-11 family members confronted him. Rosemary Dillard's husband was on the hijacked plane that struck the pentagon. ROSEMARY DILLARD, 9/11 FAMILY MEMBER: I told him how he had wrecked my life, he took the most important person from me and that was my husband, Eddie Dillard, ARENA: Moussaoui--who had entered the courtroom all smiles--and flashing a victory sign-- was clearly shaken up. EDWARD MACMAHON, MOUSSAOUI DEFENSE ATTORNEY: He did not react as the Muslim Superman he tries to pretend to be sometimes. He looked at her, and he was rattled. ARENA: When Moussaoui did speak---he used his last public address to attack the United States, calling the trial a wasted opportunity to understand why people like he and 9-11 ringleader Mohammed Atta hate America...'We will come back another day,' Moussaoui said. 'As long as you don't want to hear, America, you will feel.' 'God curse America and save Osama bin Laden. You will never get him.' His utter lack of remorse was difficult for family members to take. ABRAHAM SCOTT, 9/11 FAMILY MEMBER: It was extremely hard for me, sitting in that courtroom, listening to him, without jumping across that little, that little fence doing bodily harm on him. ARENA: Judge Leonie Brinkema told Moussaoui, "You came here to be a martyr, and die in a big bang of glory... But to paraphrase the poet T.S. Eliot, 'you will die with a whimper'." Moussaoui tried to interrupt her--but Brinkema got the last word: 'You will never again get a chance to speak, and that is an appropriate and fair ending.' Brinkema sentenced Moussaoui to six life terms, one for each conspiracy count he plead guilty to, with no chance of parole. A harsh sentence, but less than the death penalty prosecutors sought since the jury apparently concluded Moussaoui only played a minor role in 9-11 plot. But some of those who were directly involved like 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Muhammed, are still not facing justice and instead are being held by the U.S. overseas. It's not clear when or if they will ever enter a court of law. Kelli Arena, CNN, Alexandria Virginia. (END VIDEO CLIP) Word to the Wise CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS REPORTER: A Word to the Wise... martyr (noun) one who sacrifices life for a principle or cause source: www.wordcentral.com Plugged into Terror ELIAS: Companies use it to make sales; CNN uses it to spread the news; you use it to get in touch with your friends. The Internet's accessible to virtually everyone with a computer - and that includes terrorists. They're online to electronically post their messages of hate. Kyung Lah reports on what some call the Internet's dark side. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) KYUNG LAH, CNN REPORTER: This is the Iraq war as most Americans know it. But there is another war being fought in cyberspace. REP. JANE HARMAN, (D) CALIFORNIA: Al Qaeda is the first terrorist organization to migrate from physical space to cyberspace. Terrorists networks rely on the Internet not just to communicate but also to inspire, train and recruit individuals. LAH: Counterterrorism experts testified to the house intelligence committee... Saying just as the Internet connects average people... It connects terrorists. Video posted on the Internet allows terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi to speak directly to his followers-- while eluding his enemies. Experts say some 5,000 sites spread jihadist, anti-American messages. DR. BRUCE HOFFMAN, RAND CORPORATION: The weapons of terrorism today is not only the gun and the bomb, but now also included is the mini cam and videotape, the editing suite. PETER RODMAN, ASST. SEC. OF DEFENSE FOR INTERNATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS: It's an imperative, it's clearly such an important tool for the enemy. It has to be a priority of our policy. LAH: But that's the problem, acknowledge the congressmen, a lack of a clear American strategy on fighting the war over cyberspace. REP. TODD TIAHRT, (R) KANSAS: You go to mainstream America in Wichita, Kansas and say, have you seen, do you know about this? And they said no. And they finally understood this, they would say well what are we doing about it? LAH: The problem is, how do you fight it? The Internet is difficult to contain, and trying to fight thousands upon thousands of Web sites a near impossible task. In Washington, for CNN Student News, I'm Kyung Lah. (END VIDEO CLIP) Shoutout! AZUZ: Time for the Shoutout! Which of these soft drinks was once called "the ideal brain tonic"? You know what to do! Is it: A) Pepsi B) Schweppes C) Coca-Cola D) Dr. Smooth You've got three seconds--GO! In the late 1800s, Coke was called "the ideal brain tonic." That's your answer and that's your Shoutout! Week in Review ELIAS: Brain tonic or not, soon many schools that sell soft drinks will be switching to diet, or pulling them out altogether. In our "Week in Review," Deanna Morawski explains why, and updates you on some of the week's other top stories. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) In cities across the country - demonstrators joined in what organizers dubbed "a day without immigrants." Hundreds of thousands skipped school, skipped work, filled the streets, and refrained from spending money Monday, hoping to show their importance to America and its economy. SEN. GLORIA ROMERO, (D) LOS ANGELES: Recognize the work that we have done and give us fair immigration reform. MORAWSKI: But many people said skipping school and disrupting the economy are not the right way to get that message across. GOV. BILL RICHARDSON/(D) NEW MEXICO: I'd rather see all these individuals, all these demonstrations going to congressional offices, pushing the congress to act on immigration reform, which they have not done for a year and the whole country is waiting for them to act. MORAWSKI: The Senate plans to take up immigration reform before memorial day. Officials are still trying to figure out what went wrong after an explosion at a West Virginia coal mine back in January. At public hearings Tuesday, family members of the 12 miners killed in the sago disaster demanded answers. They want to know whether lightning did indeed cause the blast, why it took 11 hours for a rescue search to begin, and how false information spread that the miners were first found alive. VIRGINIA MOORE, FIANCEE OF LOST MINER: Without Terry, there is half of my heart gone because he made it whole. AZUZ: Officials say the state has already strengthened its mining safety laws because of the tragedy... And may make even more changes. An announcement out of New York Wednesday could soon affect what you drink at school. The country's biggest beverage makers say they plan to stop selling nearly all sugary sodas in public schools if the schools agree. Instead, they say they'll sell only bottled water, juices, fat-free and low-fat milk products, and - at high schools only - diet soda. Organizers hope the changes will help decrease childhood obesity, which affects millions of young people. And that's your Week In Review. For CNN Student News, I'm Deanna Morawski. (END VIDEO CLIP) Off the beaten path ELIAS: And finally today... From foie gras to donkey? Carl Azuz is always cookin' up something special from off the beaten path! (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) CARL AZUZ, CNN REPORTER: Take a bite out of this: It's reportedly the world's swankiest sammich, draining your wallet of 150 bucks...while filling your stomach with two-thousand calories! "LEN," BUSINESSMAN, SANDWICH SKEPTIC: People with a lot of money, I think, will buy anything just to be able to brag to your friends, 'I just bought an 85-pound sandwich.' AZUZ: No, it doesn't weigh 85 pounds -- that's the price in British currency. And it'll buy you a lot of French-sounding ingredients like foie gras, brie and truffle mayonnaise. What really stuffs up the price is the main meat: Wagyu, expensive, exclusive Japanese beef! So what's the fare for folks without money? Meet my friend, Mr. Turkey! Now here's a story for those who prefer goat.This brazen beast was passing by a Texas elementary school when he apparently saw his reflection in the school doors. Thinking it was another goat, he used his head to butt it, and that brought him indoors...without a hall pass. No students were hurt, but we bet there'll be a new option on the lunch menu! Another favorite steak alternative...okay, not really. But the burro has so many ardent admirers in this Mexican town that they've given it its own holiday: The Day of the Donkey. It's a rare chance to see burros in sombreros...and some places they were never meant to be. But whether you're into donkey dress-up or burro polo, you'll always find something to make you when we go Off the Beaten Path! Yo soy Carl Azuz for CNN! (END VIDEO CLIP) Goodbye ELIAS: CNN Student News returns to computer and TV screens next Monday. Have a great weekend! 
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