Dutch TV Jury Acquits Osama bin Laden of 9/11

A Dutch TV jury has found Osama bin Laden not guilty of the September 11 attacks.

In the conclusion Wednesday night to the show "Devil's Advocate" on Dutch public broadcaster Nederland 2, the jury of two men and three women, along with the studio audience, ruled that there was no proof bin Laden was the mastermind behind the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in 2001.

In the latest show, Spong was able to convince the jury that bin Laden's connection to September 11 was a product of "Western propaganda." The jury also ruled there was insufficient evidence to prove bin Laden was the real head of terrorist network al-Qaida.

The jury did rule, however, that bin Laden is a "terrorist who has misused Islam."

The show is certain to provide further ammunition* in the already heated Dutch debate over immigration and the country's large Muslim minority.

[*And there it is: while we consider this a sad joke, many middle easterners {urged on by the Arab press} will take it seriously - continuing the societal struggle the the benefit of our enemies.]

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