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Sept. 11 convict now says he renounces terrorism, bin Laden

Zacarias Moussaoui, the only man ever convicted in the U.S. for the Sept. 11 attacks, wants to be able to testify in a civil lawsuit filed by 9/11 families.

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The only man ever convicted in a U.S. court for a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, now says he's renouncing terrorism, al-Qaida and the Islamic State. 

Zacarias Moussaoui is serving a life sentence at a federal prison in Colorado. 

In a handwritten court motion Moussaoui filed with the federal court in Alexandria last month, he wrote that he repudiates Osama bin Laden as a "useful idiot" of the CIA and Saudi Arabia and that he proclaims his opposition to any terrorist action against the U.S. 

Moussaoui wants to be able to testify in a civil lawsuit filed by 9/11 families against Saudi Arabia.

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