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Kosovo Albanian admits killing two US airmen at Frankfurt airport

(31 Aug 2011) SHOTLIST NOTE: FACE OF DEFENDANT MUST BE BLURRED DUE TO LEGAL REASONS / ACCORDING TO GERMAN LAW AP TELEVISION 1. Line of people waiting to get into the courthouse in Frankfurt 2. Mid of Police outside courthouse 3. Various of police patrolling perimeter of courthouse; some police entering AGENCY POOL 4. Mid of federal attorneys / judges standing 5. Wide of defendant (blurred) entering 6. Mid of defendant (blurred) having handcuffs taken off, sitting down 7. Close of sign, reading: (German) "Defendant Arid Uka" 8. Mid of lawyers 9. Mid of bill of indictment folders 10. Close tilt down of bill of indictment folders 11. Mid of spectators 12. Mid of judges 13. Pan from defendant (blurred) to media STORYLINE A 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian confessed on Wednesday to killing two United States airmen at Frankfurt airport. Arid Uka said during emotional testimony at the opening of his trial that he had been influenced by radical Islamic propaganda online. Uka is charged with two counts of murder for the killing of Senior Airman Nicholas J. Alden, a 25-year-old from South Carolina, and 21-year-old Airman 1st Class Zachary R. Cuddeback of Virginia. He also faces three counts of attempted murder in connection with the wounding of two others. Although Germany has suffered scores of terrorist attacks in past decades, largely from leftist groups like the Red Army Faction, the airport attack was the first attributed to an Islamic extremist. Prosecutor Herbert Deimer told the state court in Frankfurt that Uka went to the airport on March 2 with the intent "to kill an indeterminate number of American soldiers, but if possible a large number." The indictment says Uka went to the airport armed with a pistol, extra ammunition and two knives. Inside Terminal 2, he spotted two U.S. servicemen who had just arrived and followed them to their US Air Force bus. No pleas are entered in the German system and Uka confessed to the killings after the indictment was read. He described becoming increasingly introverted in the months ahead of the attack, staying at home and playing computer games and watching Islamic extremist propaganda on the Internet. The night before the crime, Uka said that he followed a link to a video posted on the social networking website, Facebook that purported to show American soldiers raping a teenage Muslim girl. It turned out to be a scene from the 2007 anti-war Brian De Palma film taken out of context. Some of the American airmen are expected to testify at the trial. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...