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DATE=  11/3/97
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
NUMBER=2-222086
TITLE=C-I-A SHOOTINGS (L)
BYLINE=JIM MALONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT: 
INTRO:  THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING TWO PEOPLE AND WOUNDING THREE 
OTHERS OUTSIDE C-I-A HEADQUARTERS IN VIRGINIA FOUR YEARS AGO 
ENTERED A PLEA OF  NOT  GUILTY ON THE OPENING DAY OF HIS MURDER 
TRIAL MONDAY.  AS V-O-A CORRESPONDENT JIM MALONE REPORTS, MIR 
AMAL KASI COULD FACE THE DEATH PENALTY IF HE IS CONVICTED IN 
CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING SPREE. 
TEXT:  MIR AMAL KASI REPLIED  NOT  GUILTY WHEN ASKED ABOUT EACH 
OF THE TEN CRIMINAL CHARGES PENDING AGAINST HIM, INCLUDING 
MURDER.  MR. KASI, FORMERLY KNOWN AS MIR AMAL KANSI, IS CHARGED 
WITH SHOOTING FIVE PEOPLE AS THEY WAITED IN THEIR CARS FOR A 
TRAFFIC LIGHT TO CHANGE IN FRONT OF C-I-A HEADQUARTERS IN 
LANGLEY, VIRGINIA, ON JANUARY 25, 1993. 
AFTER THE PLEA, THE JUDGE IN THE CASE BEGAN THE PROCESS OF JURY 
SELECTION WHICH COULD TAKE A FEW DAYS.  SECURITY IS VERY TIGHT IN
AND AROUND THE FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, COURTHOUSE WHERE THE 
TRIAL IS BEING HELD.
MR. KASI WAS ARRESTED BY F-B-I AGENTS IN HIS NATIVE PAKISTAN THIS
PAST JUNE AFTER AN EXTENSIVE INTERNATIOINAL MANHUNT.  AS HE WAS 
BEING RETURNED TO THE UNITED STATES, HE REPORTEDLY CONFESSED TO 
THE F-B-I ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS.  JUDGE J. HOWE BROWN HAS DENIED A 
DEFENSE MOTION TO SUPPRESS THE CONFESSION AND HAS ALSO REFUSED 
DEFENSE REQUESTS TO DELAY THE TRIAL AND MOVE IT OUT OF VIRGINIA.
IN ADDITION TO THE ALLEGED CONFESSION, PROSECUTORS ALSO SAY THEY 
RECOVERED THE AK-47 WHICH THEY SAY MR. KASI USED IN THE 
SHOOTINGS.  THEY ALSO SAY THEY FOUND MR. KASI'S FINGERPRINTS AT 
THE SHOOTING SCENE. 
IN HIS STATEMENT TO THE F-B-I SHORTLY AFTER HIS ARREST, MR. KASI 
ALLEGEDLY SAID HE OPENED FIRE OUTSIDE THE C-I-A'S MAIN ENTRANCE 
TO, IN HIS WORDS, TEACH A LESSON TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT 
BY TEACHING THAT LESSON TO THE C-I-A.
JUDGE BROWN DID GRANT A DEFENSE MOTION WHICH PROHIBITS THE 
PROSECUTION FROM REFERRING TO MR. KASI AS A TERRORIST.  THE JUDGE
SAYS THERE IS  NO  EVIDENCE THAT MR. KASI BELONGS TO ANY 
TERRORIST GROUP.
IF HE IS CONVICTED OF MURDER, MR. KASI COULD BE SENTENCED TO 
DEATH.  IN ORDER FOR HIM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE DEATH PENALTY, IT
WILL BE UP TO PROSECUTORS TO SHOW THAT THE CRIME HE ALLEGEDLY 
CARRIED OUT WAS PARTICULARLY BRUTAL AND THAT HE IS A FUTURE 
THREAT TO SOCIETY. (SIGNED)
NEB/JBM/MMK
03-Nov-97 12:16 PM EST (1716 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America