well, whatever the case I am glad, as sammy said, that he is alive and ready to face punishment. No doubt about that one.
He unfortunately will never recieve a fitting punishment. The only punishments good enough would mean death and in his case, martyrdom(sp?) And imprisonment in his own country or ours would only give him even more freedom and room to grow. In ours, he woudl be granted much more than 3 hots and a cot. In his they would cater to him. And in either case he would become even more of a legend through the court system.
What needs to be done is to trial and punish him in a nother country. Preferably a 3rd world country. He would not even recieve the publicity he desires there. They will not play games with him if he tries to involve media. and for sentencing, again that should be carried out in a neutral country with no tolerance for terrorism, dictators, OR media and their antics. Somewhere like germany, although not 3d world, they would not tolerate any games at all. Or Russia, where none of us or anyone would know what is going on, and let him be dealt with in an appropriate manner. IN his case, the best thing and most damaging punishment would be to let him slowly fade away as he serves his term. Let us forget about him and he looses all his power, which would really crush him. to him the punishment is not punishment, so long as it serves a purpose such as world recognition and fear. Take away all this from any terrorist and they no longer have the drive. It is not the crime they seek to commit but the recognition later on and will accept death or anything to get it.
I mean, did you ever realize that terrrorism does not strike foreign countries? the reason being is that they will not even acknowledge the act, instead hide it and take away their desire to strike again. and IT WORKS!