Moussaoui Begins Life Term at Prison in Colorado

By Paul Brown

Published May 13, 2006 at 1:01 PM EDT

Zacarias Moussaoui is transported to the federal Supermax prison in Colorado to begin serving a life term for his role in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Fellow inmates include Ted Kaczynski, Ramzi Yousef, Eric Rudolph and Terry Nichols.

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