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...CONVICTED. Mounir el-Motassadeq, 32, friend of three of the Sept. 11 hijackers; of being an accessory to murder in the 2001 attacks, overturning a 2004 decision clearing him due to lack of evidence; by a German appeals court; in Karlsruhe. The presiding judge said the fact that el-Motassadeq did not know the exact timing or targets of the attack was "irrelevant" because he knew of a plot to hijack airliners. El-Motassadeq, at liberty in Hamburg awaiting the verdict, faces up to 15 years in prison...
...finding is important because previously, Mounir el-Motassadeq, 32, had been convicted only of membership in a terrorist organization, and released - that charge carries only a two-year sentence. El-Motassadeq will now likely be rearrested pending sentencing. Hamburg authorities have said they will deport him back to his native Morocco after he has served his time. He faces a maximum sentence of 15 years after being found guilty of being an accessory in the murders of the 246 who died in the planes, but not in the killing of the victims in the towers. That, say experts, means that...
When a German appeals court last March overturned the only conviction against a suspected Sept. 11 conspirator, the court blamed the U.S. for failing to allow testimony from terrorists in its custody. Now Mounir el-Motassadeq - a Moroccan engineering student in Hamburg charged with being an accessory to murder in the 9/11 attacks and supporting a terrorist organization - is on trial again. And last week, the U.S. unexpectedly turned over intelligence reports based on questioning of two top al-Qaeda operatives. It was a victory for the Germans - except that the testimony seems to exonerate el-Motassadeq. Ramzi Binalshibh...
...offenses; those six remain in prison. They are mostly of Pakistani origin, and prosecutors will be asking them to explain the 600 kg of ammonium nitrate fertilizer, commonly used as an explosive, found in a self-storage unit in west London. A Hamburg court last week allowed Mounir el-Motassadeq, a Moroccan friend of Mohamed Atta, to leave prison on his own recognizance pending a new trial. The court threw out his February 2003 conviction on charges of belonging to a terrorist organization and accessory to more than 3,000 counts of murder, arguing that the court had been unable...
OVERTURNED. Conviction of MOUNIR EL-MOTASSADEQ, 29; for aiding the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks; in Germany. Motassadeq was the only person convicted in connection with the 9/11 hijackings. A five-judge panel ordered a new trial, saying U.S. and German authorities withheld crucial evidence...