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<p>In the days after Sept. 11, 2001, Sami Omar al-Hussayen led fellow Muslims as they joined an emotion-charged candlelight march remembering the dead. The Saudi graduate student in computer science at the University of Idaho helped organize a blood drive for victims. He issued a press release on behalf of the Muslim Students Association, stating that the small town of Moscow's Muslims "condemn in the strongest terms possible what are apparently vicious acts of terrorism against innocent citizens."</p>

A wedding video shot in a Hamburg mosque has been broadcast for the first time and shows grainy scenes of Sept. 11 al-Qaida suicide pilots celebrating with other alleged plotters, possibly including suspects still not formally identified. The video of the October 1999 wedding of Said Bahaji being celebrated in a large room at the al Quds mosque suspected as a recruiting center for al-Qaida operatives has been in the hands of investigators since shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington. In the immediate aftermath of the terror attacks, the Bahaji wedding video provided investigators critical...

Newsweek Periscope: The Saudis: A Missing Diplomat?Sunday April 6, 10:58 am ET Top Saudi Diplomat at Berlin Embassy Frequently Met With Suspected Al Qaeda Cell Leader at Berlin Mosque NEW YORK, April 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A top Saudi diplomat at Berlin's Saudi embassy, Muhammad J. Fakihi, chief of the embassy's Islamic-affairs branch, frequently met with a suspected Al Qaeda cell leader, Ihsan Garnoaui, at Berlin's Al Nur mosque -- a notorious haven for Islamic extremists, report Special Correspondent Stefan Theil and Investigative Correspondent Michael Isikoff in the April 14 issue of Newsweek (on newsstands Monday, April 7). (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20030406/NYSU008 )Last...

<p>February 20, 2003 -- WASHINGTON - Relatives of 9/11 victims were thankful - even "thrilled" - by yesterday's conviction of an al Qaeda money man as an accessory to the 3,066 murders committed that day.</p> <p>"He's only one person, but one's better than none," New Yorker Joan Molinaro said of terrorist Mounir el Motassadeq - the first person found guilty anywhere in the world in the terror attacks.</p>

<p>HAMBURG, Germany (AP) - A Moroccan student was convicted Wednesday of more than 3,000 counts of murder in the Sept. 11 attacks for helping support the Hamburg-based terror cell. He was sentenced to the maximum 15 years in prison, concluding the first trial anywhere of a suspect in the attacks on the United States. The Hamburg state court found Mounir el Motassadeq, 28, guilty of membership in a terrorist organization for organizing logistics for the al-Qaida cell that included lead hijacker Mohamed Atta and two other suicide pilots.</p>

9/11 Suspect Convicted of Aiding Murder 20 minutes ago By DAVID RISING, Associated Press WriterHAMBURG, Germany - A Moroccan student was convicted Wednesday of more than 3,000 counts of accessory to murder for helping Mohamed Atta and two other suicide pilots in the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States, ending the first trial connected to the suicide hijackings.  AP Photo   Mounir el Motassadeq, 28, was sentenced to the maximum 15 years in prison for helping the Hamburg-based al-Qaida terror cell that included Atta, the lead hijacker and two other suicide pilots.   In addition to the 3,045...

A Moroccan student has been convicted for being an accessory in the murder of more than 3,000 September 11 victims. Mounir el Motassadeq, 28, was jailed for the maximum 15 years after the first trial of a suspect in the al-Qaida terror attacks on the United States. The Hamburg state court found el Motassadeq guilty of membership in a terrorist organisation and for organising logistics for the al-Qaida cell that included lead hijacker Mohamed Atta and two other suicide pilots El Motassadeq acknowledged knowing six other alleged members of the Hamburg cell, including Ziad Jarrah and Marwan al-Shehhibut, but said...

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Lawyers for a Moroccan man accused of providing logistical aid to the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers asked the court to end his trial, arguing that the U.S. government's refusal to let two captured al-Qaida suspects testify deprived the case of crucial witnesses. The judge rejected the motion. The Hamburg state court had asked the United States to allow Ramzi Binalshibh and Zacarias Moussaoui — both in U.S. custody — to appear at the trial of Mounir el Motassadeq, the first Sept. 11 suspect to be tried. Last month, the court said the U.S. Justice Department had...

HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — A Moroccan man accused of aiding three of the Sept. 11 hijackers grew increasingly radical as he spent more time with members of the Hamburg terror cell, a witness familiar with the inner circle testified Thursday. Under questioning from the German lawyer representing an American man widowed in the U.S. terror attacks, Shahid Nickels testified that Mounir el Motassadeq grew to share the cell's beliefs that it was the Islamic community's duty to provide fighters for jihad, or holy war. ``In the beginning he was not as fanatic as the others but he became as radical...

HAMBURG, Germany (Reuters) - A Moroccan charged with supporting the September 11 suicide hijackers showed little sign of religious extremism, unlike alleged plot leader Mohamed Atta, the trial's first witness has told a German court. Mounir El Motassadeq, the first suspected attack conspirator to stand trial, was present when Atta led religious and political discussions, but added little to the debate and seemed keen to steer away from conflict, Achmed Maglad, a former friend of the accused, said. "Atta was the most hardline. There were some heated discussions. Mounir was not so severe and often tried to change the subject,"...

P AUL Deakin studied the pictures of the 9/11 terrorists with disbelief as he realised that among them was the man who had become his friend.For four weeks the maths teacher from the North of England and Ziad Jarrah, the man who seized controls of the fourth hijacked plane that crashed in Pennsylvania, had shared a bungalow as they learned how to fly in Florida.They had watched Friends together on TV and gone out to local bars at weekends to play pool.But while all Paul had wanted was a private pilot's licence Jarrah had another purpose. He was to become...

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HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Mounir el Motassadeq came to Germany in 1993 hoping to better his education. But a few years later, according to prosecutors, the Moroccan had become a conspirator in the plot to attack the United States on Sept. 11. El Motassadeq, 28, denies any involvement but admits knowing most of the Hamburg cell of hijackers. His trial, which opens Tuesday, is expected to provide a rare glimpse into the lives of suicide hijacker Mohamed Atta and the other men behind the attacks. The 89-page indictment against el Motassadeq is based on evidence gathered on all the men...

A Moroccan has been charged with more than 3,000 counts of accessory to murder in connection with the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the German authorities said yesterday. Mounir El Motassadeq was accused of membership of a terrorist organisation and being an accessory to murder in 3,116 cases, Kay Nehm, the chief federal prosecutor said. Mr Nehm said El Motassadeq, 28, was an integral member of a terrorist cell in Hamburg which included three of the four suicide pilots, Mohammed Ata, Marwan Al-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah. He is alleged to have acted as logistics and finance manager...