According to Fox News, he is...
ELIGIBLE FOR RELEASE IN TEN YEARS!!
Statements from the Germans. [Sourced to Fox News]
From the lawyer...
"They wanted justice and they got justice," said Ulrich von Jeinsen, the lawyer who represented the Americans. "They accept that we have another system and since he got the maximum sentence they will be satisfied."
From the trial judge...
[Judge] Mentz said moving testimony by family members helped persuade the five-judge panel to deliver the maximum sentence, since the court also considered that el Motassadeq is the father of two young children.
From the Interior Minister...
"This is a success in the fight against international terrorism," said Interior Minister Otto Schily. "It is a warning to all those who think they can toy with the idea of aligning themselves with terrorist networks."
But the real gem has got to be this one (!!!!) - Also from the Interior Minister...
Schily called the penalty "very harsh."
SNL couldn't write such a script!