Posted on 02/05/2004 3:16:00 AM PST by kattracks
The Associated Press 2/5/2004, 5:51 a.m. ETHAMBURG, Germany (AP) A Hamburg court on Thursday acquitted a Moroccan man accused of helping the Sept. 11 hijackers after a 5 1/2-month trial that was only the second anywhere of a suspect in the attacks.
Abdelghani Mzoudi, 31, had no visible reaction as presiding Judge Klaus Ruehle read the verdict to the court, keeping his arms folded and looking down toward the floor.
Prosecutors had sought the maximum 15 years in prison on more than 3,000 counts of accessory to murder and membership in a terrorist organization. Last February, similar evidence secured the maximum sentence against Mzoudi's friend Mounir el Motassadeq the world's first Sept. 11 conviction.
Federal prosecutors alleged Mzoudi provided logistical support to the Hamburg cell under lead hijacker Mohamed Atta, helping with financial transactions and arranging housing for members to evade authorities' attention. Mzoudi spent time at a terrorist camp in Afghanistan in 2000.
Mzoudi's attorneys denied the charges, saying that while their client was friends with many of the Sept. 11 principals, he knew nothing in advance of the plot to attack the United States.
The acquittal on all counts came after the court rejected a last-minute motion from an attorney representing relatives of American victims of the attacks.
The attorney, Andreas Schulz, said his clients had access to "new information" from the U.S. Department of Justice but that he was "not authorized" to tell the court what it was.
Correct .. the current situation merely confirmed my earlier position. "...How can one then argue that only Americans have a right to object to something?"
I am not. They have the right to do so ... and I have the right to affirm my hatred for them for doing it. No conflict there. They can object to anything they want, and I only wish that our government had the cajones to pull every member of the US military and most of the diplomatic corps out of these unfriendly countries.
"So you would like to declare war on my family and some of your fellow Freepers?"
Not particularly. But, I'm sure, there were nice Germans living in Nazi Germany as well. I, for one, will not be the slightest bothered when and if sharia law comes to Germany, Belgium, and France. THAT will be justice enough in my view.
I, for one, will not be the slightest bothered when and if sharia law comes to Germany, Belgium, and France. THAT will be justice enough in my view.
So you hope people have to live under Sharia? In other words, Sharia is a desirable thing for some people?
Again, Blue Lancer, I ask you, on what do you base your hatred of Germans?
Could you answer that?
I don't know, it took several weeks and some help from the russians last time.!
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Desirable? By no stretch of the imagination would I call it "desirable".
That's why I call it "justice".
Yeah, but they're coming home in a couple of months. If they happen to pass through Germany enroute .....
In what sense? When would imposing Sharia on anyone ever be considered justice by any freedom loving individual?
And I'm quoting you right here:
If anyone deserves Sharia Law, it's the Greeks, closely followed by the French and Germans.
And, Blue Lancer, I am asking you yet again. On what do you base your hatred of Germans?
Don't be a coward. If you feel that way, answer the question. On what do you base your decision that we should make war on Germany?
You're not a coward are you? You believe what you say and are willing to defend it- right?
And if what?
Answer. Don't be a coward. Come right out and say what you mean.
Do you want the 4th ID to attack my family and fellow freepers?
You won't answer that will you? You haven't got the guts.
And I have already told you, a number of times, that I am not going to. This is what is called a "personal" opinion. I am not asserting any fact. I am not asserting that can be reinforced by a citation to research material. I am relating what I readily admit is a personal opinion ... and, like an ***hole, everybody has one. What may be a valid personal opinion for me may appear to be completely ridiculous to you.
It's no different than me taking someone to task because they don't like calf's liver; I happen to love it, but I also know that many people can't stand it: "Don't like the taste." Well, it tastes fine to me.
I have been. I am completely willing to admit that I believe in what I say. But it falls under the auspices of "a personal opinion". I feel that that, in itself, is the only defense that I need.
Or don't I have a right to a personal opinion?
Yes they are.
So come out and admit it. Don't be a coward. Exercise your right to free speech. Do you believe my family and fellow freepers should be attacked by the US Military? And on what grounds? Don't be afraid. Just come out and say it. You believe in what you say right? Just come out and say it.
I don't care what you feel. What do you think? On what do you base your hatred for Germans?
A terrorist group successfully attacked the United States of America. One of that group was acquitted by a German court. The current generation in Europe who envy and despise us can cheer. The least they could do is give him a medal.
They are ... I'm not ... and, to the best of my understanding of "personal opinion", I have.
Now this is a relevent statement. So, you have evidence that the guy is guilty? I'm just curious.
The current generation in Europe who envy and despise us can cheer.
So Britain, Poland, Spain, Italy despise us?
I thought all those nations had boots on the ground in Iraq? I guess I was mistaken. Maybe you're right. Britain hates us. Poland hates us. Spain hates us. Italy hates us. Germany has boots on the ground in Afghanistan because they hate us.
Thanks. I was sadly misinformed before you opened my eyes. Maybe Blue Lancer is right. We should declare war on all these European nations for despising us.
Brits! Out of Iraq now!
Should I just click my heels, salute, and answer, "Jawohl, mein Fuehrer"?
Sorry ... rights, you know ... you do understand the term, don't you? You have a "right" to your opinion, and I have a "right" to mine.
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