The Euroweenies will either overturn the conviction on appeal or let him loose on parole in a year for good behavior after he denounces Bush.
Actually, you might not be far off.....
the "membership in a terrorist organization" charge could very easily be thrown out depending on whether this was truely a crime in germany at the time.
In a different case involving a Syrian-German who was involved in the attacks in Madrid, Germany has refused to extradite him Spain and the prosecution in Germany has apparently said that they can't charge him in Germany because his "crimes" were not crimes in Germany at the time they were committed. According to all accounts, he was a major player in the Al-Quaida network and dealt with finanzing, etc... (IIRC he was the one who helped Osama buy one of his ships!). Since these crimes were committed AFTER 9/11 - it is quite possible that Motassadeq could be aquitted on appeal . . .
Interestingly, the court felt there was enough evidence that Mottasadeq was involved with Al-Quaida, in Hamburg, but that his connections to the various terrorists we of no consequence!
Time will tell whether this conviction stands....