Germany charges another Sept 11 suspect

The Times of India ^ | May 09 2003 | Reuters

[knighthawk]

BERLIN: German federal prosecutors said on Friday they had charged a second Moroccan man suspected of providing support for the Islamic militant group behind the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

Federal prosecutors said in a statement they had charged Abdelghani Mzoudi, a 30-year-old Moroccan, with being an accessory to the murder of 3,066 people and of membership in the al-Qaeda cell based in Hamburg that helped plan the attacks.

Mzoudi was detained in October 2002 in Hamburg on suspicion he was among a group of 10 people in the city who supported the September 11 attackers. Prosecutors in Germany are investigating about 100 people on suspicion of aiding terror groups.

In February, a Hamburg court convicted another Moroccan man, Mounir El Motassadeq, of aiding the suicide hijackers and being an accessory to the murder of 3,066 people and sentenced him to 15 years in jail. His lawyers are appealing the sentence.

Hijackers, believed to be part of Osama Bin Laden's al-Qaeda group, seized planes on September 11, 2001, before ramming two into New York's World Trade Center towers and one into the Pentagon in Washington while a fourth crashed in Pennsylvania.

[knighthawk]

Ping

[gcruse]

But, but, Germany is not our friend. As I recall, we even refused to supply some material that could have helped in the conviction of El Motassadeq. This is all so cornfusing.

[Michael81Dus]

lol Yeah, Germany is the enemy of the US. In addition of the article, the 15 years sentence was the maximum penalty.

[gcruse]

Maybe we should be forming modified, limited coalitions of the somewhat willing. Nah, that says Gore to the core.

[Michael81Dus]

Forming short-time coalitions means instability and that´s never appropriate to achieve aims. Europe is the natural ally of the United States, or would you want to rely on Russia, China?

[gcruse]

I'm thinking it over.

[GulfWar1Vet]

LoL...What's gonna be the sentence this time if convicted? A slap on the hand? 15 yrs for the last terroris convict is a slap to the American public and to the 9/11 victims and families.

We should have left ya to rot in 1945, Germany. Terrorists-loving traitors.

[Michael81Dus]

You lack respect to different law systems. It was the maximum penalty for that crime - and usually, judges are free and not influenced in their decisions. They´re just obligated to the law.

How can you call Germany "terrorist-loving" when they prove you (e.g. by prosecuting these guys) that they fight terrorism?