AFP: September 11 accomplice sentenced to 15 years in jail in Germany

[Eugene]

September 11 accomplice sentenced to 15 years in jail in Germany

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HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) - Mounir el Motassadeq, a Moroccan convicted as an accomplice
in the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States, was sentenced to 15 years in
prison by a German court.

Motassadeq, who was friendly with three of the attackers, was given the toughest
sentence possible under German law as demanded by the state prosecution.

Germany's highest appeals court in November found that Motassadeq, 32, had played a
role in the death of the 246 passengers and crew of the four aircraft used in the attacks.

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On Friday, the bearded Motassadeq had protested his innocence before the court in the
northern port city where, as a student, he had mingled with the highjackers, including
their presumed ringleader Mohammed Atta.

"I swear before God that I did not know that they were in America. I swear before God
that I did not know what they were planning," he cried.

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Full article: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20070108/wl_afp/usattacksgermanytrial_070108191304

[DoYouEverWonder]

1. Did the Germans present any real evidence

or is it now a crime just to sort of know someone, who might have been someone, who might have been involved in 9-11?

[pitohui]

3. this is his second trial

how many times do they have to go over the same information? of course he's going to say he didn't do nothing, officer, that's why we have courts

it's certainly a crime to provide material aid to someone you know who is planning a murder, tbe decent thing to do would be to report those people to the police and get the hell out of the way

[Atman]

2. Cheney or Rumsfeld?

I didn't hear about that! Awesome!

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