German 9/11 trial
Two entries found on Expatica.com on the trial against Motassadeq.
1) German convert to Islam describes meeting 9/11 suicide pilot
2) Student says 9/11 suspect was not fanatic
German convert to Islam describes meeting 9/11 suicide pilot
17 August 2004
HAMBURG – A German who converted to Islam testified Tuesday to a Hamburg court about how he became acquainted with the main 11 September suicide attacker, Mohammed Atta, in a city mosque.
The 23-year-old witness, whose name was withheld in line with ethics guidelines, was testifying at the trial of Mounir al- Motassadeq, a Moroccan student accused for the second time on charges of aiding murder and being a member of the Hamburg terrorist cell.
According to the witness, Motassadeq was in Atta’s inner circle. The group became more and more committed to “jihad” or a holy war on behalf of Islam and regarded suicide attacks as a legitimate form of combat, the witness told the Hamburg state superior court.
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Student says 9/11 suspect was not fanatic
18 August 2004
HAMBURG – A student giving evidence at the Hamburg trial of alleged 11 September plotter Mounir al-Motassadeq denied in court Wednesday that the accused had been a fanatic, and said the Moroccan’s religious stance had been moderate.
The testimony differed from the same witness’s assessment at the first trial of Motassadeq as “starkly Islamist”.
Read more: http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=26&story_id=10796
