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| Sept. 11 defendant handled bank affairs of hijack pilot |
| 2005-02-09 |
| HAMBURG - Mounir al-Motassadeq, the Moroccan on trial in Hamburg as an accused accomplice in the September 11 terror attacks, carried out money transactions on behalf of one of the suicide pilots, a police witness said Tuesday. Motassadeq had power of attorney for Marwan al-Shehhi who was believed to have been at the controls of the hijacked plane which crashed into the south tower of the World Trade Center in 2001, the court was told. Motassadeq, who has been described as a friend of al-Shehhi's as well as other members of the Hamburg terrorist cell behind the 9/11 attacks, is accused of being a member of a terrorist organization and an accessory to 3,000 murders. The Federal Police Department witness said Motassadeq carried out several transactions on behalf of al-Shehhi. These included one in September 2000 when Motassadeq transferred 5,000 marks (3,200 dollars) from al-Shehhi's account at the Dresdner Bank in Hamburg to an account belonging to Ramzi bin al-Shibh, who is thought to have organized the 9/11 attacks. In several cases there was a "time proximity" between money taken from al-Shehhi's account and money arriving on Motassadeq's account, the investigator said. Motassadeq was convicted in 2003 and sentenced to 15 years in jail on the current charges, but the conviction was overturned by an appeal court. He is free on bail during the retrial which is not expected to end before April. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 It could be worse - the guy could be in a Phrench courtroom... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2005-02-09 11:29:12 AM |
| #6 I know, I know, Jame dear. But he is in a German courtroom. Day after day after day after... It's got to be Purgatory at least. Why shouldn't the man be allowed to suffer? Death is the easy way out for such as him. As the sadist said to the masochist.... ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-09 8:01:18 AM |
| #5 Check out T.Clancy's newest book.Jack Ryan's son comes into his own. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2005-02-09 8:00:25 AM |
| #4 But, TW, I hate waiting. It has been 3 years now and the little man is still making noises. He is a dead man, we just have to get around to it. |
| Posted by: Jame Retief 2005-02-09 6:56:31 AM |
| #3 The man is on trial in a German courtroom. Give the system a chance to work. Besides, we know exactly where he is -- what are the odds that he could quietly slip out of sight without being equally quietly followed, with perhaps results he wouldn't much like? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2005-02-09 6:42:34 AM |
| #2 ... ricin tipped umbrella ... Curare would work too. You could mix it with water, freeze into needle shapped projectiles. All you need is a good straw and good lungs (and some training). Would feel like a prick of a horsefly, nothing would remain from the rest of the needle that would brek of after the impact when temperature outside is right, just a wet spot somewhere on the sidewalk. Before someone could figure out why the guy is not breathing, he would asphyxiate. The loaded straws can be carried in a small case with dry ice lining. |
| Posted by: Action Bororo 2005-02-09 5:40:21 AM |
| #1 i still don't understand why this guy hasn't been taken out by a good grouping or a ricin tipped umbrella--the little jihadi prick walks all over hamburg as if he's king of the student umma--where's the company when you need wet work--d'ya hear me porter |
| Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2005-02-09 2:27:54 AM |