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| 9/11 convict set free |
| 2004-04-07 |
| THE only suspect ever convicted for his work in the September 11 attacks has been freed by a Hamburg court. Lawyers for Mounir El Motassadeq said he had been freed after his guilty verdict on charges of aiding the suicide pilots was thrown out last month, The 30-year-old has been serving a maximum 15-year prison term in Hamburg since a court in the city convicted him in February 2003 of giving logistical help to the Hamburg al-Qaeda cell that included three of the September 11 pilots. Assistants at the offices of both of his Hamburg lawyers, Gerhard Strate and Josef Graessle-Muenscher, said they had received the court’s ruling ordering el Motassadeq’s release. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #6 In a nutshell this is the problem w/treating terrorism as a law-enforcement problem. In another post there are accounts of numerous people swept up in preventive raids.Want to bet that most of those swept up in those raids will be ordered released by various national courts in next 3 months? |
| Posted by: Stephen 2004-04-07 5:27:07 PM |
| #5 Absolutely brilliant. All a terrorist in Europe has to do now is demand to speak to a terrorist in US custody that they KNOW we won't allow. Free Get out of Jail card. The Germans will reap the whirlwind...very sad for all of us. |
| Posted by: RMcLeod 2004-04-07 1:52:24 PM |
| #4 and did the US not refuse to give Ramzi's testimony because of security reasons? |
| Posted by: lyot 2004-04-07 8:20:42 AM |
| #3 More info. El Motassadeq, 29, won a retrial after appeals judges ruled he was unfairly denied testimony from Ramzi Binalshibh... |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2004-04-07 7:59:13 AM |
| #2 Why was it thrown out,TGA?The article doesn't say. |
| Posted by: Raptor 2004-04-07 7:56:55 AM |
| #1 Retrial |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2004-04-07 7:41:30 AM |