Mounir el-Motassadeq
 Mounir el-Motassadeq    | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 3, 1974 |
| Nationality | Moroccan |
| Alma mater | Hamburg University of Technology |
| Interests | “9-11/The 19 Hijackers” |
Mounir el-Motassadeq was convicted by a German court of being a member of al-Qaeda and of assisting some of the hijackers in the September 11 attacks.[1]
US non-cooperation in trial
El Motassadeq was convicted to a 15-year prison sentence after a Hamburg court convicted him in February 2003 of giving logistical support to the Hamburg-based al Qaeda cell that included Sept. 11 suicide hijackers Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah.[2]
The US FBI director refused to testify, in what was the first trial of a suspected September 11 plotter.[3]
In 2004, the German Federal Criminal Court overturned the world's only conviction for the Sept. 11 attacks and ordered a retrial. Mounir el Motassadeq's conviction on more than 3,000 counts of accessory to murder and membership in a terrorist organization was overturned because the lower court failed to properly consider the absence of evidence from Ramzi Binalshibh, a key witness who is in U.S. custody. The U.S. Justice Department told the Hamburg court that Binalshibh is "not available." The German government also refused to turn over transcripts of his interrogations, saying they had been provided by the United States for intelligence purposes only.[4]
References
- ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/911_plotter_Motassadeq_jailed_for_15_yrs/articleshow/1103516.cms
- ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/german-9-11-conviction-overturned/
- ↑ https://www.haaretz.com/2003-01-07/ty-article/fbi-head-not-to-testify-in-german-sept-11-trial/0000017f-e139-d75c-a7ff-fdbd3a6e0001
- ↑ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/german-9-11-conviction-overturned/
