Posted on 12/15/2003 10:38:19 AM PST by knighthawk
A German court has ruled that the only man convicted anywhere in the world over the September 11 attacks must remain in custody despite new evidence believed to cast doubt on his involvement. Mounir El Motassadeq was sentenced to a maximum 15 years earlier this year on more than 3,000 counts of accessory to murder. His lawyers have now asked for his release after evidence, allegedly from a top Al Qaeda member held in the United States, that neither Motassadeq nor another accused, Abdelghani Mzoudi, were part of the al-Qaeda cell involved in the 2001 attacks. Mr. Mzoudi has already been freed.
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