| Title | U.S.: German's request again rejected- No KSM for 9/11 Trial | |
| Date | Thursday November 06, @09:31AM | |
| Author | ewing2001 | |
| Topic | News | |
| from the AP dept. | ||
AP/Atlanta Journal Constitution -November 6
HAMBURG, Germany (AP)--U.S. authorities rejected a German court's request that accused Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed be allowed to testify in the trial of a suspected member of the Hamburg al-Qaida cell behind the attack.
A U.S. Department of Justice letter read in court Thursday gave no reasons why Mohammed would not be allowed to appear in the trial of Abdelghani Mzoudi, who faces a possible 15 years in prison if convicted of 3,066 counts of accessory to murder and membership in a terrorist organization.
Mzoudi, 30, allegedly provided logistical support to the al-Qaida cell that included suicide pilots Mohamed Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah. Prosecutors say he handled financial transactions when cell members were out of the country, and helped conceal them from authorities when they were back in Germany.
The Justice Department previously rejected the Hamburg state court's request for alleged Sept. 11 plotter Ramzi Binalshibh to testify.
Binalshibh, a Yemeni, is believed to be the Hamburg cell's main liaison with Osama bin Laden's terror network. Mohammed is a naturalized Pakistani born in Kuwait. Both are in U.S. custody since their separate captures in Pakistan.
The U.S. government also refused to allow Binalshibh to testify in the trial of Mzoudi's friend, Mounir el Motassadeq, who was convicted in the same court of the same charges in February and sentenced to the maximum...
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