9-11 terror suspect Mzoudi acquitted by high court (Germany)

[Judi Lynn]

9-11 terror suspect Mzoudi
acquitted by high court

9 June 2005

KARLSRUHE - Germany's high court confirmed on Thursday the acquittal of Abdel-Ghani Mzoudi, 32, who had been accused of assisting the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on New York and Washington.

Prosecutors had appealed against the February 2004 not-guilty verdict on the Moroccan student, who was a close friend of three of the suicide pilots while they were at university in the German port city of Hamburg.
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The prosecutors who accused him of membership in a terror group and being an accessory to some 3,000 murders voiced frustration at the ruling. "It's hard to accept," said prosecutor Gerhard Altvater.

But German interior minister Otto Schily said he accepted that someone could only be published if guilt had been proven. The fight against terrorism had to be conducted "within the scope of the law".
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[SteppingRazor]

1. How can they do that?!

Wasn't he Osama's No. 3 man?

Or wait, that was some other guy. No, wait. That was about 15 other guys. Nevermind.

[joeunderdog]

2. Apparently they place some value on due process.

Maybe not all Osama's boys were involved in 911 just because they follow OBL. We have convicted anyone who is not "with us" in this country.

[Monkey see Monkey Do]

3. kick