Witness Puts Defendant in Atta’s Inner Circle
From Times Wire Reports
A Moroccan being retried in Hamburg, Germany, on charges that he aided the Sept. 11 plotters was part of lead hijacker Mohamed Atta’s inner circle and knew the group’s arguments for violence, a witness testified.
Shahid Nickels, 23, told the Hamburg state court that Mounir Motassadeq, 30, was part of a small group that talked about waging holy war against the United States and Israel.
“They may not have known of the plans, but it was clear that they wanted to fight and die for Islam,” Nickels said.
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