Alleged Sept. 11 helper introduced witness to Atta

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/terror/german18.html

HAMBURG, Germany-- A Moroccan accused of helping the Sept. 11 suicide hijackers introduced a Sudanese student to a group around alleged lead hijacker Mohammed Atta, and the group criticized the United States "because it defends Israel," the student testified Wednesday.

Ahmed Maglad, 30, testified that he met defendant Mounir el Motassadeq while living in Hamburg in 1997. Maglad said the Moroccan introduced him to Atta, who he described as "aggressively religious" and always trying to "prove something."

"Everybody spoke out against the United States because it defends Israel," Maglad said, adding that the Hamburg group believed "the foundation of Israel was unjustified, and the Palestinian conflict was always a topic for Atta."

Maglad prayed with the group at a local mosque. He also said he knew Ramzi Binalshibh, the suspected contact between al-Qaida and the Hamburg cell that included alleged suicide pilots Atta, Marwan al-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah.

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1. Sort of shoots the theory

that UBL hated the US because of the interference in Saudi Arabia.

Like every country, it's not the people, it the leaders. I wish the Arabs would realize that and stop teaching hatred. We have no control over our foreign policies.

Give Peace A Chance - what a concept!

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2. This testimony is guilt by association, at best

They better have a lot more than this, if they expect to win a conviction in an actual court of law.