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to Ramzi Binalshibh's account while both were out of town. He had also been given full power of
atiomey by Al-Shehhi. El-Motessadeq knew Atta since at least 1996, as he witnessed Atta's will,
together with Mzoudi, in April 1996. El-Motessadeq, Mzoudi and Essabar all allegedly attended
the Al-Farug training camp in the spring/summer of 2000, which El-Motessadeg admitied at his
trial.
(LES) El-Motessadeq was arrested in Hamburg on 11/28/01 and charged with
“participation in an organization, the purpose and activity of which were directed toward
committing murder and criminal offenses dangerous to public safety," in violation of Section 211;
Section 315, paragraphs i and 3; and, Section 316, paragraphs 1 and 3 of the German Penal Code.
Mounir El-Motessadeq went to trial on 10/22/02, on 2/19/03, he was found guilty and sentenced to
fifteen years in prison, the maximum sentence for any crime under German law.
xi. Abdelghani Mzoudi
{LES) Abdelghani Mzoudi, a Moroccan citizen, was born in Marrakech on 12/6/72. Like
Mounir El-Motessadeq, a fellow Moroccan, Mzoudi emigrated to Munster, Germany, in 1993 and
moved to Hamburg at the end of 1995, enrolling at the Technical University of Hamburg-Harburg
(TUHH) where Mohamed Atta, Marwan Al-Shehhi, El-Motessadeq and Said Bahaji, among
others, attended. A witness reported that Mzoudi and El-Motessadeq may have lived together in
Munster before moving to Hamburg, though it is unconfirmed. Mzoudi worked a variety of jobs
similar to El-Motessadegq, in Hamburg while attending TUHH. Many of them were associated
with the hijackers, including Superfos Packaging, Wolfsburg GmbH, Globetrotter and M&P
Consulting. Mzoudi came to the attention of the German authorities just after 9/11/01 after they
started investigating Said Bahaji.
(LES) The German government investigated and later arrested Mzoudi, who had been
friends with Atta and Al-Shehhi. Mzoudi's closest associates appeared to be El-Motessadeq, Said
Bahaji and Zackariya Essabar. Bahaji and Essabar fled to Afghanistan a few days before 9/11/01;
El-Motessadeq was arrested and convicted of terrorism charges. Mzoudi, Essabar and others lived
at the apartment at Marienstrasse 54 for a while just after Atta and Binalshibh moved out (Atta,
Binalshibh and Said Bahaji had originally rented the apartment). El-Motessadeq and Mzoudi
witnessed Atta's will in April of 1996. In January of 2000, while Mzoudi was in Morocco for a
two-month stay, Al-Shehhi flew from New York to Morocco for one week. It is unknown what
Al-Shehhi was doing in Morocco during that time. Before Al-Shehhi left Germany for the US,,
Mzoudi apparently let him and Binalshibh stay at a friend's apartment while the friend stayed at the
apartment on Marienstrasse 54 with Mzoudi.
(LES) Mzoudi, El-Motessadeq and Essabar all allegedly attended the Al-Farug training
camp in the spring/summer of 2000, which El-Motessadeg admitted at his trial.
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