January 8, 2007

China claims 18 killed in terror training camp. The Chinese government said Monday that it killed 18 people in a raid on a terrorist training camp in the Muslim north-western part of the country. By CBC. [CBC | World News] 6:19:44 PM

German court sentences Moroccan over 9-11. After a lot of back and forth, German prosecutors have secured a conviction of Hamburg cell member Mounir el Motassadeq. A court in Hamburg on Monday sentenced Mounir el Motassadeq, a Moroccan friend of the Sept. 11, 2001 hijackers who is convicted for being an accessory to mass murder, to 15 years in prison. A Hamburg court on Monday handed Mounir el Motassadeq the maximum 15-year sentence for his role in aiding the hijackers who killed nearly 3,000 people in the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.   Prosecutor Walter Hemberger said Monday that Motassadeq, who was friendly with three of the suicide attackers when they were students in the northern German city of Hamburg, deserved the toughest sentence possible under German law because he had committed "an immense wrong." It is unlikely that Motassadeq personally knew precisely what terrorist attack the 19 were planning. However, if it is proven he was involved in financing an organisation that has a long reputation for mass murder and terrorist activities, that is not necessary for a tough sentence. Only Motassadeq and Zacarias Moussaoui have been sentenced related to the 9-11 attacks. [Secular Blasphemy] 6:18:14 PM