New terror trial

[GySgt. Hartman]

After a court in the state of Hamburg has acquitted suspected terrorist Mzoudi this february due to lack of evidence, and a German supreme court had revised a sentence on the suspected terrorist Motassadeq in march and referred the case back to the state court for a retrial, a third terror trial has begun in Hamburg.

In both of the former cases, evidence was held back by the US government:

Last month, a German court rejected a bid by Mzoudi's lawyers for the German government to allow statements from bin al-Shaibah, accused of liaising between the Hamburg cell and al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, to be used in his trial.

Bin al-Shaibah was arrested in Pakistan in September 2002 and transferred into U.S. custody. Mzoudi's lawyers have said his evidence was crucial to their client's case.

The material was passed onto the German authorities by U.S. authorities to help German investigations against alleged Islamic extremists, but with the explicit understanding it would not be used in any court proceedings.

This time, again, evidence is scarce, and maybe US agencies with their wealth of information could help. The question is: why has the US government refused to help Germany in their war on terror and in bringing those responsible for 9/11 to justice? Why would they not cooperate fully?
(They could at least help proving that he was in Afghanistan: "A lawyer for Garnaoui dismissed the charges, saying there was no proof his client was in Afghanistan and that other evidence was based largely on police informants.")

[Montcalm]

Great the US government ask the world to help stop terrorism,then they keep stuff to themself.

[Gandalf]

What's the bloody point of these trials if the US won't share evidence?

[GySgt. Hartman]

After he was connected to a radical islamic group search of Garnaoui's house was conducted, and they found materials that yould be used for terrorism - a gun, forged passports, battery acid, a guide on bomb-making and a flight simulator. Police thinks they prevented a bombing, but that's exactly the problem: they prevented it, and now have to prove he planned one. The state attorney has to try to make a case, but it is not a very strong one.