Abdelghani Mzoudi
Abdelghani Mzoudi (sometimes transliterated Abdul Ghani Mzoudi) was a member of al-Qaida and an associate of Mohammed Atta, the lead pilot in the September 11, 2001 attacks.
In 1999, Mzoudi lived in the Hamburg Cell, an apartment owned by Atta, where many of the organizers of the September 11, 2001 attacks met and planned their future. His specific role in the attacks has not been determined, but he does not seem to have attempted to enter the United States at any time.
Mzoudi was captured and tried in Germany, along with Mounir El Motassadeq, on charges relating to the 9/11 attacks. In their trials, both claimed Ramzi Binalshibh, a key planner of the attacks, would have given statements indicating their innocence. Both asked for the United States to present Binalshibh as a witness, and the judge agreed that this was a reasonable request. Although the German Justice Ministry pressed the U.S. to do present Binalshibh, the United States refused, and Mzoudi was thereby acquitted in February of 2004. Most observers believe that he would have been convicted had Binalshibh been made available as a witness. Mzoudi is now free, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
