| German authorities have said they want to expel terror suspects Mounir Motassedeq and Abdelghani Mzoudi, both accused in the September 11 attacks. Retrials of the two -- Motassedeq's original conviction was overturned and Mzoudi was acquitted -- must take place before any deportation procedures. Even then the decision can be appealed, said Hamburg Interior senator Udo Nagel. Motassedeq's February 2003 conviction -- on charges of providing logistical help to Mohammed Atta, the reputed ringleader of the September 11, 2001, attacks in the United States -- was thrown out in March. Authorities want to expel Motassedeq and Mzoudi because they are considered "particularly dangerous" to the "laws and security of the Federal Republic of Germany," the interior ministry said. "In addition, it is the view of the interior ministry that evidence shows that (they) support international terrorism." Nagel also said officials were prepared to go a second route if deportation did work -- the German government has denied the pair student visa applications because they are not enrolled in a university. |