Some context - Apparently he confessed and has now changed his mind and he says he confessed under torture.
 CLAIMS that Australian terrorist suspect Mamdouh Habib knew about plans for the September 11 attacks and helped train the hijackers were "absolute rubbish", his lawyer said today. Australian lawyer Stephen Hopper said papers presented by US government lawyers stated Habib knew in advance of plans for the 2001 attacks on New York and Washington. The papers also claimed Habib had given the hijackers martial arts training, and that he had considered piloting one of the hijacked planes himself, Mr Hopper said. "These claims are just a joke, absolute rubbish," said Mr Hopper, who is in the United States with Habib's wife, Maha, to brief lawyers preparing a civil case to free his client. "What they do reveal is that the US government has been torturing Mamdouh Habib and that's been confirmed by his own words." |