A German federal court on Thursday confirmed a 'not guilty' verdict on a Moroccan man accused of complicity in the Sept. 11 attacks, but authorities said they would expel him anyway. In the latest of a series of setbacks for prosecutors in high-profile terrorism trials in Germany, the federal court ruled that the acquittal of Abdelghani Mzoudi by a Hamburg court last year was sound. It turned down an appeal by the prosecution, which had argued the verdict was flawed and sought a new trial. Despite the decision, a Hamburg interior ministry spokesman said the city would press ahead with the expulsion of Mzoudi on the grounds of "support for a terrorist group". He was given two weeks to leave the country or be deported to Morocco. "He can go where he wants, we don't care. He must just leave Germany because he represents a danger for the German people and for German security," the spokesman said.
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