Sept 11 accused 'did not know of plot'

A key al-Qaida captive in US custody told interrogators that a Moroccan on trial for helping the Hamburg-based September 11 suicide pilots had no knowledge of the plot, according to a summary read out in court in Hamburg today.

Mounir el Motassadeq, accused of providing logistical help to the Hamburg al-Qaida cell that included hijackers Mohamed Atta, Marwan el-Shehhi and Ziad Jarrah, is being retried after having his conviction thrown out in March by an appeals court.