There is the suspicion that the accused had contacts with two Islamic extremist circles, especially those that are being investigated with the terrorist attacks of September 11.

with the aim of carrying out serious crimes together with other Islamic fundamentalist groups abroad, to attack the U.S. in a spectacular way through the destruction of symbolic buildings.

From May to November 2000 large amounts of money was paid into this Dresdner Bank account on a periodic basis,

We have compelling evidence that this money was used to finance this terrorist operation.

All of the members of this cell shared the same religious convictions, an Islamic lifestyle, a feeling of being out of place in unfamiliar cultural surroundings that they were not used to.

There will be thousands of dead. You will all think of me.