I should also repeat: the 2006 decision to close the case was also based on a study of the files from Spain, and concluded that there was no evidence that he had any knowledge of a terroristic background of his business partners, even if belonging to al-Qaida was no crime in Germany until 2002.

Regarding Spanish justice (more specifically: judge Balthasar Garzón) and al-Qaida, I should also remind of the sorry case of Al-Jazeera journalist Tayseer Alouni.

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One whose delusions are out of fashion.}