October 20, 2003	Monday	Sha'aban 23, 1424

WASHINGTON, Oct 19: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation has concluded that Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person charged in the United States in connection with the Sept 11 attacks, was not involved in the strikes, Time magazine reported on Sunday.

The news weekly, in its edition appearing on Monday, quotes unidentified sources as saying the FBI has long believed that the Moroccan-born Frenchman “played no part in the 9/11 scheme and was only a minor player in Al Qaeda.”

Moussaoui was detained by US authorities on an immigration violation less than a month before the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

Jailed in Virginia while awaiting trial, he has acknowledged membership in Al Qaeda.—AFP