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| The Investigation |
| Holy Land Foundation under investigation |
| 2001-10-07 |
An Islamic charity that raised more than $30 million for Middle Eastern widows, orphans and refugees is under investigation for allegedly sending money to Palestinian terrorists. The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development, whose top-paid fund-raiser lives in Buena Park, is being investigated by the New York and California attorneys general to determine if the group is financing suicide bombers and other terrorists, according to officials. Federal agents have been looking into Holy Land and potential links to Palestinian terrorist group Hamas since at least 1996, according to court documents filed in Washington, D.C. Last month, the FBI retrieved foundation records from its Internet provider. The charity has never been charged with a crime, and its officials deny the accusations, calling the investigations a smear campaign by pro-Israeli interests. Holy Land officials say the group has fed and clothed tens of thousands of poor Middle Eastern children, assisted the victims of the Oklahoma City bombing and provided scholarships to hundreds of Muslim students. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |