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| German coppers raid Arab charity group |
| 2002-08-17 |
| Police in two German cities carried out new raids against an Arabic charity suspected of funneling money to Hamas. Police searching for documents relating to the Al-Aqsa organization seized documents and computers at apartments and the office of the Islamic association in Solingen and Braunschweig. Investigators were sifting through the material. Earlier this month, police seized more than 150 crates of documents at Al-Aqsa's Aachen offices after the government banned it under a post-Sept. 11 law targeting religious organizations that support extremism or terrorism. The group's leader has denied the accusations, saying it only provides assistance, such as Hamas is chock full of needy Paleostinians... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |