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| 2003-11-19 |
| Two months before trial, the government has indicated that new charges are likely to be filed in the terrorism case against a civil rights lawyer and her co-defendants, lawyers said. Michael Tigar, an attorney for civil rights lawyer Lynne Stewart, said he did not know the nature of the possible charges. Stewart and co-defendants Mohammed Yousry, an Arabic translator, and Ahmed Abdel Sattar, a U.S. postal worker, are accused of helping a jailed terrorist deliver messages to his followers. All have pleaded innocent. That would be Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, the cleric to the Islamic Group. He’s serving life in prison after he was convicted of conspiring to blow up New York City landmarks and assassinate Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. Kenneth Paul, a lawyer for Sattar, said the government told Judge John G. Koeltl that it was seeking a superseding indictment and was awaiting approval from the Justice Department to add new charges. "They’ve told us, ’Rest assured. There will be additional charges,’" Paul said. Goody, goody. In July, Koeltl threw out charges that the defendants gave material support or resources to terrorists, saying that prosecutors had applied an anti-terrorism law in a way that was unconstitutionally vague. He left intact charges that Stewart and the others conspired to defraud the United States and that Stewart made false statements. Michael Kulstad, a spokesman for U.S. Attorney James B. Comey, did not immediately return a telephone message. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #3 "Now here's a quarter. Why don't you down to the alley and pay some rat to suck that thing off your face." |
| Posted by: eLarson 2003-11-19 3:14:10 PM |
| #2 I have and that's a great call, Jack |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-11-19 3:02:09 PM |
| #1 If you ever saw Lynne Stewart you would know why they developed the Burqa! |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2003-11-19 1:29:39 PM |