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| 5 US Muslims Convicted Over Exports, Including Texas CAIR Founder! |
| 2004-07-08 |
| A Texas court has convicted five Palestinian-born brothers of selling computer equipment to Libya and Syria in violation of US anti-terrorism laws. The men - Ghassan, Basman, Bayan, Hazim and Ihsan Elashi - ran a computer business in Richardson, Texas. They were tried on more than 20 counts of money-laundering and false statements on export documents. Three of the brothers are facing separate charges of funnelling money to the militant Palestinian group Hamas. The five ran a firm called InfoCom. On Wednesday, they were found guilty of shipping money to countries regarded by the US as sponsors of terrorism, and could face up to 10 years in jail. During the trial, prosecutors said they repeatedly filed false export forms to deceive the authorities about the nature of their business. The defence argued that the brothers did not knowingly break laws and that the equipment sent to the Middle East consisted only of low-grade computers. Prosecutors have said they will hold a second trial at an unspecified date for three of the brothers accused of helping to fund Hamas. Ghassan Elashi was also director of a US Muslim charity called the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development. The foundation was shut down in December 2001 after the US Treasury Department accused it of being a Hamas front and seized its assets. Mr Elashi denies the the charge. He and his two co-defendants are notably accused of sending money to senior Hamas leader Musa Abu Marzook. Abu Marzook's wife is related to the Elashi brothers. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #9 Wonder if they signed the petition? Sure they did. Right before they wiped their @ss with it. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2004-07-08 10:28:31 PM |
| #8 Wonder if they signed the petition? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-07-08 9:19:33 PM |
| #7 Dang Jen, sounds like you are on the front lines there, and that moonbat mayor of yours is not helping. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-07-08 8:21:57 PM |
| #6 Lordy, I wish, Frank! In Steven Emerson's fine book on Islamist Terrorism here in America, he claims that Al Queda has a cell here. As Howard Dean would say, 'YARRRRRRRGH!" But our huggy feely Liberal mayor Laura Miller (Miss March for the Nanny Police State calendar) wants to bitch about the Patriot Act... There are 3-count 'em 3--mosques in Arlington, TX (between Dallas and Ft. Worth) and to me, those are hotbeds of IslamoNazism that need to be monitored 24/7. |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-07-08 8:04:04 PM |
| #5 Jen, I would think you alone woulda cleared a "defensible-space" as we say here in So Cal fire territory :-) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-08 7:51:37 PM |
| #4 Add CAIR to the front list, move it to the top. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2004-07-08 7:40:55 PM |
| #3 thx for expanding, Master Fred! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-08 7:29:15 PM |
| #2 Right in my back yard, too! I remember these dirtbags on TV not long after 9/11, when the Bush Administration had added the Holy Land Foundation to the list of fronts, most of which posed as charities, for terrorist funding to be prosecuted and they were protesting about how innocent they were. Uh-huh. They also complained that they were "harassed" by the FBI before in 1998 for connections to the African Embassy bombings, too. Wish these were the only jihadis in my area, but I don't think they are. Good start, though. |
| Posted by: Jen 2004-07-08 7:24:52 PM |
| #1 caught via LGF. Nice snag, Charles! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-07-08 7:17:21 PM |