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| US: Man accused of Hamas ties gets 21 months jail |
| 2007-07-12 |
| A Chicago medical van driver accused by federal prosecutors of funneling money to Mideast terrorists was sentenced Wednesday to 21 months in federal prison for lying in a civil lawsuit. Muhammad Salah, 54, was also ordered to pay a $25,000 (€18,200) fine and do 100 hours of community service. "Telling the truth is the bedrock of our judicial system, and a slap on the wrist will not provide a deterrent," US District Judge Amy St. Eve said in sentencing Salah. Salah was convicted in February of lying under oath in a civil lawsuit concerning the murder in Israel of a teenager by Hamas terrorists. The jury that convicted him also acquitted him of charges that he participated in a racketeering conspiracy involving laundering and delivering money to Hamas terrorists. St. Eve gave Salah until Oct. 11 to surrender to authorities and begin serving his prison sentence. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Somethings missing in this story. Salah was sentenced "here" for lying under oath about a "murder" ocurring in Israel. I don't know about the law in Israel but murder in the U.S. is generally considered a criminal matter and not a civil matter--unless it's like the civil trial involving OJ arising out of murders. Why would he be testifying here in a civil matter concerning a murder in Israel? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-07-12 16:43 |
| #3 Another 21 mos. to study the Ko-rant..... |
| Posted by: Dino Hupease9738 2007-07-12 12:54 |
| #2 That depends, Jack is Back. If Mr. Salah is not a citizen, he can be deported immediately following serving his jail sentence. While he is imprisoned the police/FBI can more closely examine his activities and connections... and work up a case for something really ugly. Not to mention all the people in his cell phone, his computer, his PalmPilot... Mr. Saleh was convicted only of lying under oath in a civil lawsuit; Al Capone was put away for tax evasion, once upon a time, and look what that started. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-07-12 11:32 |
| #1 I am sure that if I was a Hamas sympathizer, this little "slap on the wrist" would not deter me one iota. In fact, it may embolden me even further knowing that you can probably get away with mass murder in this country without punishment. |
| Posted by: Jack is Back! 2007-07-12 10:30 |