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| Bail order appealed for accused Syrian spy |
| 2011-10-28 |
| Federal prosecutors are trying again to get a judge to keep a Virginia man accused of acting as a Syrian spy in jail while he awaits trial. Last week a magistrate in Alexandria ordered 47-year-old Mohamad Soueid free on home detention while waiting to be tried on charges that he worked with Syrian intelligence agencies to monitor expatriates in the U.S. opposing Assad's regime. The magistrate said that he appears to be nothing more than a low-level operative, at worst. Prosecutors strongly dispute this, saying Soueid has contacts in the highest levels of the Syrian regime, even Assad himself. They have appealed the magistrate's bail order, and Soueid remains in custody. The next hearing is set for Friday morning. |
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