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Group investigated for possible Al Qaeda ties
A federal grand jury is investigating a group affiliated with two defunct mosques for possible ties to the Al Qaeda terror network, a lawyer for a former mosque member said yesterday. Semi Osman, 32, is charged with trying to obtain US citizenship fraudulently and with owning a handgun whose serial number was removed. Osman was born in Sierra Leone, holds a British passport, and has lived in the United States since the late 1980s. Osman had attended the Dar-us-Salaam mosque, which closed after it was damaged in an earthquake in February 2001. He was part of a group also affiliated with a second mosque nearby, a group now under federal scrutiny. Osman has refused to cooperate with federal investigators. [Insert comment here about vipers in bosom] Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-07-13 |
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