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Al-Arian Charged With Operating Global Terror Organization |
2003-02-20 |
A Florida professor and seven other men were charged Thursday with operating a global terrorist organization. University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian was shown in television images being led in handcuffs to FBI headquarters in Tampa. "It's all about politics," the Kuwaiti-born Al-Arian told reporters as agents led him inside. So's terrorism, Perfessor... The 50-count indictment charges the eight men with operating a criminal racketeering enterprise since 1984 that supported Palestinian Islamic Jihad and with conspiracy to kill and maim people abroad, conspiracy to provide material support to the group, extortion, perjury, mail and wire fraud, obstruction of justice, attempt to procure citizenship or naturalization unlawfully and other charges. Each defendant faces up to life in prison if convicted. It'd be nice if each got it, too... Those arrested in the United States Thursday were described as setting up a terrorist cell at the University of South Florida. They are:
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Posted by:Fred Pruitt |
#2 He's been running Palestinian Islamic Jihad from Tampa since '84 and we're just getting around to shutting him down? A whole lotta people got some 'splainin' to do! |
Posted by: VAMark 2003-02-20 23:00:40 |
#1 Jon - correcto - in fact O'Reilly was crowing about this on Imus's show this AM |
Posted by: Frank G 2003-02-20 14:54:57 |