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| US Moslem Admits He Tried to Assassinate Saudi Ruler for Qaddafi |
| 2004-07-30 |
| From The New York Times Abdurahman Alamoudi, a prominent American Muslim leader implicated in an alleged plot by the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi, to assassinate the leader of Saudi Arabia, has acknowledged his role in the plot and agreed to plead guilty to having illegal business dealings with Libya. Mr. Alamoudi, who is president of the American Muslim Foundation and has had access to senior officials in the Bush and Clinton administrations over the years, is expected to enter his guilty plea on Friday in federal court in Alexandria, Va., his lawyers said. He faces a maximum of 23 years in prison, but his sentence could be reduced significantly because he has cooperated extensively with the American authorities in some 100 hours of interviews about his Libyan dealings, officials said. The plea agreement lays out extensive new details about the Libyan plot, including Mr. Alamoudi's recruitment by Libyan intelligence officials last year as an intermediary who funneled hundreds of thousands of dollars to anti-Saudi dissidents in London and elsewhere. A classified version also identifies Libyan officials thought to have acted at the behest of Colonel Qaddafi in seeking to assassinate Crown Prince Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, said officials familiar with the report. Some American officials remain skeptical about whether Libya ever pursued a serious plot to kill Prince Abdullah, regarding it more as a fanciful scheme. ... But the plea agreement reached with Mr. Alamoudi, of Falls Church, Va., makes it clear that American law enforcement officials regarded the plot as a serious one, officials said. ... |
| Posted by:Mike Sylwester |