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| Three women arrested in US for financing Shaboobs |
| 2014-07-25 |
| Three women were arrested Wednesday, in the United States and Netherlands, for allegedly giving financial help to Somalia’s Al-Qaeda-linked Al-Shabaab, authorities said. Since the United States deems the group a terrorist organisation, such aid is a crime for which Muna Osman Jama, 34, was arrested at her home in Reston, Virginia, the Justice Department said in a statement. Hinda Osman Dhirane, 44, was arrested at her home in Kent, Washington; and Farhia Hassan was arrested at hers in the Netherlands; it added. Two additional women were fugitives on the same charges: Fardowsa Jama Mohamed, in Kenya; and Barira Hassan Abdullahi in Somalia, the statement said. The women allegedly sent money transfers as part of a network of small monthly payments. They were charged with one count of conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organisation and 20 counts of providing material support to a foreign terrorist organisation. “If convicted, each defendant faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in prison on each count in the indictment,” the statement warned. |
| Posted by:Steve White |