US Funders of Jihad get Prison Time
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May 30th, 2009
The highly publicized terrorism funding trial of the Texas-based Holy Land Foundation has recently netted a combined 80 years worth of jail time for two of HLF's founding members.
Of the five HLF members to be sentenced, Shukri Abu Baker got 65 years for his part in the funneling of $12.4 million dollars in charitable contributions to the terrorist group Hamas.
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In addition, Mohammad El-Mezain was sentenced to 15 years for one count of conspiracy to support a terrorist organization.
Meanwhile, Ghassan Elashi - the founder of the Texas chapter of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, is one of three defendants that have been convicted of conspiracy, but have yet to be sentenced.
Despite the heavy sentences, the defendants and their supporters are still in denial, playing the victim card.
Read more here.
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In addition, Mohammad El-Mezain was sentenced to 15 years for one count of conspiracy to support a terrorist organization.
Meanwhile, Ghassan Elashi - the founder of the Texas chapter of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, is one of three defendants that have been convicted of conspiracy, but have yet to be sentenced.
Despite the heavy sentences, the defendants and their supporters are still in denial, playing the victim card.
Read more here.
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[...] I’m not exactly sure what you expect to hear from CAIR, considering they are unindicted coconspirators in the largest terror financing trial in U.S. history. (And from my experience and estimation, CAIR [...]
[...] organizations? PC: I’m not exactly sure what you expect to hear from CAIR, considering they are unindicted coconspirators in the largest terror financing trial in U.S. history. (And from my experience and estimation, CAIR [...]