Adjoran
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posted on 7-26-2005 at 06:58 PM
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What I Saw at al-Arian's Trial
By Joe Kaufman
FrontPageMagazine.com
July 26, 2005
Full story HERE.
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For the last two decades, Tampa Bay, Florida has been host to Sami al-Arian, the leader of one of the world’s most notorious terror organizations,
the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The city served as al-Arian’s base of operations, as he allegedly assisted in the murders of numberless innocents.
Today, Tampa is the site of al-Arian’s federal trial: he faces a 53-count indictment by the U.S. government, which identifies the former professor as
a leading terrorist fundraiser.
Sitting in the 13th-floor courtroom of a Tampa courthouse recently, al-Arian looked like he does in so many of the photos that have appeared in
newspapers for months: he has a noticeably bald head and wears his signature wry smile. Also present were several of al-Arian’s codefendants, the
alleged terrorist operatives Sameeh Hammoudeh, Ghassan Zayed Ballut and Hatem Naji Fariz; the other suspects are still at large, reportedly in
Damascus, Syria.
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[read the rest at link above]
Excellent account. This former University of South Florida professor was a major player in raising money for Palestinian terrorists.
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you
meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half.
Sir Winston Churchill
A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. As enemy at the gates is less formidable, for
he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the
alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
- Marcus Tullius Cicero
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