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U.S. gets OK to pursue trial of Islamic charity
Chicago Tribune ^ | May 14, 2002 | Laurie Cohen and Stephen Franklin

Posted on 05/14/2002 7:06:07 AM PDT by vance

Edited on 09/03/2002 4:50:29 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

The government won a first round Monday in its terrorism-related criminal case against a Chicago-area Islamic charity and its leader, who has been in jail for two weeks on perjury charges.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Ian Levin ruled that federal prosecutors could proceed with their case against Benevolence International Foundation of Palos Hills and Enaam Arnaout because they had presented compelling evidence that the charity funded Muslim rebels in the separatist Russian region of Chechnya.


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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Israel
KEYWORDS: arnaout; benevolence; bif; enaamarnaout; international

1 posted on 05/14/2002 7:06:08 AM PDT by vance
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To: vance
Wanna see something interesting? Make sure you read the instructions. Here you go:

Go here.Click on the button "Advanced Search". A new input page displays. One the new page enter Islamic in the Keyword(s) field. After that pick a state. Note that you can't do the whole country. Too many responses.

In the words of Carol Anne from the movie "Poltergeist": "THEY'RE HERE!"

You can also enter "keywords" like Muslim and Islam. Try Muslim.

2 posted on 05/14/2002 7:16:16 AM PDT by isthisnickcool
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