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Judge Tosses Terror Funding Guilty Plea
Newsday ^
| May 11, 2004, 6:49 PM EDT
| MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
Posted on 05/11/2004 4:13:22 PM PDT by Velveeta
NEW YORK -- A judge on Tuesday threw out the guilty plea of an ice cream shop owner in Brooklyn whom prosecutors linked to funneling tens of thousands of dollars to al-Qaida and other terrorist networks.
Judge Charles P. Sifton said the Yemeni proprietor, Abad Elfgeeh, had not understood the consequences of his guilty plea to illegally transferring money to bank accounts in Yemen, Switzerland, Thailand and China.
FBI agents arrested Elfgeeh last year after learning that $20 million had passed through the bank accounts of his Brooklyn-based business from 1997 and 2003. He pleaded guilty in October.
Elfgeeh, a naturalized U.S. citizen, remained under house arrest.
"Nobody, but most importantly not Mr. Elfgeeh, was clearly advised (about) ...his rights to a jury trial with the prospect of facing the sentences that he now faces," Sifton said.
Court filings portray Elfgeeh, 49, as a vital link in a system that moved millions of dollars to Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida and Hamas. Prosecutors also believe Elfgeeh was an associate of Sheik Mohammed Hasa Al-Moayad, a prominent Yemeni cleric charged with funneling millions to al-Qaida before the Sept. 11 attacks.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; War on Terror
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To: Velveeta
Left wing judges LOVE the old, "No spika de Ingeles" defense. Of course, he did have to establish his English language skills before he become a naturalized citizen.
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posted on
05/11/2004 5:17:23 PM PDT
by
Tacis
(,)
To: JoeSixPack1
"We're playing pattycake while their cutting our heads off! This is insane."
That's exactly what it is, what can we do about this cr*p? I mean call, vote for Bush, etc., but there's got to be something more.
Obviously they killed that guy Berg because he was Jewish, is anyone in the Jewish-American street ever going to "get this" and start voting Republican?
I'm totally frustrated over this cr*p, and I love Bush as much as the next freeper, and maybe he really has stopped with the Religion of Peace cant, but he's still putting that UN guy in, and he still is keeping the gloves on in Iraq.
How many more innocent people will have to die before we realize these folks are just like the Nazis in every conceivable way, only stupider and more cowardly.
Flame away, if you like. I've got a 101.1 degree fever tonight, so I probably won't even notice.
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posted on
05/11/2004 5:19:24 PM PDT
by
jocon307
(The dems don't get it, the American people do.)
To: jocon307
No flames here. I agree! I wasn't around then, but my history lessons loosely point to a rehash of 1939.
Fluids and rest. Burn the fever out. Hope you feel better soon. :-)~
To: gaspar
He is the posterjudge for everything wrong with the American legal system.I agree.
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posted on
05/11/2004 5:39:32 PM PDT
by
Velveeta
To: jocon307
Hot day at FR today.
Hope you feel better soon.
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posted on
05/11/2004 5:41:26 PM PDT
by
Velveeta
To: jocon307
I think they would have killed him regardless of his religion. Christians are killed daily by this scum in many countries. I blame this on what CBS is playing, not how infidels are praying. Get well soon.
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posted on
05/11/2004 6:21:46 PM PDT
by
zygoat
To: Velveeta
...Nobody ,,,was clearly advised???
...This, is our judiciary, incompetent, incoherent,,,,the deballing of the Constitution. Let's hear more. My outrage knows no limit...
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posted on
05/11/2004 6:57:09 PM PDT
by
gargoyle
To: JoeSixPack1
These damn activist judges .. here they go again making up the rules to suit the DNC.
THE WHOLE WORLD IS GOING INSANE .. AND I FEEL SO HELPLESS TO STOP IT.
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posted on
05/11/2004 7:41:41 PM PDT
by
CyberAnt
(The 2004 Election is for the SOUL of AMERICA)
To: Velveeta
Judge Charles P. Sifton is on the wrong side in the War on Terror.
To: JoeSixPack1
mohammedan son of a bitch.
To: jocon307
"The first thing we do? Let's kill all the lawyers."
- W. Shakespeare
To: gargoyle
Let's hear more. My outrage knows no limit...Post #9 will do the trick.
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posted on
05/11/2004 8:18:44 PM PDT
by
Velveeta
To: Old Sarge
Shakespeare was a smart man.
I wonder what he'd say today?
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posted on
05/11/2004 8:20:47 PM PDT
by
Velveeta
To: Velveeta
I've done some creative Shakespearean insults, when I've done ameteur theater.
My fave was, a stream of invectives, followed by, "Oh for breath to utter what is like thee!", and continuing on without a pause...
To: Velveeta; All
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posted on
05/11/2004 8:36:10 PM PDT
by
Cindy
To: Old Sarge
LOL!
The old guy could talk the teeth out of a saw.
(I love those those Irish sayings)
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:16:14 PM PDT
by
Velveeta
To: Cindy
Amazing.
He (Elfgeeh) was smiling giving a big ole thumbs up sign today.
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posted on
05/11/2004 9:17:33 PM PDT
by
Velveeta
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