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100 Israelis to testify in Florida trial of alleged Jihad fundraisers
Ha-aretz ^ | Wed. May 18, 2005 | By Roni Singer and Nathan Guttman, Haaretz Correspondents
Posted on 05/18/2005 2:20:34 AM PDT by FreeReporting
100 Israelis to testify in Florida trial of alleged Jihad fundraisers By Roni Singer and Nathan Guttman, Haaretz Correspondents
Some 100 survivors of terror attacks, relatives of those killed, police investigators, Magen David Adom paramedics, and ZAKA volunteers will testify in what American authorities regard as the most important terrorist trial in the United States since the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The group will be flown to Tampa, Florida early next month to serve as prosecution witnesses in the trial of four Arab-Americans accused of belonging to Islamic Jihad and raising funds to finance terror attacks, including some that took place in Israel.
The trial is due to start on June 6, with jury selection to begin this week.
The defense also plans to show the jury photographs and other documentation to show that Arian was a well-known Arab-American politician, friendly with major U.S. political figures such as former U.S. president Bill Clinton and President George W. Bush. If the FBI suspected the defendants of being terrorists, the defense will ask, why didn't they warn the political figures to stay away from Arian and the others?
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May 17, 2005
Al-Qaeda still using the fear factor
"Fear is still the factor Al-Qaeda," from the Stop the Presses Department via the StarOnline, with thanks to Nicolei:
ISLAMABAD: Being big in al-Qaeda is clearly not what it used to be, but the fear factor is.
While al-Qaeda's ability to inspire like-minded Islamist groups has grown, its own core members haven't succeeded in carrying off a major overseas attack since Sept 11, 2001....
"The inner core of al-Qaeda is intact, but as a group it's been degraded. Its survival depends on associated groups," said Rohan Gunaratna, a Singapore based security analyst and author of Inside al-Qaeda: Global Network of Terror.
"Linked to al-Qaeda" has become a catch-all phrase to describe any group that carries out an attack, and either declares admiration for Osama, announces a hitherto unheard of or distant affiliation to al-Qaeda, or has bona fide ties....
Whether or not there is an actual link is unimportant. The ideological connection is all-important.
Posted at May 17, 2005 07:36 AM