Posted on 09/04/2005 4:46:45 AM PDT by Prince Charles
Former S. Side mosque official pleads guilty to meth charges
September 4, 2005
BY NATASHA KORECKI, Federal Courts Reporter
The onetime treasurer of a Chicago mosque with ties to two people accused of funding terrorism admitted he delivered drugs to an undercover federal agent.
Tariq Isa, 57, of Cicero pleaded guilty Friday to conspiracy to distribute and attempted distribution of pseudoephedrine, knowing it was intended to be used to make methamphetamine.
Isa is the third member of the Al Qassam Mosque, also known as the Chicago Islamic Center, on the South Side, to face federal charges. Two other former mosque officers -- Hatem Fariz and Ghassan Zayed Ballut -- are on trial in Tampa, Fla., along with two others on charges of raising money for Islamic Jihad. The U.S. considers Islamic Jihad a terrorist group, saying it is responsible for deaths in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Facing 21 years in prison
Isa was scheduled to act as a character witness at trial for Fariz and Ballut.
Isa, who was the former director for youth counseling and community service at Al Qassam, admitted he handed a government informant $66,780 in cash as partial payment for nearly 1.73 million pseudoephedrine tablets.
The case, prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Lisa Noller and Joseph Ferguson, was set for trial next week. Ferguson said Isa faces from 171/2 years to more than 21 years in prison.
Ali see ya, wouldn't wanna be ya. Extradition to Abu Graib for this guy I say.
"Isa was scheduled to act as a CHARACTER WITNESS at trial for Fariz and Ballut."
"Isa, who was the former director for YOUTH COUSELING and COMMUNITY SERVICE at Al Qassam.."
He will go to prison and convert more people to Islam the religion of hate.
We have sold our soul for oil among other things..
Sew the wind...reap the whirlwind..
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