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This is from the Danial Pipes newsletter, the live links for the rest of the story will be there.
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http://www.danielpipes.org/blog/526

Saudi Arrested for Slave-holding also Probed for Terror Link I wrote
about Homaidan Ali Al-Turki, 37, a Saudi graduate student at the
University of Colorado, in June 2005, at "Saudis Import Slaves to America,"
telling how he (and his wife) was arrested on state and federal charges of
forced labor, aggravated sexual abuse, document servitude, and harboring
an alien. In short, he was keeping a slave and raping her.

Turns out there is more to the story. Rick Sallinger of CBS reports that
Al-Turki has also been since 1995 under a "full fledge investigation"
because he is suspected of being "closely aligned to terrorists and may be
providing material support to terrorism," according to documents filed by
his attorneys. The lawyers also say that the government has been
investigating the use of proceeds from his Albasheer Islamic bookstore in
Aurora, Col. And when he was stopped by the state police on Interstate 80
in Illinois last April, a message on the national crime information computer
warned the officers that he is "terrorist organization member," adding a
caution: "do not alert this individual to this notice." Although Al-Turki was
given only a warning for having an "obstructed view," his lawyers assert
that documents in his car were copied and a 38-page fax was sent by the
Illinois State Police to the FBI office in Denver.

The CBS report also bye-the-bye mentions that Al-Turki is "free on bond
paid by the government of Saudi Arabia." (October 22, 2005) Permalink