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This looks like terror financing to me, a hawala

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala network right here in Alabama.

American's don't see the breadth of the terror problem because articles
and
incidents like this are buried in local and regional news...
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FBI arrests Tuscaloosa man for illegal money transfers

9/28/2006, 8:39 p.m. ET
The Associated Press

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. (AP) - A Tuscaloosa man who shot and killed a would-be
robber late last year was arrested Thursday on charges of making
illegal
money transfers.

Jack Mohamed S. Mused, 29, was arrested without incident at about 8
a.m. at
his place of business, a Raceway convenience store, authorities said.

He was charged with transmitting money without a license, conspiracy to
operate an unlicensed money transmitting business and trafficking in
counterfeit goods, FBI officials said.

FBI spokesman Paul Daymond said several other people in other parts of
the
country were also arrested Thursday in relation to this case.

Daymond said he did not know exactly how many other people were
arrested or
whether they face the same charges as Mused. He declined to reveal the
destination of the money transfers or the type of goods involved
because the
investigation is continuing.

Museds case originates out of the U.S. Attorneys Office in Monroe, La.,
which is near where several of the remaining potential suspects reside.

"There is no present danger to the public related to the arrest of Mr.
Mused
that we are currently aware of," said Donald Washington, the U.S.
Attorney
for the Western District of Louisiana. "Our case against Mr. Mused will
become public tomorrow."

Mused was arrested by members of the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force,
which
includes local, state and federal agencies.

Daymond said the Joint Terrorism Task Force participates in
investigations
any time there is any potential link to terrorism. But he said he could
not
confirm that Mused's activity had a link to terrorism.

In January, a grand jury exonerated Mused for killing 19-year-old Eric
Dewayne Baggett on Dec. 29, 2005, at Raceway. The investigative panel
found
that Baggett and another man were trying to rob the store when Mused
opened
fire.

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