HA!!
Good Lord.
...it keeps getting better & better. :o)
1993 WTC bombing & al-Hanooti trivia:
[snip]...The spiritual leader of the Capital Region’s largest Muslim mosque allegedly raised more than $6 million for a Middle Eastern terrorist organization and was listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, according to court records, interviews and a classified FBI memorandum. Sheikh Muhammad Al-Hanooti, the 65-year-old imam at the Islamic Center of the Capital District for the past year and a half, denies the allegations and insisted he has not been a fund-raiser for Hamas, the outlawed Palestinian organization whose leaders have publicly claimed credit for numerous terrorist strikes and suicide bombings. In an interview last week, he condemned terrorist attacks against the United States, said “I love America” and noted that he has married a U.S. citizen.
But a Times Union investigation reveals a complex history of association by Al-Hanooti with convicted terrorists and organizations that U.S. authorities believe to be fund-raising fronts for terrorist groups. -— “Religious leader tied to terror Imam of Capital Region mosque disputes FBI report he raised funds for Hamas, condemns terrorism against U.S.,” By BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer , Times Union, First published: Sunday, June 30, 2002
And a 1995 memorandum filed in federal court by former U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White names Al-Hanooti — along with scores of others, including Osama bin Laden — as an unindicted co-conspirator in the 1993 bombing that claimed six lives and injured thousands. -— “Religious leader tied to terror Imam of Capital Region mosque disputes FBI report he raised funds for Hamas, condemns terrorism against U.S.,” By BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer , Times Union, First published: Sunday, June 30, 2002