Posted on 11/13/2009 2:56:06 AM PST by Scanian
US Attorneys are seeking to seize mosques and real estate assets owned by a non-profit Muslim group with alleged ties to the Iranian regime. The assets are owned by the Alavi Foundation and an alleged front-company, the Assa Corporation.
US Attorney Preet Bharara stated that the Foundation's affairs have been directed by Iranian officials, including Ambassadors to the United Nations from that nation in ways that violate a series of American laws. The seizure of assets appears to be related to a federal court decision this Tuesday that the president of the foundation must stand trial for allegedly destroying documents ties to a grand jury investigation of the charity's dealings with Bank Melli Iran and other "purported shell companies."
Bharara says that the Alavi Foundation has "effectively been a front for the government of Iran"
Bank Melli Iran has been a bank the regime has used to do an end-run around American sanctions designed to dissuade its support for terrorism and its nuclear program.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The same needs to be done to Saudi linked mosques, organisations and “charities”. The far greater risk domestically.
This will infuriate Ahm-A-Dnner-Jug! Good! Maybe he’ll blow a gasket.
“The same needs to be done to Saudi linked mosques, organisations and “charities”. The far greater risk domestically.”
Yes, and quit bowing to Bedouins and start drilling for our own oil.
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