Posted on 11/18/2002 10:41:03 PM PST by ctnoell
St. Louis, Mo.--A Lebanese man who lives in Charlotte faces sentencing for providing information that authorities say helped cut off a funding pipeline for the Hezbollah terrorist group.
(Excerpt) Read more at wxii12.com ...
NEWS-RECORD.com (AP): "FUGITIVE TERROR SUSPECT ARRESTED OUTSIDE GREENSBORO" (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The man, initially identified in an indictment as Abdellah, was accused in an August indictment of acting with "a covert underground support unit" and an "operational combat cell" for a radical Islamic movement allied with al-Qaida. Court papers in North Carolina identify the man as Abel-Ilah Elmardoudi, also known as Abdella Lnu, 36, of Minneapolis. The indictment alleges the man "provided direction" to the Detroit terrorist cell. Elmardoudi was charged with providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to engage in fraud and misuse of visas, permits and other documents.") (111402)
CHARLOTTE.com - THE CHARLOTTE OBSERVER: "WAS U.S. PROSECUTOR IN DANGER?" by Gary L. Wright (ARTICLE NOTE: The suspect is identified as age 29, an alleged Hezbollah cell leader in Charlotte.) (ARTICLE SNIPPET: "FBI agents suspect Mohamad Youssef Hammoud wrote a letter outlining the plot to kill First Assistant U.S. Attorney Kenneth Bell or blow up with explosives the government's evidence, the court documents reveal. A federal jury in Charlotte convicted Hammoud and his brother in June of conspiring to aid a Lebanese terrorist organization.") (111002)
They could have flown in from overseas and crashed planes headed for Canada. It would still have been doable.
Wow! He's getting sentenced for cooperating with authorities. Just imagine what he'd be facing if he hadn't cooperated. LOL!
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