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Two days after U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft described four employees of a Richardson Internet services company as "terrorist money men" for Hamas, a Dallas federal magistrate ruled Friday that the most prominent defendant is not a flight risk and may be released from custody without having to post bond.

Fine, judge Ramirez. If the guy skips the country, then you can be detained without bail, under President Bush's "either you're with us or you're with the terrorists" doctrine.

"These are good people of America," Mr. Gibson said of his clients. "They're just trying to be good citizens here."

You have nothing to fear from "moderate" muslims...

"Judge Ramirez issued her order despite testimony from two agents and arguments from prosecutors that the Elashis had taken $500,000 from Mr. Marzook and sold as much as $20,000 in computer equipment to Libya and Syria, two terrorist nations. "

There is no end to the proof of the hatered of the left toward the "White Male Power Establisment in this Country". And let's face it, that is what they truely hate. It's not America for America is only the land. They hate the people that started it.

In MY America, judges would serve the time of the criminals they let loose! That would take every liberal judge off the street fast!

Dec 24, 2002

Suspect linked to alleged Iraq money laundering ordered held

ROANOKE, Va. (AP) _ A man accused of helping to funnel money into Iraq was ordered Monday to remain in jail until he stands trial.
U.S. Magistrate Glen Conrad said, however, he might consider releasing Malik Almaliki on bond if those charged with running the money-wiring operation are released.
Almaliki, an Iraqi native who washes cars for an auto dealership, was indicted Thursday along with 11 others on charges of sending about $12 million to Iraq.
The 12 defendants are the latest targets in a federal crackdown on the illegal flow of U.S. dollars to the Middle East.
According to a federal indictment handed up in Seattle on Thursday, Almaliki, 34, collected money for a company outside Seattle called Alshafei Family Connect Inc.
The U.S. Customs Service maintains that Alshafei gathered money from Middle East refugees in the United States and sent $28 million out of the country in the past 2 1/2 years, with more than $12 million ending up in Iraq.
Almaliki, a former Iraqi soldier who has lived in Roanoke since 1997, sent more than $133,000 to Alshafei since April 2000, according to the indictment. Alshafei allowed Almaliki to keep $2 for every $100 he collected.
In the courtroom where Almaliki's detention hearing was held Monday, about 30 members of Roanoke's tiny Iraqi community gathered to support Almaliki. Several said Almaliki, like them, fled Iraq to escape Hussein, and Almaliki helped them send money to their families in Iraq.
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