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Founder of group tied to Pittsburgh area mosque arrested
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review ^ | Wednesday, March 26, 2003 | Chuck Plunkett Jr.

Posted on 03/26/2003 10:33:02 AM PST by Willie Green

Edited on 04/13/2004 2:02:55 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Federal authorities are holding a key adviser to a former Islamist magazine published in Pittsburgh as they investigate another Islamic charity he co-founded that has ties to a Green Tree-area mosque.

The charity maintained a Web site that published an article endorsing crashing airplanes into buildings four months before Arab terrorists hijacked and crashed four airliners on Sept. 11.


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania; War on Terror
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1 posted on 03/26/2003 10:33:03 AM PST by Willie Green
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2 posted on 03/26/2003 10:34:18 AM PST by martin_fierro (But it's "Jackson" if you're nasty.)
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To: Willie Green
The charity maintained a Web site that published an article endorsing crashing airplanes into buildings four months before Arab terrorists hijacked and crashed four airliners on Sept. 11.

This has nothing to do with his muslim faith.

He was probably just disgruntled or pushed to the edge over some sort of personal conflict with buildings or airplanes.

Again, nothing to do with his religion.

3 posted on 03/26/2003 10:38:19 AM PST by dead
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To: Willie Green
Federal officials are investigating whether Web sites he operated supported or raised money for terrorism.

Are we taking bets on this?

4 posted on 03/26/2003 10:43:58 AM PST by mountaineer
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To: dead
This has nothing to do with his muslim faith.


and Islam is Peace...........
5 posted on 03/26/2003 10:44:29 AM PST by TLBSHOW (The gift is to see the truth......)
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To: Willie Green
Bump!
6 posted on 03/26/2003 5:17:57 PM PST by PA Engineer
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