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Former Minneapolis man did try to evade authorities but isn't a terrorist, lawyer says
Mpls (red)Star Tribune ^
| 5/21/03
| Paul Gustafson
Posted on 05/21/2003 8:35:28 AM PDT by Valin
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:39:24 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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DETROIT -- If Abdel-Ilah Elmardoudi made a mistake after fleeing a credit-card scam charge in Minnesota in 2001, his lawyer said Tuesday, it was seeking help from a habitual liar who has falsely accused the former Minneapolis man of being a terrorist. William Swor, Elmardoudi's attorney, told a federal jury in Detroit on Tuesday that his client sought Youssef Hmimssa's help in obtaining false identification documents to evade authorities -- not to advance a terrorist plot.
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TOPICS: US: Michigan; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: elmardoudi
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:35:28 AM PDT
by
Valin
To: Valin
A day planner found in a Detroit apartment occupied by several of Elmardoudi's co-defendants in September 2001, contained sketches of the air base, the government alleges. Defense attorneys have said the planner belonged to a former mental patient who lived in the apartment, and that it was he who made sketches that prosecutors say depict the air base in Turkey and a military hospital in Amman, Jordan. The men later used the planner's pages as scratch paper, which is why it contained their fingerprints, defense attorneys said. The defense's argument is ludicrous.
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:38:46 AM PDT
by
wideawake
(Support our troops and their Commander-in-Chief)
To: wideawake
Well you know what they say about when life deals you a lemon.
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:44:24 AM PDT
by
Valin
(Age and deceit beat youth and skill)
To: wideawake
The Detroit Terror Trial has, I believe, gone to jury. Expect a quick judgement. However, don't terrorists like causing a stir on the day verdicts are announced?
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posted on
05/21/2003 8:49:11 AM PDT
by
Portnoy
(No complaints here....as long as I'm fly fishing.)
To: wideawake
It's definately ludicrous, but it is refreshing to see a defense attorney trying denial rather than arguing the defendant was somehow justified.
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