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To: Catspaw
Tampa Tribune series seems to have upset the PIJ guys mightily. These paragraphs from p. 57 of the indictment:

On or about April 17, 1995, RAMADAN ABDULLAH SHYALLAH had a telephone conversation with an unidentified male in Syria, in which RAMADAN ABDULLAH SHALLAH indicated he was very concerned that the local newspaper would soon be printing articles about their connection to the PIJ.

On or about April 17, 1995, SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN had a telephone conversation with Jamil, in which they discussed SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN's concern that a Tampa Tribune correspondent inquired about his ties to terrorism. Jamil told SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN that they had previously decided that SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN should say nothing and asked SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN why he spoke to the reporter.

45 posted on 02/20/2003 2:34:06 PM PST by aristeides
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To: Catspaw
And this from pp. 61-62:

(171) On or about May 30, 1995, SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN WHO WAS IN Tampa, Florida, had a telephone conversation with BASHIR MUSA MOHAMMED NAFI who was outside the State of Florida, in which they discussed SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN's admiration for another terrorist leader. They also discussed how to appropriately respond to the ongoing press investigation of SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN at the University of South Florida and BASHIR MUSA MOHAMMED NAFI's insistence that it would be handled properly.

(172) On or about June 1, 1995, RAMADAN ABDULLAH SHALLAH who was in Tampa, Florida, had a telephone conversation with Fathi Shiqaqi, who was outside the State of Florida, in which they discussed a Lebanese magazine article which incorrectly stated that the PIJ was going to split. Fathi Shiqaqi also expressed the belief that SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN should move to another location in the United States because of bad publicity. They also stated that BASHIR MUSA MOHAMMED NAFI was disturbed by the articles in the Tampa Tribune because BASHIR MUSA MOHAMMED NAFI's name had been mentioned. On the same day, RAMADAN ABDULLAH, who was in the Middle District of Florida, had a telephone conversation with BASHIR MUSA MOHAMMED NAFI, who was outside the State of Florida, in which they discussed articles about a split in the PIJ and their anger that the reporter had mentioned members of the PIJ Shura Council and other PIJ members by name. BASHIR MUSA MOHAMMED NAFI said he would take care of the matter.

(173) On or about June 2, 1995, RAMADAN ABDULLAH SHALLAH sent a facsimile from WISE/ICP offices in Tampa, Florida, to Fathi Shiqaqi at a facsimile number outside the State of Florida, which described an article concerning the split in PIJ. The facsimile also relayed a conversation that RAMADAN ABDULLAH SHALLAH and BASHIR MUSA MOHAMMED NAFI had the evening before, and stated that SAMI AMIN AL-ARIAN had recently sent a threatening message to MUHAMMED TASIR HASSAN AL-KHATIB to stop talking to the press.

49 posted on 02/20/2003 2:44:26 PM PST by aristeides
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To: aristeides; honway; thinden
On or about April 17, 1995, RAMADAN ABDULLAH SHYALLAH had a telephone conversation with an unidentified male in Syria...

This is two days before the OKC bombing, FWIW.

50 posted on 02/20/2003 2:51:25 PM PST by Fred Mertz
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