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<p>DETROIT — An indictment unsealed Thursday charges a Dearborn man with conspiracy to provide material support to Hezbollah (search), an Islamic militant group listed by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization.</p> <p>The indictment accuses Mahmoud Youssef Kourani (search) of being a member, fighter, recruiter and fund-raiser for Hezbollah who operated in Lebanon and later within the United States.</p>

CATTARAUGUS, N.Y. - Two women from the Seneca Nation of Indians' Cattaraugus reservation are linked to a cigarette-smuggling ring that sent funds to a terrorist organization, federal authorities said. The money allegedly went to Hezbollah, the Islamic militant group. Hezbollah, a terrorist organization is said to be responsible for the 1983 bombing of the Marine barracks in Beirut. In November 2001, the United States put Hezbollah on the list of foreign terrorist organizations whose assets can be seized. Authorities allege the leader of the smuggling ring, Elias Mohamad Akhdar, a native of Lebanon, who has taken part in Hezbollah incidents...