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Saudi Officials Try To Shut Down Oregon Charity Group Owns Property In Ashland ASHLAND, Ore. -- The Saudi Arabian government is trying to shut down an Islamic charity with ties to Oregon and to terrorism. Al-Haramain runs a branch in Ashland and owns a house and acreage (pictured) in the Southern Oregon town. The FBI shut down the Ashland branch and seized evidence several months ago. The Oregon foundation is accused of laundering money from overseas and channeling it to terrorist groups. Al-Haramain still owns the Ashland property but cannot use it until the investigation is complete. The organization's president...

U.S.: Cleric Tried to Start Terror Camp 1 minute ago Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo! By LARRY NEUMEISTER, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK - A radical Muslim cleric, arrested Thursday in London, is accused in a U.S. indictment of trying to establish a terrorist training camp in Oregon while providing aid to both al-Qaida and the Taliban. Mustafa Kamel Mustafa, 47, also is charged in the 11-count indictment with hostage-taking and conspiracy in connection with a December 1998 incident that left four tourists dead in Yemen. "Those who support our terrorist enemies anywhere in the world must...

FBI tracked Saudi studying at PCC 11/11/02 STEVE SUO and LES ZAITZ More than three years before the 9/11 terror attacks, the Portland FBI began tracking a polite young Saudi who was studying aircraft maintenance at Portland Community College. Tareq S. al-Jahini, 29, hoped to become a mechanic at Saudi Arabian Airlines, which paid the tuition for his 1998 studies. But as FBI agents traced his movements and family relationships for the next several years, they found some connections that suggested other possible motives for his interest in aviation. There were intelligence reports that al-Jahini's younger brother, Yaser, had offered...