Wednesday, January 26, 2011

... and that?

AP:
"The defense attorney of a U.S. citizen dismissed charges that his client had channeled funds to Hezbollah fighters. James McLoughlin said during a re-sentencing hearing that the money his client Mohammed Hammoud, a native from Lebanon, sent overseas was not meant for terrorism.
Hammoud, who is serving an 155-year term prison, is accused of running a cell in Charlotte, North California, that raised funds for Hezbollah.....
CIA officer Robert Baer, who was asked by McLoughlin to testify, said that Hezbollah’s military does not raise money publicly, but receives its funds from Iran, an argument that was dismissed by the federal prosecutor...."

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