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February 27, 2007
US: Georgia Muslim Preacher Jailed
News from Associated Press reports that 42-year old Mohamed Shorbagi, an illegal resident of the United States, has been sentenced today to seven years and eight months in jail. Back on August 28, 2006, shortly after his arrest, Shorbagi pleaded guilty to funding the terror organization Hamas.
The news of his pleading guilty was not released until October. An imam of a mosque in Rome in Atlanta, Georgia, Shorbagi had channelled funds to Hamas between 1997 and 2001.
According to the US Treasury: "General Background: The U.S. designated HAMAS as a terrorist organization pursuant to Executive Order 12947 in 1995 and as a foreign terrorist organization in 1997. HAMAS was also designated a "specially designated global terrorist" under E.O. 13224 in 2001. HAMAS is a terrorist organization that has intentionally killed hundreds of innocent civilians and continues to kill and maim with the aim of terrorizing a civilian population. HAMAS was formed in 1987 as an outgrowth of the Palestinian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood. HAMAS activists have conducted many attacks - including large-scale suicide bombings - against Israeli citizens and military targets. In the early 1990s, they also targeted U.S. citizens, suspected Palestinian collaborators and Fatah rivals."
In October, a Justice Department statement had announced: "Shorbagi provided the support through donations to the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development knowing that some or all of the money was in fact destined for Hamas." The statement also claims that Shorbagi "hosted high-level Hamas officials" at the Rome mosque.
The Holy Land Foundation is listed by the US Treasury as a terrorist entity. This group helped to fund the Council on American-Islamic Relations. In 2000, HLF raised $13 million in donations. On December 4, 2001, President Bush announced the seizure of the assets and records of HLF. On July 27, 2004, the Holy Land Foundation had become a specially designated terrorist entity.
Shorbagi was said by US District Judge Harold Murphy that he would be sentenced in November, but the sentencing came today. Judge Murphy sentenced Shorbagi today, while US Attorney Kim Dammers suggested that he imposed less than the maximum sentence (15 years) because the convicted man had assisted the authorities in their investigations.
Shorbagi had been in the US for more than 20 years. He said: "I came to this country when I was 18 and I believe in this country. I realize that some of the things that I did was wrong and were never supposed to be done. That's why I took the responsibility of cooperating with the government."
Posted by Giraldus Cambrensis at February 27, 2007 4:38 PM
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Illegally in teh country 18 years, a mosque iman and funding a terrorist organization, and someone FINALLY thought they should do something about this? Wouldn't want to do anything brash now would we?
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at February 27, 2007 5:07 PM
This shows how incompetent our government is. 18 years in the US, openly plotting against us, working that taquiya and 'dialogue' all the while workin for our destruction. 18 frigging years and NOW the government wants to give ILLEGAL ALIENS like Shorbagl citizenship and amnesty and forgiveness. It is unbelievable.
Posted by: John Sobieski at February 28, 2007 7:40 PM
Giraldus
This is OT, but it deserves a post in its own right. These young men need all the publicity the internet can give. And the British government deserves all the ridicule the internet can give.
First Amendment rights? Not in the UK.
http://www.indexonline.org/en/news/articles/2007/1/clare-college-students-questioned.shtml
Posted by: Sir Henry Morgan at February 28, 2007 8:06 PM
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