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Благотворитель сознался
в финансировании чеченцев и боснийцев, а также в рэкете. За это просит простить ему дружбу с НМВ.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s78127
Tuesday, February 11, 2003. Posted: 08:47:05 (AEDT)
Charity chief admits funding militants
The head of an Islamic charity accused of supporting Al Qaeda has admitted using donations to help Islamic fighters in Bosnia and Chechnya in an 11th-hour plea agreement with prosecutors.
Enaam Arnaout has pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy in a US district court and agreed to cooperate with federal inquiries into the funding of international terrorism.
In exchange, the Government agreed to drop all other charges, including one that the 41-year-old used donations to Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) to provide support to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.
Prosecutors say the racketeering charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail without the possibility of parole, but the sentence handed down to Arnaout is likely to be significantly lighter if he lives up to his promise to be a "cooperating witness".
The US Government has hailed the deal, which was struck over the weekend, as a vindication of its case, thought to be the first criminal case to stem from the administration's crackdown on US-based Muslim charities in the wake of the September 11 terror strikes.
"We are gratified that today's plea vindicates the Government's claim that Arnaout and BIF were victimising well intentioned donors," Patrick Fitzgerald, US attorney for the northern district of Illinois told reporters.
"The Government's investigation has always sought to vindicate the donors who gave money in good faith in an effort to serve peaceful, humanitarian concerns when instead violence was being funded."
в финансировании чеченцев и боснийцев, а также в рэкете. За это просит простить ему дружбу с НМВ.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s78127
Tuesday, February 11, 2003. Posted: 08:47:05 (AEDT)
Charity chief admits funding militants
The head of an Islamic charity accused of supporting Al Qaeda has admitted using donations to help Islamic fighters in Bosnia and Chechnya in an 11th-hour plea agreement with prosecutors.
Enaam Arnaout has pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering conspiracy in a US district court and agreed to cooperate with federal inquiries into the funding of international terrorism.
In exchange, the Government agreed to drop all other charges, including one that the 41-year-old used donations to Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) to provide support to Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.
Prosecutors say the racketeering charge carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in jail without the possibility of parole, but the sentence handed down to Arnaout is likely to be significantly lighter if he lives up to his promise to be a "cooperating witness".
The US Government has hailed the deal, which was struck over the weekend, as a vindication of its case, thought to be the first criminal case to stem from the administration's crackdown on US-based Muslim charities in the wake of the September 11 terror strikes.
"We are gratified that today's plea vindicates the Government's claim that Arnaout and BIF were victimising well intentioned donors," Patrick Fitzgerald, US attorney for the northern district of Illinois told reporters.
"The Government's investigation has always sought to vindicate the donors who gave money in good faith in an effort to serve peaceful, humanitarian concerns when instead violence was being funded."
