NEW YORK, Feb. 16, 2007
NY Man Charged With Trying To Fund Terror
Prosecutors Allege Suburban NYC Businessman Tried To Send $152K For Afghan Terrorist Training Camp
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Court sketch of Abdul Tawala Alishtari at his initial appearance in Manhattan federal court. He was denied bail. (Jane Rosenberg/CBS)
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Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, 53, of Ardsley, N.Y., pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to an indictment accusing him of terrorism financing, material support of terrorism and other charges. The charges carried a potential penalty of 95 years in prison.
Alishtari, also known as Michael Mixon, was detained pending a court appearance next week after Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan S. Kolodner said Alishtari was a danger to the community and a risk to flee. He was arrested on Thursday in Manhattan, prosecutors said.
Alishtari's court-appointed lawyer, Richard Greenfield, said he was not familiar enough with the case to present a bail package. Outside court, Greenfield declined to comment.
The indictment said Alishtari tried to support terrorists between June and December by accepting an unspecified amount of money to transfer $152,000 that he believed was being sent to Pakistan and Afghanistan to support an Afghanistan terrorist training camp.
He believed the money would be used to fund the purchase of night vision goggles and other equipment, the indictment said.
He was also charged with money laundering for allegedly causing the transfer on Aug. 17 of about $25,000 from a bank account in New York to a bank account in Montreal, Canada. The money was to be used to provide material support to terrorist, prosecutors said.
The indictment also charged him with wire fraud conspiracy and wire fraud. It said he devised a scheme to administer and promote a fraudulent loan investment program known as "Flat Eletronic Data Interchange" through which Alishtari and others fraudulently obtained millions of dollars from investors by promising high guaranteed rates of return.
CBS News has confirmed that Alishtari is a donor to the Republican Party, as he claims on his curriculum vitae. Alishtari gave $15,500 to the National Republican Campaign Committee between 2002 and 2004, according to Federal Election Commission records. That amount includes $13,000 in 2003, a year when he claims to have been named NRCC New York State Businessman of the Year.
Alishtari also claims to be a lifetime member of the National Republican Senate Committee's Inner Circle, which the NRCC describes as "an impressive cross-section of American society – community leaders, business executives, entrepreneurs, retirees, and sports and entertainment celebrities – all of whom hold a deep interest in our nation's prosperity and security."
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See all 56 CommentsHow many more innocent people must rot in Guantanimo Bay prison, before the chicken-hawks will feel safe?
did you just write what i think you wrote in response to this story? are you kidding? with the facts outlined above you choose to answer in that way? wow..you sound like a very objective person that has u.s. interetsts at heart? more likely than not you are some self hating lib that makes excuses for people that hate and want to kill americans..so sad. you suck
Sounds like you have already reached a verdict. Why bother with a trial?
I'm not saying that *I* actually believe this, but I'm sure I'm not the only one capabale/cynical enough to connect those particular dots. The only question is whether he actaully is connected to the RNCC, how many people *will* believe there's a conspiracy, and just how plausible is such a theory anyway? Fire away!
Posted by feelfree1 at 05:48 PM : Feb 16, 2007
Enough to keep the line at the Kool-aid stand going, of course...
Do you have a 'source' for this or are you just shooting from the lip?
More like terrorism is supporting the repugnican party. It's a win-win situation; they keep each other in business.
It didn't work.
Anybody working to subvert the U.S.A. while living here is guilty of treason, including this terrorist.
When will people in this country wake up?
December 8, 1941/September 12, 2001
The facts of yesterday speak for themselves. The people of the United States have already formed their opinions and well understand the implications to the very life and safety of our nation.
As Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that all measures be taken for our defense.
Always will we remember the character of the onslaught against us. No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion, the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory.
I believe I interpret the will of the Congress and of the people when I assert that we will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make very certain that this form of treachery shall never endanger us again.
Hostilities exist. There is no blinking at the fact that our people, our territory and our interests are in grave danger.
With confidence in our armed forces - with the unbounded determination of our people - we will gain the inevitable triumph - so help us God.
"Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
--John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "
"Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country." --John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, Jan. 20, 1961 "
One ought never to turn one's back on a threatened danger and try to run away from it. If you do that, you will double the danger. But if you meet it promptly and without flinching, you will reduce the danger by half. Winston Churchill
Edmund Burke: All that is necessary for evil to succeed is that good men do nothing.
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Documentary gives insight into radical Islam%u2019s global threat
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This is part one of the much-anticipated UK Channel 4 documentary Dispatches: Undercover Mosque, exposing evidence of Islamic supremacism, shocking misogyny, and support for violence at a number of Britain%u2019s leading mosques and Muslim institutions. (Thanks again to LGF operative kasper.)
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Dispatches - Undercover Mosque (1 to 6)
UK Channel 4, aired 15th January 2007.
Radicalisation of UK mosques by Saudi Wahabbism
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Malaysia women 'suffer apartheid'
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School trains suicide bombers
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Following are excerpts from a children's program hosted by Egyptian cleric, Sheik Muhammad Nassar, which aired on Al-Nas TV on June 15, 2006. Sheik Nassar is identified by Al-Nas TV as a preacher at the Egyptian ministry of religious endowment:
Sheik Muhammad Nassar: Let's listen to a very beautiful story to learn about the courage of a child, and how, when a child is brought up in a good home, and receives proper education in faith, he loves martyrdom, which becomes like an instinct for him. He can never give it up."
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One Less Terrorist
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Brigitte Gabriel explodes Mideast 'lies'
Israeli Arab explodes Mideast 'lies'
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The unholy past of the Muslim cleric demanding the Pope's execution
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Clinton admits he was offered bin Laden but refuses
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al-Qaida in Iraq: 4,000 Insurgents Dead
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down-ndirty: It is the policy of the Communist Party USA to support democrats, that is a fact. They do this because the CPUSA is not strong enough on any level. An example is the 2006 elections where a candidate for the U.S. Senate from a midwestern state, Iowa I believe, was endorsed by the CPUSA. If you read about some of the socialist 3rd parties you'll find that they encourage their members to vote Democratic, 2 specifically are, Socialist Party USA, and the CPUSA itself.
There are many examples, but a good link to show that socialists endorse the Democratic Party is http://www.politics1.com/parties.htm
Knowing the republicans are out to get terrorist????
bush stopped looking for bin laden in Afghanistan and went to Iraq gee I wonder why he would do that. OH I forgot Afghanistan doesn't have oil.
I got off on a tirade, but I figured that I have as much as a right as you liberals do. At least my statements are based on intellectual conclusions based on facts, and observation.
Posted by rharrin1 at 07:35 AM : Feb 17, 2007
Bush and the neocons wanted 4 permanent bases in Iraq. That's why they cut and ran from Afghanistan.....
Posted by jdweymouth at 08:27 AM : Feb 17, 2007
Typical neocon rhetoric. Anyone who recognizes a failed strategy is a traitor and "wants" Amerca to fail in Iraq.
It's not a question of wanting, it's a question of reality.
A standing army can never defeat a competent geurilla force that has the support of the local polulace. A few examples of same:
Colombia and the Phillipines have been failing with this same strategy for forty years now.
Guatemala failed with it for 36 years until they sat down to the peace table.
We failed with it for 20 years in Viet Nam until we sat down to the peace table.
The USSR failed with it for 12 years in Afghanistan until they packed up and went home.
It's like starting off on a trip in the wrong direction and convincing yourself that if you drive long enough, you'll reach your destination anyway.....
I dont think liberals have any clue about reality here, all they want is a place to vent thier fantasy paranoia.
Posted by jdweymouth at 08:27 AM : Feb 17, 2007
If we're winning why do our officials, after 4 years of combat, still have to sneak in and out of Iraq unannounced like terrorists?
Posted by pwrslm at 08:37 AM : Feb 17, 2007
Riiigggghhhtttt...it's the libs here who spout all the paranoia about Muslims.
Give me a break......
Posted by pwrslm at 08:37 AM : Feb 17, 2007
So your brothers lars008, one_american, lieberman181, et.al., are all libs now, eh?
I'm sure they'd slap you for that one if they could.
Democrats Charged With Trying To Fund Terror Training Camps
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we where only there for a total of 10 years. The highest combat optempo was 67-70 with 75% of all combat losses during that time frame.
Posted by hillaryin08 at 09:39 AM : Feb 17, 2007
Head up your a$$ as usual, hillary. We went in under Eisenhower and came out under Nixon. You do the math. You have enough fingers and toes for that.
I%u2019ll give plenty of examples where a %u201Ccompetent%u201D insurgency has been crushed by a standing army:
The Philippines, 1905-American forces under General Pershing crushed an Islamic insurgency by fighting them where it hurts: their religion. Find the specifics yourself.
Russia, 1941-1944-German occupational guerrilla hunters crushed Russian partisan opposition. (Note: opposition only started after the Russians realized the Germans weren%u2019t liberators, a fair epitaph of communism)
Germany, 1945-Allied occupation forces crushed the insurgency that had the support of the local population.
The Boer Wars, South Africa, 1902-1902-The British crushed a separatist guerrilla movement, that had been started by the original Dutch settlers of South Africa.
Lastly, as someone already pointed out, we bombed North Vietnam into the Stone Age; in other words, we forced them to the peace table. In addition, by that time, the Viet Cong had been nearly neutralized completely by South Vietnamese, and American forces. We never lost a battle in that war.
What many people do not know is the fact that when dealing with foreigners, whether temporary or permanent citizens, probable cause is not used in order to charge people with terrorism. Instead reasonable cause is used. Whats the difference?
Probable Cause: A reasonable ground for belief in the existence of facts warranting the proceedings complained of (eg, probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and that the person accused may have committed it). (State of Virginia's Definition)
Reasonable Cause: is the suspicion that a crime is being committed or is being planned to be committed. It requires a much lower standard than probable cause, which requires evidence of criminal matters. Controversially, reasonable cause is used by FISA and the USA PATRIOT Act when the FISC approves a surveillance order. (Wikipedia definition)
The differences? The time period in which a crime is committed. Probable cause indicates a crime has occurred. Reasonable cause is a suspicion that a crime is being committed or is being planned to be committed. It also doesn't require evidence of criminal behavior.
What is really going on here?
You're a little confused. "Wolverines" is Patrick Swayze and his hish school insurgents from the movie Red Dawn.
The Nazi insurgents you think you're talking about were called "Werewolves," and the reality of what they actually did and did not do is far from what you're saying:
http://www.slate.com/id/2087768/
necessary to mention US POLITICS in this article.
Do you guys ever pass up a chance to dig the
Republican party. I would bet the farm that
if this terrorist contributed to the DEMS,
it would be so quiet that you could hear a pin
drop.
if this terrorist contributed to the DEMS,
it would be so quiet that you could hear a pin
drop.
Posted by notproperly at 07:33 PM : Feb 17, 2007
Perhaps you would prefer a state run media such as they have in China to prohibit any news that the administration doesn't care for making it into print?
Posted by jdweymouth at 11:44 AM : Feb 17, 2007
Of course I would wish to see our warriors not wasted as they are being now. But four years of failure give us no concrete reason to expect anything but more of the same.
Continuing bad strategy is like starting off on a trip in the wrong direction and convincing yourself that if you just drive long enough in that wrong direction, you arrive at your destination anyway.
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