Federal prosecutors have named three prominent Islamic organizations in America as participants in an alleged criminal conspiracy to support a Palestinian Arab terrorist group, Hamas.
Prosecutors applied the label of “unindicted co-conspirator” to the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Islamic Society of North America, and the North American Islamic Trust in connection with a trial planned in Texas next month for five officials of a defunct charity, the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development.
While the foundation was charged in the case, which was filed in 2004, none of the other groups was. However, the co-conspirator designation could be a blow to the credibility of the national Islamic organizations, which often work hand-in-hand with government officials engaged in outreach to the Muslim community.
A court filing by the government last week listed the three prominent groups among about 300 individuals or entities named as co-conspirators. The document gave scant details, but prosecutors described CAIR as a present or past member of “the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee and/or its organizations.” The government listed the Islamic Society of North America and the North American Islamic Trust as “entities who are and/or were members of the U.S. Muslim Brotherhood.”
Courtesy of wessam at LGF, here's an extract from the court filing:
Case 3:04-cr-00240 Document 656-2 Filed 05/29/2007
List of Unindicted Co-conspirators and/or Joint Venturers
III. The following are individuals/entities who are and/or were members of the US Muslim Brotherhood's Palestine Committee and/or its organizations
1. Abdel Haleem Ashqar, aka Abdel Hassan
2. Ahmed Agha
3. Akram Kharoubi
4. Al Aqsa Educational Fund
5. American Middle Eastern League, aka AMEL
6. Ayman Ismail
7. Ayman Sharawi
8. Ayman Siraj Eddin
9. Basman Elashi
10. Bayan Elashi
11. Council on American Islamic Relations, aka CAIR
12. Dalell Mohamed
13. Fawaz Mushtaha, aka Abu Mosab
14. Fayez Idlebi
15. Ghassan Dahduli
16. Hamoud Salem
17. Hassan Sabri
18. Hazim Elashi
19. IAP Information Office
20. Ibrahim Al Samneh
21. INFOCOM
22. International Computers and Communications, aka ICC
23. Islam Siam
24. Islamic Association for Palestine in North America, aka IAP
25. Islamic Association for Palestine, aka IAP
26. Ismail Elbarasse, aka Abdul Hassan, aka Abd el Hassan
27. Ismail Jaber
28. Issam El Siraj
29. Izzat Mansour
30. Jamal Said
31. Kifah Mustapha
32. Mohamed Abbas
33. Mohamed Abu Amaria
34. Mohamed El Shorbagi
35. Mohamed Akram Adlouni
36. Mohamed Al Hanooti
37. Mohamed Jaghlit
38. Mohamed Qassam Sawallha, aka Abu Obeida
39. Mohamed Salah
40. Munzer Taleb
41. Muin Shabib
42. Nader Jawad
43. Omar Ahmad, aka Omar Yehia
44. Omar El Sobani
45. Palestine Committee
46. Rashid Qurman
47. Rasmi Almallah
48. United Association for Studies and Research, aka UASR
49. Walid Abu Sharkh
50. Walid Ranu
51. Yasser Saleh Bushnaq
52. Yousef Saleh, aka Ahmed Yousef
53. Zaher Salman, aka Osama Abdullah
The *indicted* conspirators are:
HOLY LAND FOUNDATION FOR RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT, also known as the “HLF” (01)
SHUKRI ABU BAKER, (02)
MOHAMMED EL-MEZAIN, (03)
GHASSAN ELASHI, (04)
HAITHAM MAGHAWRI, (05)
AKRAM MISHAL, (06)
MUFID ABDULQADER, (07)
ABDULRAHMAN ODEH (08)
It's a 42 count indictment, as follows:
All * Count 1 * Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, 18 U.S.C. § 2339B(a)(1)
All * Counts 2 - 12 * Providing Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization, 18 U.S.C. § 2339B(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2
All * Count 13 * Conspiracy to Provide Funds, Goods and Services to a Specially
Designated Terrorist, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706, 31 C.F.R. § 595.201
All * Counts 14 - 25 * Providing Funds, Goods and Services to a Specially Designated Terrorist, 50 U.S.C. §§ 1701-1706, 31 C.F.R. § 595.201 and 18 U.S.C. § 2
All * Count 26 * Conspiracy to commit money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h)
All * Counts 27 - 38 * Money laundering, 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(2)(A)
Baker, Elashi * Count 39 * Conspiracy to impede and impair the Internal Revenue Service and to File False Return of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, 18 U.S.C. § 371
Baker, Elashi * Counts 40 - 42 * Filing false returns of Organization Exempt from Income Tax, 26U.S.C. § 7206(1)
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