Man held in New York on terror funding charges

afp ^ | Feb 16

[Mount Athos]

US authorities have arrested a man on suspicion of transferring funds abroad to finance training camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan, a New York district attorney said.

US resident Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, 53, whose nationality is not known, is accused of having agreed to transfer 152,000 dollars abroad supposedly to buy night vision glasses for a camp in Afghanistan.

Also known by the alias Michael Mixon, he was arrested on Thursday and was to be charged with attempting to finance terrorism, international money laundering, and material support to terrorism, as well as conspiracy and wire fraud.

According to the US Attorney for the southern district of New York, Michael Garcia, Alishtari was also behind a six-year scam from 1998 to 2004 when he stole millions of dollars from victims via a phoney loan investment program.

He faces up to 95 years in prison if convicted of the charges, Garcia added.

[mtbopfuyn]

Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, 53, whose nationality is not known

Chinese? Australian? Swiss?

[Leftism is Mentally Deranged]

What a surprise! You mean he's not Christian, or Amish, or Mormon?
What could he be?

[b4its2late]

Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, 53, whose nationality is not known

Nationality is not the key here. My guess is - he a muslim? Do I win?

[xcamel]

Another Mennonite Run Amok

[Chgogal]

My guess, Swedish. /s

[Ken522]

AKA "Michael Mixon" - that's a dead giveaway: He's gotta be a white, middle-aged member of the community .... move along now, nothing to see here ....

[b4its2late]

LOL!

[Obie Wan]

"According to the US Attorney for the southern district of New York, Michael Garcia, Alishtari was also behind a six-year scam from 1998 to 2004 when he stole millions of dollars from victims via a phoney loan investment program."

So the authorities knew this guy ran a multi-million dollar scam in 04 and here we are maybe a couple years later talking about how he's a buyer for middle east terrorists.Yep that sounds about right for our legal system. But hey at least they put the two Border Guards who shot the drug dealer in the ass in prison for twelve years so I guess they just have their priorities !!!

[hfiend]

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."

[Michamilton]

You can read this guy's CV at:
http://groups.msn.com/atalishtarispeeches/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=3242&LastModified=4675605369615864493