[piasa]

IARA terror charity ping.

[piasa]

The indictment also alleges IARA-USA stole $84,922 from a $4.2 million federal grant intended for relief in the African nation of Mali. The charity used $50,000 of that stolen money to lobby the Senate Finance Committee in 2004 to remove IARA-USA from a list of charities under investigation for possible links to terrorism, the indictment charges.

[Cindy]

THANKS for the ping, piasa.

NEWSMAX.com (AP): "FIVE MUSLIMS CHARGED WITH SENDING FUNDS TO IRAQ" (March 7, 2007)

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org: "ISLAMIC AMERICAN RELIEF AGENCY-USA--Indictments Issue" by Tamar Tesler (March 7, 2007)

"www.investigativeproject.org/IARA/IARA_Indictment.pdf"

"www.ustreas.gov/press/releases/js2025.htm"