Posted on 08/13/2004 4:08:23 PM PDT by 4.1O dana super trac pak
A leader of a mosque on Chicago's South Side has been ordered held on charges he trafficked a chemical used to make the illegal narcotic methamphetamine.
U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve ordered that Tariq Isa, 55, remain in custody Tuesday without bail. She said Isa had an incentive to flee because a conviction would carry a lengthy prison term.
Isa was arrested Aug. 5 as he arrived at O'Hare International Airport from the Middle East, authorities said. A two-count indictment charging Isa with distributing almost 1.73 million tablets of pseudoephedrine was returned in May but was sealed until his arrest.
According to the indictment, Isa knew or had reasonable cause to believe the chemical would be used to make methamphetamine.
Isa is the third leader of the Mosque of the Martyr Izzedine Al-Qassam to face criminal charges since last year.
Ghassan Zayed Ballut and Hatem Fariz were indicted last year in Florida for allegedly financing terrorist in Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. They also were charged with being members of the militant group Palistinean Islamic Jihad.
Fariz also was indicted last month in Chicago on food-stamp fraud and money-laundering charges.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa Noller said in court Tuesday that the three men have sole control over the mosque's bank account. She also said Isa had been photographed with the worldwide head of the Islamic Jihad.
Isa's attorney James Fennerty did not immediately return phone calls for comment.
Noller said in court that Isa could face 24 to 30 years in prison if convicted.
Thanks for posting this. I hope we can keep this type of news going here on FR. We don't get this on regular news very often around here.
Dub
If you were gonna get your 72 virgins, you'd need some aphetamines too!
The term Narco-Terror was in use among defense analysts and law enforcement long before Osama began his jihad. When the Taliban was gaining strength and wanted to end poppy cultivation as "not Islamic" Osama counseled them to let it continue, as it harmed the West.
I sure did will post it at Tm and thanks so for the headsup Dana!!!
Dana, the link is nuked
So crystal meth is halal!
Who knew!
Just another reason for us to see that islam is composed of camel and monkey feces muslims.
Yeah, we have mosques like that here too. Your toes would curl if I posted more. :(
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But drug dealing is forbidden by the Quran.
They're not selling drugs to muslims.Only to "infidels" and they're not doing it for personal gain, but to spread Islam., which, I'm sure, makes it OK..
You got it Dub.
I just checked, no updates. These stories just drop off the radar.
Kind of like Sandy Berger. In the wind... Thanks for getting back to me!
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