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“HLF Founders Sentenced to Long Prison Terms”
IPT News
May 27, 2009

SNIPPET: “DALLAS - A federal judge imposed what could amount to life sentences on three former leaders of the Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (HLF) on Wednesday for illegally routing more than $12 million to Hamas.

“The purpose of creating the Holy Land Foundation was as a fundraising arm for Hamas,” said U.S. District Judge Jorge Solis.”

SNIPPET: “While appeals are being prepared, the sentencing hearings end the largest terror financing case in the United States, one which closed the largest Muslim-American charity in 2001. Its significance, however, resonates far beyond the Dallas courtroom and the five men convicted by a jury last November.

The evidence showed that HLF was part of a broad Muslim Brotherhood conspiracy in the United States called the Palestine Committee, which was to serve Hamas with “media, money and men.” Those exhibits show the depth of Muslim Brotherhood activity here, which at its height included a think tank in Virginia, a propaganda arm in Texas and Chicago, and a political operation that continues to exert influence today.

It also led to the discovery of a Brotherhood memorandum from 1991 that describes the group’s goal in America. It called for a “civilization-jihadist process” and a “grand jihad” that aimed at “eliminating and destroying the Western civilization from within … so that it is eliminated and God’s religion is made victorious over all other religions.””

They should have just given the money to Obama

Shukri Abu Baker, 50, of Garland, Texas, was sentenced to a total of 65 years... Mohammad El-Mezain, 55, of San Diego, California, was sentenced to the statutory maximum of 15 years in prison... Ghassan Elashi, 55, of Richardson, Texas, was sentenced to a total of 65 years... Mufid Abdulqader, 49, of Richardson, Texas, was sentenced to a total of 20 years in prison... Abdulrahman Odeh, 49, of Patterson, New Jersey, was sentenced to 15 years... HLF, now defunct, was convicted on10 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization; 11 counts of conspiracy to provide, and the provision of, funds, goods and services to a Specially Designated Terrorist; and 10 counts of conspiracy to commit, and the commission of, money laundering. The Court reaffirmed the jury's $12.4 million money judgment against all the defendants, with the exception of El Mezain, who was not convicted of money laundering.

Elections have consequences:

Solis, Jorge Antonio

Born 1951 in San Ygnacio, TX

Federal Judicial Service:

Judge, U. S. District Court, Northern District of Texas

Nominated by George H.W. Bush on June 19, 1991, to a seat vacated by Robert W. Porter; Confirmed by the Senate on September 12, 1991, and received commission on September 16, 1991.

Education:

McMurry College, B.A., 1973

University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1976

Professional Career:

Assistant criminal district attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, 1976-1981

Private practice, 1981-1982

Criminal district attorney, U.S. Attorney's Office, 1983-1987

Special prosecutor, Narcotics Task Force, 1988

Judge, 350th District Court of Texas, 1989-1991

Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic

Gender: Male

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“HLF Defendants Appeal Convictions”

IPT News
October 20, 2010

INVESTIGATIVE PROJECT.org - For The Record - The IPT Blog: "FIFTH CIRCUIT APPEALS COURT UPHOLDS HLF CONVICTIONS" (December 7, 2011, 7:04 pm) (Read More...)

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