“Minn. Trial Accuses U.S.Citizens of “Deadly Pipeline” to Al-Shabaab”
Ellen Cannon, Chicago Homeland Security Examiner
October 2, 2011
SNIPPET: “Amina Farah Ali’s trial will start on October 3, 2011 in Minneapolis. Ali, a 35 year old U.S. citizen of Somali descent accused of funneling money to Al-Shabaab, a terrorist group in Somalia. Ms. Ali and her co-defendant, 64 year old Hawo Hassan, are accused of collecting money for Al Shabaab and telling potential donors to ignore charities and focus on the “the jihad by helping to finance local Somali men’s travel to Somalia to fight”.
Ms. Ali and Ms. Hassen were indicted on June 21, 2011.”
SNIPPET: “The indictment alleges that as part of a larger conspiracy, Ms. Ali communicated by phone with people in Somalia who requested financial assistance for the terror group Al –Shabaab.
According to the Justice Department, Ms. Ali allegedly “raised money for these individuals by soliciting funds door to door in Somali communities in Minneapolis, Rochester, Minnesota, and other locations in the U.S. and Canada”. In addition, Ms. Ali is accused of raising money by direct appeals to individuals participating in teleconferences that featured speakers who encourage donations to support Al-Shabaab. Ali allegedly raised funds under false pretenses that such funds were for the poor and the needy. (Department of Justice, 8/5/10)”
http://www.investigativeproject.org/3217/courtroom-antics-in-two-radical-islamist-trials
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“Courtroom Antics in Two Radical Islamist Trials”
by IPT News • Oct 4, 2011 at 3:05 pm
SNIPPET: “Defendants in two terrorism trials which started this week disrupted proceedings with empty gestures of defiance.
In Minneapolis, one of two women charged with raising money for the Somali terrorist group al-Shabaab refused to stand for the presiding judge.
Regardless of how her trial ends, Amina Farah Ali will serve 50 days in jail for contempt.”