[kcvl]

From a November story by the Daily Telegraph in Australia: "Mr. Hassoun registered the Benevolence International Foundation Inc (BIF) in Plantation, Florida, in 1992 and opened an office in 1993, according to Florida State records. [In November,] Mr Hassoun said he had severed ties with BIF when it moved in May 1993 to Palos Hills, a suburb of Chicago. 'They were looking to open here and some guy recommended me and I helped them out. But then it didn't work out.' "

From the Miami Herald: "It remains unclear exactly when Hassoun's affiliation with Padilla began, but both men attended the Masjid Al-Iman mosque in Fort Lauderdale through much of the 1990s and both were close with its former leader, Raed Awad."

[meenie]

How many thousands(millions) of these characters are loose in the United States? It doesn't do any good to expel them from the US because we don't have the border control to keep them out. Years of neglect have created a situation where the sheer numbers of these fanatics overwhelm the ability of any law enforcement agency to keep up with them.

[Grampa Dave]

You might interested in some new data/stuff that Freepers have uncovered re the ownership of certain Jewelry stores in Floriduh: (The reply where the new and old info start to tie in)

It will be interesting if this creep has any tie ins with these special jewelery merchants.