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Charity director pleads guilty to racketeering (Photo of Arnaout with Hekmatyar)
CNN ^ | February 10, 2003

Posted on 02/10/2003 10:05:46 AM PST by HAL9000

Edited on 04/29/2004 2:02:04 AM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Federal prosecutors claim that this undated photo shows Arnaout, left, sitting next to Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.

CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- The director of an Islamic charity linked by federal prosecutors to Osama bin Laden pleaded guilty Monday to racketeering charges but did not admit any connection to the terrorist mastermind.


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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; arnaout; bosnia; chechnya; hekmatyar

1 posted on 02/10/2003 10:05:47 AM PST by HAL9000
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To: All
Gee, we believe you (sarcasm, snicker)... So are you lying now or were just lying then???

I guess we can add another "trueism" to the religion of peace, we can add the religion of honesty.

When will we learn?
2 posted on 02/10/2003 10:16:16 AM PST by OhhTee5
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To: HAL9000
the 41-year-old Arnaout admitted to using some money raised through his charity to help support rebels in Chechnya

Maybe we could outsource this guy's imprisonment to Putin. I'm sure he'd find a nice place for this guy.

3 posted on 02/10/2003 3:01:12 PM PST by Nick Danger (these Frenchmen are all cheese and no moose)
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To: Angelus Errare
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4 posted on 02/11/2003 11:59:58 AM PST by Coop
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To: HAL9000
INTELLNET.org - THE INTELLIGENCE NETWORK: Search Term: "GULBUDDIN HEKMATYAR"
http://www.intellnet.org/news/index.html?type=category&value=Gulbuddin%20Hekmatyar
5 posted on 02/20/2003 12:57:24 AM PST by Cindy
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