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Terror Trial Of Oussama Abdullah Kassir Set To Begin In New York
April 13, 2009
Terror Trial Of Oussama Abdullah Kassir Set To Begin In New York
Terror Trial Of Oussama Abdullah Kassir Set To Begin In New York
April 13, 2009 - San Francisco, CA - PipeLineNews.org - The terror trial of a Swedish citizen, born in Lebanon has reached the jury selection phase in New York.
Oussama Abdullah Kassir is charged with working to aid al-Qaeda having attempted to establish secret training sites in Oregon and operating a number of websites which offered terrorist instruction manuals such as "The Mujahideen Explosives Handbook" and "The Mujahideen Poisons Handbook," court documents stated.
An apparent associate of Kassir's, James Ujaama, from Seattle, WA has already plead guilty to aiding al-Qaeda and is expected to testify for the prosecution.
An alleged accomplice, Haroon Rashid Aswat is fighting extradition to the United States.
Both of the suspects were disciples of the radical imam Abu Hamza al-Masri, a one-armed, one eyed Muslim cleric who is serving a seven-year sentence in UK for issuing a fatwa justifying the murder of non-Muslims. http://www.pipelinenews.org/index.cfm?page=nyterrorid=4.13.09%2Ehtm
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