U.S. Charges Islamic Leader Who Met Bush

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/30/national/30TERR.html?ex=1065499200&en=7e6748a94e4a9a0c&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

A complaint unsealed today in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia says that Mr. Alamoudi received more than $10,000 from the Libyan mission to the United Nations and that he had made several trips to Libya without disclosing them on his passport.

The United Nations recently lifted its sanctions against Libya, imposed because it was believed to be a sponsor of terrorism. But the United States has retained its sanctions, which make it illegal for Americans not to disclose visits and any other dealings with Libya.

Federal court papers said that Mr. Alamoudi said he had sought the assistance of the Libyan ambassador to the United Nations to help him raise money because "financing the organization's work is a constant struggle."

In August 2003, the affidavit said, customs officials in Britain found $340,000 in Mr. Alamoudi's luggage. Mr. Alamoudi told the officials that he had received the money from an unknown person at a London hotel after a visit to Tripoli in which he met with a group controlled by the Libyan government, the Libyan Islamic Call Society, to seek funds.

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1. There will be very little opposition to internment

A flurry, on sites like this one, a few people expressing sadness at seeing co-workers and neighbors led away, but a regretful acknowledgement that it probably is for the best, to keep them safe, you know...