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February 21, 2006
First insurgent arrests on US soil
The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the Justice Department has accused three Ohio men of plotting to kill US and coalition troops by setting up a terrorism training camp in the Middle East.
This is the first time suspects on US soil have been charged with aiding the insurgency. Attorney General Gonzalez would not comment on whether the NSA warrantless surveillance program was used in the investigation. However, the use of corporate records was examined in the article:
Corporate records in Illinois from 1997 show that Hindi has a connection to another man convicted of conspiring to violate U.S. sanctions against Iraq -- Rafil Dhafir, an Iraqi-born physician in Syracuse, N.Y., who was sentenced to 22 years in prison. Hindi is listed as the registered agent and manager of Royal International LLC of Oak Lawn, Ill., and Dhafir and his wife were listed as members of the travel agency's board.A law enforcement official said there is no known connection between Dhafir and the Toledo case. Dhafir's attorney was not available to comment. A person who answered Hindi's home telephone in Toledo would not comment.
Posted by Laura Spadanuta at February 21, 2006 10:45 PM
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