Thursday, December 08, 2005

[USA] Failed case seen as blow to terror war / The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Dec 2005

Failed case seen as blow to terror war | csmonitor.com:
Warren Richey
"The failure of a major federal prosecution of a suspected terrorist supporter is drawing two radically different reactions. Many Muslim-Americans are hailing the acquittal of former college professor and Palestinian activist Sami al-Arian as a vindication of the US system of justice. But others see the outcome of the five-month federal trial in Tampa as a setback to US government efforts to halt the flow of money and other support to illicit Islamic and Arab causes in the Middle East."