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US court clears Sami al-Arian of terrorism
In a major defeat for the federal government, a Florida jury last night acquitted a Palestinian professor on charges of leading a terrorist group that carried out suicide bombings in Israel. Three of his co-defendants were also cleared of dozens of related charges.
The five-month trial in Tampa has been seen as a key test for the controversial Patriot Act passed by Congress soon after the 9/11 attacks, which allowed prosecutors to use wiretaps, financial records, and other intrusive techniques.
Instead Sami al-Arian, who taught computer engineering at the University of South Florida, was acquitted on eight of the 17 counts against him - including the most important one of conspiring to murder people overseas - while the jury was deadlocked on the remaining nine. Two co-defendants, Sameeh Hammoudeh and Ghassan Zayed Ballut, were acquitted on all charges, while a third, Hatem Naji Fariz, was cleared on 24 of the 32 counts against him.
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article331658.ece
Instead Sami al-Arian, who taught computer engineering at the University of South Florida, was acquitted on eight of the 17 counts against him - including the most important one of conspiring to murder people overseas - while the jury was deadlocked on the remaining nine. Two co-defendants, Sameeh Hammoudeh and Ghassan Zayed Ballut, were acquitted on all charges, while a third, Hatem Naji Fariz, was cleared on 24 of the 32 counts against him.
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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article331658.ece
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