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« on: 2008-12-24 17:33:51 » |
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NY man pleads guilty to broadcasting Hezbollah TV
Americans talk a lot about freedom. Clearly the reality is that this is based on the freedom to do what the Federal government mandates, here on behalf of Israel, or the freedom to enjoy confiscation, imprisonment, execution or some combination. How is this different from freedom in the People's Republic of China but with added debt and taxes and fewer facilities?
Source: Reuters North American News Service
Authors: Michelle Nichols (Reporting), Daniel Trotta (Editing),Bill Trott (Editing)
Dated: 2008-12-13
A New York City man pleaded guilty Tuesday to providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization by broadcasting Hezbollah television channel Al Manar to U.S. customers, federal prosecutors said.
In a plea deal, Javed Iqbal, 45, a Pakistani who moved to the United States more than 25 years ago, admitted that between about September 2005 and August 2006 he provided satellite transmission services through his Brooklyn-based company HDTV Ltd to Al Manar, in exchange for thousands of dollars payment.
Hezbollah, an Iranian- and Syrian-backed Shi'ite Muslim group with a powerful guerrilla army, was designated by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist organization in 1997. [ Hermit : And of course the most significant player in the Lebanese government, a major provider of aid in the sector and the only effective bulwark against further Israeli incursions into the Lebanon with associated war crimes and breaches of US law which the US is ignoring. ]
The U.S. Treasury branded Al Manar a terrorist organization in March 2006, saying it supported Hezbollah's fund-raising and recruitment activities.
Iqbal was arrested and initially charged in August 2006.
Saleh Elahwal, who lives in New Jersey and who prosecutors say also operated HDTV, faces similar charges and his trial is set to start on Jan. 5.
Iqbal faces up to 15 years in prison and will be sentenced on March 24.
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