Federal indictment targets Holy Land Foundation leaders
A Dallas grand jury indicted Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development and seven leaders on 42 counts for allegedly funneling more than 12.4 million dollars to Hamas between 1995 and 2001. Founding figure Shukri Abu Baker and executive director Ghassar Elashi appeared in court, held in custody. others remain fugitives abroad.
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United States
Dallas
Holy Land Foundation
Hamas
Holy Land Foundation For Relief and Development
U.S
Israel
Holy Land
Justice Department
Treasury
Atty
John Ashcroft
Ashcroft
Haitham Maghawk
Akram Mishal
Baker
Elashi
Mohammad El-Mezain
Maghwari
Mishal
Mafid Abdulqader
Abdulraham Odeh
Libya
Iraq plans national conference despite violence
Iraq announced a three day national conference for 1000 delegates to form an interim assembly ahead of elections. Mortar fire near the Green Zone killed one and wounded 14 U.S. soldiers as Jordanian workers faced a kidnapping threat. Powell urged allies to stay steadfast against insurgents.
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Iraq
Baghdad
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U.S
Fuad Masoum
United Nations
Masoum
U.N
Fayez Saad al-Adwan
Mohammad Ahmed Salama Hussein al-Manaya
Green Zone
U.S. Occupation Authority
Salhiya
Colin Powell
Hungary
Powell
Medecins Sans Frontieres Pulls From Afghanistan
Medecins Sans Frontieres withdraws from Afghanistan after five staff were killed. The Nobel group criticizes a government probe into the June 2 deaths and the co opted humanitarian aid by U.S. forces, saying independent aid is now almost impossible.
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Medecins Sans Frontieres
Afghanistan
Doctors Without Borders
United States revises Sudan draft at U.N. Security Council
The United States sent a revised U.N. draft resolution on Sudan to Security Council ambassadors, retaining sanctions pressure and urging Sudan to disarm Arab militias blamed for Darfur killings. Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail warned of retaliation against foreign troops. Ambassadors debated the text with a vote hoped for by Thursday or Friday.
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U.N
Sudan
Security Council
Darfur
Mustafa Osman Ismail
Iraq
Stuart Holliday
U.S
United Nations
West Bank PM withdraws resignation amid crisis calm
The Palestinian prime minister Ahmed Qurei withdrew his resignation after a 10 day political crisis while Yasser Arafat retained control of security forces. They met with a pledge to let Cabinet ministers do their jobs and uphold existing power structures. Protests over corruption kidnappings and police station seizures aimed to ease.
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Yasser Arafat
Arafat
Ahmed Qurein
Palestinian Authority
Iraqi alleges U.S. general witnessed Abu Ghraib abuse
A videotaped deposition from Iraq shows Saddam Aboud claiming Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski watched and laughed as he was tortured at Abu Ghraib Tier 1A. The claim, part of a federal DC suit for Aboud and others, cites her presence with an American uniform and a star on her hat.
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U.S
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Iraq
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Sam” Saleh Aboud
Hood
Janis Karpinski
Aboud
Karpinski
Michael Hourigan
Hourigan
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District of Columbia
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