Dec. 7, 2005 Miami Herald Jury clears former Florida professor of terrorism-related charge By Phil Long and Martin Merzer Link: Click here TAMPA – A former college professor was found not guilty Tuesday of key charges linking him to a Palestinian terrorist group that allegedly operated an underground cell in[Read More…]
Dec. 12, 2005 The San Diego Union TribuneBy George Bisharat Link: Click here Federal prosecutors suffered a stinging rebuke recently when a Florida jury refused to convict four Palestinian defendants on any of 51 counts alleging that they supported terrorist acts by Palestinian Islamic Jihad. That organization employs violence against[Read More…]
Dec. 8, 2005 St. Petersburg Times By Bill Coats Link: Click here All over Tampa Bay, word of Sami Al-Arian’s acquittals spread from Muslim to Muslim. The cell phone of Osama “Sam” Mustafa, a Palestinian-American from Riverview, chimed with the news at the Al-Aqsa Coffee House in Temple Terrace, where[Read More…]
Dec. 14, 2005 St. Petersburg Times, Letters to the EditorRe: The Al-Arian verdict. I commend and thank the jury for their responsible and courageous application of the principles of American justice. These American citizens acted responsibly and courageously. They helped to reaffirm the judicial branch’s role to check the abusive[Read More…]
Dec. 13, 2005 Hernando Today After a torturous and prolonged ordeal, with all the power, resources and prestige of the government arrayed against him, a jury of his peers acquitted the former USF professor, Sami Al-Arian, on eight charges related to terrorism. The jury was unable to reach a decision[Read More…]
Dec. 16, 2005 South Florida Sun-SentinelBy Parvez Ahmed Former Attorney General John Ashcroft once hailed the arrest of Sami Al-Arian as “a milestone in the war on terror.” Last week, 12 ordinary Americans, none of whom shared the former University of South Florida professor’s religion or ethnic origin found no[Read More…]
Dec. 9, 2005 St. Petersburg TimesLetters to the Editor Re: 8 times, Al-Arian hears “not guilty,” Dec. 7 From the onset, the cards were stacked against Sami Al-Arian. Change of venue denied, hundreds of Tampa Bay residents interviewed for the jury were rejected because of their bias. Even some chosen[Read More…]
Dec. 7, 2005 St. Petersburg Times “I’m absolutely delighted. They had 10 years to investigate this guy, thousands of hours of wiretaps. They had the CIA, the FBI and Israeli intelligence gathering evidence. After all that, they couldn’t get 12 people to agree on one count guilty. I think that[Read More…]
Dec. 9, 2005 Miami HeraldEditorial: Of free speech and independent juriesOUR OPINION: VERDICT IN AL-ARIAN CASE A VICTORY FOR RULE OF LAW Link: Click here The not-guilty verdict this week for former college professor Sami Al-Arian was a personal victory for him — but it was a much larger victory[Read More…]
Dec. 9, 2005 Miami HeraldEditorial: Of free speech and independent juriesOUR OPINION: VERDICT IN AL-ARIAN CASE A VICTORY FOR RULE OF LAW Link: Click here The not-guilty verdict this week for former college professor Sami Al-Arian was a personal victory for him — but it was a much larger victory[Read More…]
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