A dentist? Doesn't he know that only poverty leads to support for terrorism? "2 charged with aiding Hezbollah TV station: One suspect is Old Bridge dentist," by Bill Bowman for the Asbury Park Press, with thanks to Carl:
An Old Bridge resident was one of two men charged Monday with supporting the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah by conspiring to broadcast the group's television station in New York.Saleh Elahwal, 52, of Highpointe Way was arrested at his home Monday morning by federal law enforcement officials. Elahwal was charged along with Javed Iqbal, 42, of Staten Island, who surrendered to authorities Monday.
The men were charged with providing material support to a terrorist organization by arranging to broadcast al Manar, Hezbollah's television station, to customers of the Brooklyn-based HDTV Ltd. satellite television business, which federal prosecutors allege the two operate. The station was designated by the U.S. government this year as a global terrorist entity.
The men also were charged with providing broadcast technology to al Manar.
They face maximum jail terms of 100 years if convicted.
Elahwal is a dentist in Brooklyn and has "never committed a crime in his life,'' his attorney, Edward Sapone, said Monday. "He's done nothing but serve the community and looks forward to his day in court.''
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Neighbors in Highpointe … a neighborhood of detached, single-family homes off Route 516 … were stunned by the news Monday.
"It's totally shocking because you don't think this would happen so close to home,'' said Michael Luzio, who doesn't know Elahwal. "I never saw anything strange.''
Most other neighbors, who did not want their names used, described Elahwal as pleasant, a man who had never done or said anything to indicate ties with a terrorist organization.
Which only indicates that he is not a fool.
Thou shall not Oppose syria-Gemael Assassinated
BEIRUT, Lebanon, Nov. 21 — Pierre Gemayel, a Lebanese cabinet minister and strong opponent of Syrian influence in Lebanon, was gunned down in his car here on Tuesday afternoon
With Mr. Gemayel’s death, there may now be too few ministers to pass any measures, and it appears that if the government were to lose one more minister it would automatically collapse.The killing also is likely to complicate any American effort to enlist Syria’s help to stabilize Iraq.
Good joob Nasrallah your plan to turn Syria into a Islamic Iran proxy is worling to a T , one by one all the dominoes all falling into place
http://cyberray-rays.blogspot.com/2006/11/thou-shall-not-oppose-syria-gemael.html#links
"It's totally shocking because you don't think this would happen so close to home,'' said Michael Luzio, who doesn't know Elahwal".
Why is this totally shocking? After 9/11 NOTHING connected with Islam should be shocking to anyone. Somebody needs to send this gentleman some of Robert Spencer's books or at least steer him to this website.
I was just reading an article in my local Staten Island paper about this, and signed on here to make sure JW had something on this case.
As of two days ago, I read that Javed Iqbal had been released, and was walking around with an electronic monitoring anklet on. As if that can prevent him from performing his dastardly deeds!
Get ready; his lawyer said, "The heart of the case is going to be the First Amendment issues. ... Ndanusa said yesterday.
"He's done nothing but serve the community..."
Community service for Muslims = providing Jihad TV?
OT, but are we going to leave the Christians in Lebanon to be massacred by the Islamics once more.
Is anyone thinking of arming them to a level so to be able to at least defend themselves, is there a NATO battlegroup being formed to go in once Hizbullah makes its move.
Will French troops stand by while Hizbullah kill the Christians (yes I know the answer to that one, they will just aim their anti-aircraft missiles at non-existent Israeli jets.)
This is the difference to being at war and thinking that you are not at war. If we were acting in a more war like mode a fleet of ships would be waiting to move in with the intel we had on Iran's and Syria's intentions.
I think at this point all hell is about to break out and before the end of October.
al Manar=Must See TV?
Al Manure.
I thought that George W. Bush's FCC has already given Jazeera license to promote Jihad terror war via cable. So why all the sneaking around?
Rocking they r free, slap on eachother face now morons,