August 25, 2009

American Goes on Trial in UAE for Internet Support of Jihad in Iraq

Naji Hamdan is a 43 year old naturalized American citizen -- originally from Lebanon -- arrested in Dubai last year. His friends and family claim he has been tortured by authorities in the UAE. As with all terror suspects, his case has become a cause celebre with the Left.

Today it emerged what the specifics of the charges were against him:

promoting terrorism, participating in the work of a terrorist organisation and funding a terrorist organisation.

Details of the charges, all relating to alleged activity outside the UAE, emerged for the first time yesterday.

A lawyer for the State Security Public Prosecution told the court: “Naji Hamdan is directly linked to Ansar al-Sunna and al Qa’eda members through electronic communication.”

Ah, yes, we know Mr. Hamdan well. It's good to finally have a face on the person who was the long time money man for Ansar al-Sunnah (now, once again, calling itself Ansar al-Islam).

Expect more later.


By Rusty Shackleford, Ph.D. at August 25, 2009 12:18 PM | | l digg this