November 12, 2009

Feds to Sieze Mosques Tied to Terror

Wow. Just, wow. I mean, this is a first, right?

Federal prosecutors are taking steps to seize four U.S. mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by a nonprofit Muslim organization. The organization — called the Alavi Foundation — has long been suspected of being under Iranian government control. Prosecutors say the foundation has been helping to illegally funnel money back to the Iranian government.

The government filed a forfeiture action in federal court in New York to seize four mosques in the city and in Maryland, California and Houston. The government also wants to take control of a 36-story office tower on New York's Fifth Avenue.

Somebody in the AG's office has found himself a pair!


By Rusty at November 12, 2009 06:50 PM | | l digg this