Area Hamas suspect is indicted

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Area Hamas suspect is indicted


By Jerry Seper
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

A self-proclaimed Hamas leader and two suspected members, including a Virginia resident, have been charged with supporting the terrorist organization through a 15-year conspiracy that sought to raise cash for terrorist attacks in Israel, an indictment by a federal grand jury in Chicago said.
Abdelhaleem Hasan Abdelraziq Ashqar, 46, of Alexandria, and Muhammad Hamid Khalil Salah, 51, of Bridgeview, Ill., were arrested Thursday night. A fugitive warrant was issued for Mousa Mohammed Abu Marzook, 53, a former Hamas chief and now deputy chief of the organization's political bureau, who is believed to be in Syria.