February 28, 2003

U. of South Florida Professor Indicted on Charges of Aiding Terrorists

By SHARON WALSH

Sami Al-Arian, a professor of computer engineering at the University of South Florida, was charged last week by federal law-enforcement authorities with raising money to support a terrorist organization responsible for more than 100 murders in Israel and the Israeli-occupied territories.

In announcing the indictment of Mr. Al-Arian and seven other defendants on racketeering charges, Attorney General John Ashcroft called the organization -- the Palestinian Islamic Jihad

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