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Saudi student accused of aid to terrorists
By Associated Press
Published March 5, 2004
BOISE, Idaho - A graduate student from Saudi Arabia - already jailed on immigration charges - has been accused of helping to raise funds for a militant Palestinian organization.
Sami Omar Al-Hussayen was charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorism after federal prosecutors said he helped run Web sites that urge people to contribute money to Hamas.
But an attorney for Al-Hussayen, a computer science student at the University of Idaho, said his client is innocent.
Al-Hussayen, 34, has been in a jail near Boise since being arrested at his Moscow home in February 2003. He was charged then with student visa fraud and making false statements to obtain a visa.
Al-Hussayen is scheduled to stand trial April 13. If convicted on the new charge, he could get up to 15 years in prison.
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