September 4, 2008 The Daily Times By Khalid Hasan Link: Click here WASHINGTON: Dr Sami Al-Arian, the Palestinian professor who has been in jail for five years on what many view as concocted terrorism-related charges, has been set free on bail. Welcoming the news of his release Dr Agha Saeed,[Read More…]
The Washington Post Tuesday, April 18, 2006 By: Spencer H. Hsu Link: Click Here Former Florida professor Sami al-Arian pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide support to a Palestinian terrorist organization and agreed to be deported from the United States in a deal with federal prosecutors, unsealed[Read More…]
Truthdig.com Mar 30, 2009 AP Photo / Kevin Wolf Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian, right, with his attorney Jonathan Turley leaves federal court in Alexandria, Va. By Chris Hedges Link: Click Here or: Here (AlterNet.org) U.S. District Judge Leonie M. Brinkema is scheduled to issue a ruling in the[Read More…]
CounterPunch March 24, 2009 End of a Witch Hunt? By: Nicole Colson Link: Click here Supporters of Dr. Sami Al-Arian are cautiously optimistic after several court hearings where the government was left scrambling to justify its continued campaign of persecution. Al-Arian is the former University of South Florida professor accused[Read More…]
St Petersburg Times March 11, 2008 By Meg Laughlin Link: Click here On the eighth day of a hunger strike, Sami Al-Arian was moved today to the Federal Medical Center at Butner, N.C. “He was wheeled out because of his condition, after going without food or water for so long,”[Read More…]
St. Petersburg Times By MEG LAUGHLIN Published June 21, 2007 Link: Click here Laila Al-Arian (left) and her mother Nahla Al-Arian leave the Federal Courthouse in Tamp. Nahla Al-Arian, wife of Sami Al-Arian, plans to move to Egypt in July with her two youngest children. Nahla and the couple’s five[Read More…]
Creative Loafing May 7, 2007 By: Wayne Garcia Link: Click here For years, the family of imprisoned former USF professor Sami Al-Arian insisted that their nemesis and most dogged chronicler, Tampa Tribune investigative reporter Michael Fechter, was doing the bidding of anti-Arab forces. Today, they got some more ammo for[Read More…]
A Legal Odyssey: Illustration of ethical breaches, disdain for due process and anti-Muslim bias By Wendy Malloy / Tampa March 19, 2009 Former University of South Florida professor Sami al-Arian Excerpts Unfortunately for U.S. prosecutors, none of (the evidence) actually made al-Arian a terrorist — PIJ’s North American leader, they[Read More…]
National Public Radio Florida Professor Acquitted of Key Terrorism Charge (Because of intense interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, NPR makes available free transcripts of its coverage. View related web coverage or listen to the audio for this story.) All Things Considered: December 6, 2005 ROBERT SIEGEL, host: From NPR News,[Read More…]
TIME Magazine How the U.S. Lost a Terror Deal By Wendy Malloy/Tampa- Wednesday, Apr. 19, 2006 Link:Click here When federal prosecutors earlier this week announced a plea deal that will ultimately deport the controversial former University of South Florida computer science professor Sami Al-Arian, they hailed it as a major[Read More…]
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