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Can the case ultimately be proved in court? It could well be seen outside the courtroom that the substantially increased security was visible. Barricades and more barricades with somewhat apparently heavily armed U.S. Marshals strolled the courtyard. Inside the courtroom, prosecutors continue their work of presenting terrorist by the U.S. State Department. Those alleged front groups include the Islamic Concern Project a.k.a Islamic Committee for Palestine and the World Islamic Studies Enterprise (WISE).

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Prosecutors have long presented their cases and argued that Al-Arian was involved in money laundering evidence cast the professor and other defendants as Tampa-based conspirators operating front groups supporting the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine (IJMP), a group labeled groups, and was closely linked with IJMP leaders. Much of the prosecutors’ work will consist of presenting alleged ties between Al-Arian and leaders of Islamic Jihad.line-height: 140%; Prosecutors say that the 1994 public television documentary "Jihad in " by Steve Emerson was the "triggering event" that launched an intensive probe of al-Arian’s activities. Another landmark in legal and media queries happened in 1995, when the director of Sami al-Arian’s think tank emerged as the new leader of the terrorist group. While a professor at USF al-Arian had founded the think tank called the World and Islam Studies Enterprise (WISE). Ramadan Shallah served as director.

Atlantastating "Ramadan Abdullah Shallah has been working for WISE since 1993and will continue through 1996." On October 26, 1995 the leader of Islamic Jihad, Fat’hi Al-Shiqaqi was shot to death while traveling on the . Three days later Shallah was named the new secretary-general of Islamic Jihad. Hatina reported that according to Arab press, Shallah stood at Shiqaqi’s grave and said "The armed struggle will remain the only path of the Islamic Jihad. Emerson commented, "When Al-Arian said, ‘How could I know this person [Shallah] was connected to the Jihad?’ he knew exactly what was going on." Hatina’s meticulously footnoted monograph, which references numerous Arab-language interviews with Islamic Jihad leaders, may provide a piece to the puzzle.

The Investigative Project (IP) and other sources report the following from the trial Prosecutor Walter "Terry" Furr said investigators found "trophy shots photos of dead Jews and martyr lists on a defendant’s computer.

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