Adham Hassoun

Adham Amin Hassoun is detained in United States custody and was indicted as a conspirator of José Padilla.[1][2] Hassoun, who first moved to the United States in the late 1980s, was first detained on immigration charges.

Sofian Abdelaziz, a member of the American Muslim Association of North America, who knew Hassoun from his activity in the Florida Muslim community, made this comment on Hassoun: "I would consider him that he's against violence, but he has a strong tongue, you know, he has a strong tongue!"[2]

Hassoun has been accused of financing Jose Padilla's trip to Egypt.[3] Hassoun has also been accused of setting up a local office of the charity Benevolence International, which has fallen under suspicions of having been used as a front for al Qaeda.[3]

A 2011 NPR report claimed he was in a highly restrictive Communication Management Unit. [4]

Other indicted conspirators

References

  1. ^ Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales at the Press Conference Regarding the Indictment of Jose Padilla, US Department of Justice, November 22, 2005
  2. ^ a b Al Qaeda Network Operating In U.S., CBS News, June 28, 2002
  3. ^ a b Florida Trail of Terror: Jihad in Our Backyard, MilitantIslamMonitor.org, July 15, 2004
  4. ^ DATA & GRAPHICS: Population Of The Communications Management Units, Margot Williams and Alyson Hurt, NPR, 3-3-11, retrieved 2011 03 04 from npr.org