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Brothers Arrested in Texas on Terror Financing Charges

Aired December 18, 2002 - 13:35   ET

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KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Now to the arrest of those four brothers in Texas. Federal anti-terror agents in action in a suburb of Dallas nabbing the four men allegedly linked to Hamas. Information is still coming in.
Kelli Arena on that story from Washington -- Kelli, what can you tell us?

KELLI ARENA, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Well, those four men were arrested in Dallas, Texas today. All are employees of a company called InfoCom Corporation (ph).

Now, the four, along with one other, are charged with conspiring with a senior leader of Hamas, a man by the name of Musa Abu Marzook (ph). Now, Hamas is identified by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization. Now, the five men are brothers. One happens to be the chairman of the Muslim charity Holy Land Foundation. Now, its assets have been frozen on the suspicion of terror financing.

Now, the company and the five men are charged with funneling money to Hamas and with selling computer and computer parts to Libya and Syria, that in violation of U.S. law. They are expected to make an appearance in federal court this afternoon. Calls to InfoCom, its attorney, the Holy Land Foundation, have not been returned. We expect to hear more details from the attorney general later on this afternoon -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. We'll bring that to our viewers as soon as it happens -- Kelli Arena, thank you.

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Aired December 18, 2002 - 13:35   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
KYRA PHILLIPS, CNN ANCHOR: Now to the arrest of those four brothers in Texas. Federal anti-terror agents in action in a suburb of Dallas nabbing the four men allegedly linked to Hamas. Information is still coming in.
Kelli Arena on that story from Washington -- Kelli, what can you tell us?

KELLI ARENA, CNN JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT: Well, those four men were arrested in Dallas, Texas today. All are employees of a company called InfoCom Corporation (ph).

Now, the four, along with one other, are charged with conspiring with a senior leader of Hamas, a man by the name of Musa Abu Marzook (ph). Now, Hamas is identified by the U.S. government as a terrorist organization. Now, the five men are brothers. One happens to be the chairman of the Muslim charity Holy Land Foundation. Now, its assets have been frozen on the suspicion of terror financing.

Now, the company and the five men are charged with funneling money to Hamas and with selling computer and computer parts to Libya and Syria, that in violation of U.S. law. They are expected to make an appearance in federal court this afternoon. Calls to InfoCom, its attorney, the Holy Land Foundation, have not been returned. We expect to hear more details from the attorney general later on this afternoon -- Kyra.

PHILLIPS: All right. We'll bring that to our viewers as soon as it happens -- Kelli Arena, thank you.

TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com