KATHERINE HUGHES: Muslim Charities and the Trial of Dr. Rafil A. Dhafir

2006-11-21

Criminalizing Compassion in the War on Terror

"...For thirteen years Dhafir worked tirelessly to help publicize the plight of the Iraqi people and to raise funds to help them.[24] According to the government, Dhafir donated 1.25 million dollars of his own money over the years.[25] As an oncologist, he was also concerned about the effects of depleted uranium on the Iraqi population that experienced skyrocketing cancer rates.[26] For the crime of breaking the U.S. and U.K. sponsored UN sanctions on Iraq and sending humanitarian aid to sick and starving civilians, Dhafir was held without bail for thirty-one months and then sentenced to twenty-two years in prison.[27]..."
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http://www.uruknet.de/?p=m28412&hd=&size=1&l=e
and
http://forvps.welcome2htn.net/fellowship/nov-dec06/KatherineHughes.html

Please also see:

Fellowship http://www.forusa.org/fellowship
War on Terror May Last 30 Years: Study
http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1163656960480&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout

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