CBS News has confirmed that Alishtari is a donor to the Republican
Party, as he claims on his curriculum vitae.
Alishtari gave $15,500 to the National Republican Campaign Committee
between 2002 and 2004, according to Federal Election Commission
records.
That amount includes $13,000 in 2003, a year when he claims to have
been named NRCC New York State Businessman of the Year.
Alishtari also claims to be a lifetime member of the National
Republican Senate Committee's Inner Circle, which the NRCC describes
as "an impressive cross-section of American society – community
leaders, business executives, entrepreneurs, retirees, and sports and
entertainment celebrities – all of whom hold a deep interest in our
nation's prosperity and security."
From The Associated Press, 2/16/07:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/02/16/terror/main2488520.shtml
NY Man Charged With Trying To Fund Terror
Prosecutors Allege Suburban NYC Businessman Tried To Send $152K For
Afghan Terrorist Training Camp
(CBS/AP)
Terrorism charges brought Friday against the administrator of a loan
investment program claimed that he secretly tried to send $152,000 to
the Middle East to buy equipment such as night vision goggles for a
terrorist training camp in Afghanistan.
Abdul Tawala Ibn Ali Alishtari, 53, of Ardsley, N.Y., pleaded not
guilty in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to an indictment accusing
him of terrorism financing, material support of terrorism and other
charges. The charges carried a potential penalty of 95 years in
prison.
Alishtari, also known as Michael Mixon, was detained pending a court
appearance next week after Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan S.
Kolodner said Alishtari was a danger to the community and a risk to
flee.
He was arrested on Thursday in Manhattan, prosecutors said.
Alishtari's court-appointed lawyer, Richard Greenfield, said he was
not familiar enough with the case to present a bail package. Outside
court, Greenfield declined to comment.
The indictment said Alishtari tried to support terrorists between June
and December by accepting an unspecified amount of money to transfer
$152,000 that he believed was being sent to Pakistan and Afghanistan
to support an Afghanistan terrorist training camp.
He believed the money would be used to fund the purchase of night
vision goggles and other equipment, the indictment said.
He was also charged with money laundering for allegedly causing the
transfer on Aug. 17 of about $25,000 from a bank account in New York
to a bank account in Montreal, Canada.
The money was to be used to provide material support to terrorist,
prosecutors said.
The indictment also charged him with wire fraud conspiracy and wire
fraud.
It said he devised a scheme to administer and promote a fraudulent
loan investment program known as "Flat Eletronic Data Interchange"
through which Alishtari and others fraudulently obtained millions of
dollars from investors by promising high guaranteed rates of return.
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Wonder what a Republican terrorist training camp looks like
Harry
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