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the IRS as a non-profit organization. ‘The group's purposefully ammguous objectives were, astensibly, to provide humatitanan relief aid. However, the recipients of the "humanntarian ad" were ulumately revealed to. be terrorist groups, inchuding Al-Qaeda Amnout was indicted m October 2002 The indictment desenbed a multinational cnmmmal enterpnse thai, for at least as decade, used charitable donations from: unwitting Muslim-Americans, non- Muslims, and corporations to covertly support Al-Qaeda, the Chechen Mujahideen, and armed violence in Bosnia. The indictment alleged that BIF was operated as a cnmunal enterprise that engaged i a pattern of racketeering activity In addition to fund-raising, the group acted as a conduit through which other material support was provided to further the violent activities of the mujahideen and other terronst arganizations. Amout wlumately pled guiity to a matenal- support based racketeering conspiracy violation and admutted that donors to BIF were misled into belveving their donations would support peacefil causes when, in musied into pehe ppart 7 fact, funds were expended to support violence overseas. Portland, Oregon On October 3, 2002, six individuals were indicted on federal charges in the District of Oregon. ‘The six (Abmed Bilal, hus brother, Moharmmac Bilal, Habes Al Saoub, Patnee Ford, Jeffrey Battle, and October Lewis) were charged with conspiracy to levy war against the United States, conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a terrorist organization, conspiracy to contnbute services to al Qaeda and the Tahban, and possessing fireanns in furtherance of crimes of yiclence. The following day, Baitle, Ford, and Lewis were arrested in Portland and Muhammad Bila! was arrested in Detroit. Several days later, Ahmed Bilal was appretiended in Malaysia and returned fo the United States. With the exception of Ai-Saoub, these subjects have pled guilty to terronsm related and money laundenng charges and have received federal sentences ranging trom three to eighteen years The only subject who has not heen brought to justice, Al Saoub, 15 beheved to have been killed in Pakistan by Pakistani military authorities Eamest James Ujamuma On July 22, 2002, Eamest James Ujammia, aka Bilai Abmed, was arrested on a material witness warrant. Ahmed ts suspected of bemg involved in a terrorist training facility in Bly, Oregon, and providing other material support to terromsm On August 28, 2002, he was indicted on charges of conspiracy to provide matenal support and resources to a terronst organization and possessing firearms int furtherance of acnme of violence. Bilal Ahmed is an Amencan-bormn Mushm convert who has worked for and provided services to Abu Mamza al-Masn. These services included taking computers to the Taliban pror to United States action m Afghanistan, as well as imtroducing a current Guantanamo Bay detainee to mdrviduais at al Qaeda tramng camps in Afghanistan, enabling their matriculation intoa terror trammg camp. Ahmed was under mvestigation based MISC. REQ. #53 000004679