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Sami Al-Arian's Family Torn Apart by Trial and Waiting
- Artist: Aya Batrawy
- Length: 6:03 minutes (5.55 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
After a long-awaited trial, a jury found former University of South Florida professor Dr. Sami Al-Arian not guilty on eight charges of conspiracy to commit racketeering and murder and to aid a US-designated terrorist group in the Palestinian territories in 2006. Due to one juror, the jury was deadlocked on the remaining nine charges in what was supposed to be one of the Bush administration's most high profile terrorism cases. Shortly after the trial ended, Dr. Al-Arian's wife and three of his children packed up and left their home in the United States half way across the world to Egypt, where they had hoped he would be at least deported to. But two years on, he is still being held in jail and his family has been left in limbo, torn apart by the trial. Aya Batrawy has more from Cairo, Egypt.
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