Kansas City auto parts dealer admits to helping al-Qaida
May 20th, 2010 - 1:50 am ICT by BNO NewsKANSAS CITY, MISSOURI (BNO NEWS) — A Moroccan-born naturalized U.S. citizen pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges on Wednesday, admitting that he sent $23,500 to al-Qaida through a bank in UAE in 2007.
Khalid Ouazzani, 32, pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges and admitted in the plea hearing that in June 2008, he swore to an unnamed co-conspirator an oath of allegiance to the terrorist organization, according to U.S. Attorney Beth Phillips.
Ouazzani acknowledged that he knew at the time he sent the money that the U.S. government had designated Al Qaeda a terrorist organization.
He operated a business named Truman Used Auto Parts.
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