24.05.2011                      20.Ijar, 5771                      Tag 35 des Omer

Prozess:

US couple pleads guilty to funding Hezbollah

Married couple with dual Lebanese, US citizenship admits they planned to provide terrorist group with up to $1 million.

Hor and Amera Akl, a married couple from the United States, pleaded guilty pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of planning to courier money to Hezbollah, the Associated Press reported. The couple had been planning to send up to $1 million to the US-classified "terrorist organization" throughout the year, federal prosecutors said. 
The plea deal was was meant to save Hor and Amera Akl, parents of three children and dual American and Lebanese citizens, from life sentences….