Between July and September 2007, U.S. prosecutors in the case against Texas-based Holy Land Foundation released dozens of exhibits that provide an unprecedented look into the web of connections tying together a handful of alleged front groups for the Palestinian group Hamas. The leaders of Holy Land were accused by U.S. prosecutors of sending more than $12 million to the group, which was designated a terrorist organization by the U.S. in 1995. According to court documents, foundation leaders wired funds in a series of transactions from 1997 through 2001 to Islamic charity organizations, known as zakats, controlled by Hamas. Though...
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