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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (4573)	2/14/2007 9:16:34 AM
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U.S. appeals court upholds terrorist designation for Islamic charity The Associated PressPublished: February 13, 2007 WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court on Tuesday upheld the U.S. government's decision to freeze the assets of an Islamic charity with alleged links to a Sudanese group that supports terrorism. The Treasury Department claims the Islamic American Relief Agency-USA is an affiliate of the Islamic African Relief Agency, a Sudan-based charity the U.S. government accuses of financing al-Qaida and other terror organizations. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit agreed with a lower court's 2005 decision finding that the charity is a branch of the Sudanese-based agency. Records describe the charity as an "affiliate" and a "partner" of the Sudanese group, and the charity sought permission to transfer funds to the group, the appeals court said. The charity did not contest the terrorist designation of the Sudanese group, but claims the organizations have independent leaders and separate bank accounts. The group was founded by a Sudanese immigrant in 1985 to raise money for humanitarian activities around the world. In 2004, federal agents raided the group's headquarters the state of Missouri as part of a criminal investigation. No criminal charges have been filed against the charity or its employees. While the court found the unclassified evidence was "not overwhelming," the three-judge panel noted that its review of national security cases is "extremely deferential" to the government. The appeals court also rejected the charity's argument that blocking its assets violated its rights under the Constitution. The law is clear that "there is no constitutional right to fund terrorism," the court said. "Where an organization is found to have supported terrorism, government actions to suspend that support are not unconstitutional." iht.com