PROSECUTOR: U.S. GRAD STUDENT WAS HAMAS LEADER

Prosecutor: U.S. Student Was Hamas Terrorist Leader - Mike Robinson
Abdelhaleem Ashqar, 48, who was a graduate student at the University of Mississippi in the early 1990s, was an important Hamas terrorist leader directing thousands of dollars to families of members who were jailed or killed, Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph M. Ferguson said Tuesday in closing arguments at the trial of two accused militants. "He's Hamas, and he's assisting the murderous terrorist activities of Hamas," Ferguson told jurors. "We're talking about someone who is a graduate student...and you see hundreds of thousands of dollars coursing through his accounts," Ferguson said. Federal agents found that Ashqar spoke 568 times by phone with Mousa Abu Marzook, a top Hamas leader believed to be living in Syria. (AP/FOX News)