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Abdurahman Muhammad Al-Amoudi
 Abdurahman Muhammad Al-Amoudi was born in 1952 to a family from Palestinian descent. He is a USA citizen and lived in Falls Church, Va. Abdurahman Al-Amoudi was an active member of the American Muslim Council of America and among his duties was also the authorization of Islamic chaplains in the U.S military, among them James Ujaama.
In 10/2000 Abdurahman Al-Amoudi contributed $1000 to Hilary Clinton’s campaign but the donation was rejected.
In 08/2001 Abdurahman Al-Amoudi was arrested in Heathrow Airport, London, with a Yemeni passport, while he was trying to board a flight to Damascus, Syria, and $340,000 in cash, which he claimed were donations from the Islamic Call Society in Libya for Islamic Charities. He was released after a few days because of lack of evidence but, probably, was put on US surveillance list. US authorities consider the Islamic Call Society an agency controlled by the LIBYAN government.
Abdurahman Al-Amoudi was arrested, on 09/28/2003, as he returned, from London, England, to the USA, at Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia, on suspicions that he had prohibited dealings with LIBYA. According to the FBI between 12/1999-08/2001 Abdurahman Al-Amoudi willfully attempted to violate the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, which imposed sanctions on commerce with LIBYA in 1986.
Between 05/2003 until his arrest, on 09/28/2003, during a period of 4 months, Abdurahman Al-Amoudi visited 10 times LIBYA, where he stayed an average of 5 days a visit, and almost in all other Middle East countries. USA authorities suspected that Abdurahman Al-Amoudi was a money currier for illegal purposes.
In his interrogation Abdurahman Al-Amoudi claimed he was involved in a LIBYAN plot to assassinate the Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah, directed by the LIBYAN President Muammar Gaddafi, and involved Saudi decedents from the London-based group, headed by Saad Faqih. He also incriminated Soliman S. Biheiri.
In 10/13/2004 Abdurahman Al-Amoudi was convicted of concealing his business connections to Mousa Abu Marzook and illegally accepting nearly $1 million from Libya, and sentenced to 23 years in jail. The sentence could be reduced because he was cooperating with the U.S government.
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