US: Five Palestinians were convicted over trading with Syria, Libya
One American federal court yesterday convicted five Palestinians under the charge of selling computers illegally to Syria and Libya, the two countries which are considered supporting " terrorism."
The five brothers are Ghassan, Basman, Bayan, Hazem and Ihsan al-Ashi, who own a computer company in Texas bearing the name " Info.com Corp.." Two of the men Ghassan and Ihsan carry the American nationality.
The five men were tried of 23 accusations including among others money laundry, giving wrong statements on exports shipment documents. It is, however, expected that they will be sentenced between five to 10 year imprisonment and a penalty of USD 500,000. A second trial is expected to be made for three of them under the charge of financing the Hamas movement.
