A Terror Trial in Tampa

The trial in U.S. District Court of Sami al-Arian, a former college professor accused of coordinating the terrorist activities of Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is likely to last several months. Particularly chilling are the intercepts of telephone calls - many of them included in the indictment of al-Arian and his codefendants - that were apparently picked up by American and Israeli intelligence. In these, al-Arian, usually in Tampa, is heard brooding over Iran's insufficient generosity in financing the PIJ and asking for money to help the families of the Beit Lid suicide bombers.

See also Feds: Tampa Central to Palestinian Islamic Jihad Leadership and A Terror Trial in Tampa