Another Oregon Muslim pleads guilty in terror case

PORTLAND, Ore. – A woman accused with six other Portland-area residents of conspiring to help al-Qaida and the Taliban fight U.S. forces in Afghanistan pleaded guilty Friday to money laundering.

October Lewis will serve three years in federal prison and agreed to testify against her former husband and another man. Three other men have pleaded guilty. The final defendant is a fugitive.

Lewis and three of the suspects were arrested last Oct. 4, a day Attorney General John Ashcroft called “a defining day” in the war on terrorism.

Prosecutors say the group of Portland-area Muslims plotted to join the Taliban in fall 2001 to fight a holy war against the U.S. armed forces then fighting in Afghanistan.

The group traveled to western China in an attempt to enter Afghanistan but were stalled by border officials and visa troubles, according to court documents.

Prosecutors said Lewis’ role in the conspiracy was to wire a total of $2,130 to her ex-husband, Jeffrey Leon Battle, while he traveled overseas, knowing the money would be used to support his effort to join the Taliban or al-Qaida.

Battle and another man, Patrice Lumumba Ford, are scheduled to go to trial in January.

The government has offered a $5 million award for the arrest of Habis al Saoub, the seventh defendant in the case.

Read Another Article

Rosh Hashana Starts 10-Day Jewish Holiday
‘You must love discipline,’ Edgar children were taught

Related News Articles Topic(s): Islam Subscribe to Religion News Blog updates Subscribe to Religion News Blog [What is this?] Get Religion News Blog's headline by Email [What is this?] Follow Religion News Blog at Twitter Find Related Information Use our custom search engines to find additional research resources on religions and cults: ApologeticsSearch.com: Search for apologetics articles, books, videos, and other research resources across 135 Christian apologetics websites and blogs. CounterCultSearch.com: Search for information about (religious) cults, cult-like organizations, and cults experts -- as well as paranormal-, New Age, and pseudoscientific claims -- across 260+ websites, blogs and forums dedicated to cult research, spiritual abuse, ex-cult counseling & support. Find Related Religion & Spirituality Books at Amazon.com Islam Possibly related... or Most Popular Religion News Articles Kent Hovind: Evangelist arrested on federal charges Beast’s real mark devalued to ’616′ Muslim Woman Gives Sex Advice on Arab TV Michael Jackson Confirms Conversion to Islam Kent Hovind, ‘Dr. Dino,’ guilty on all counts The fall and rise of Carlton Pearson Search False prophet Harold Camping sets another date for rapture: May 21, 2011 Watch the film Theo van Gogh was murdered for Kent Hovind — Dr. Dino — sentenced to 10 years in prison

Search Religion News Blog