US judge clears bail for Israeli accused of nuke exports to Pakistan

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A United States federal court judge has upheld a court decision to release an Israeli businessman on bail, pending his trial on charges that he illegally exported devices which could be used in nuclear weapons to Pakistan.

Chief Judge Thomas Hogan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, however, has added conditions to the terms for releasing Asher Karni, a report suggested here Thursday.

The judge described the weight of prosecution evidence against the defendant as "substantial", but also acknowledged the non-violent nature of the alleged crime and character references from Karni's supporters.

In a written opinion, the judge noted the absence of connections tying Karni to the U.S. and set extra bail conditions. They include being released into the custody of a local rabbi and home detention at Hebrew Sheltering Home, just outside Washington.

http://www.nni-news.com/current/world/news-01.htm

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1. yeah, I posted this earlier and it dropped like a rock

Noone cares that people actually traffiking in WMD get rabbi supervised release, while others rot in Guantanamo or some other hole because they have a Muslim sounding name and flew to Pakistan once.

[kalian]

2. Remember....only arabs can be "terrorists"....

:eyes:

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3. 'Al Qaeda' is the biggest joke in human history

How people can look at this shit and still think it's some guy hiding in a cave we need to worry about is beyond me.

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4. god it sad's how little people care about this

I especially like this part...The judge described the weight of prosecution evidence against the defendant as "substantial", but also acknowledged the non-violent nature of the alleged crime and character references from Karni's supporters.

The non-violent nature of the crime!?! He's selling parts for nuclear weapons for crissakes!

[DuctapeFatwa]

5. yes but Mosaad is very good about not letting them go off by accident

and America and Israel have a "very special" relationship so it is ok.