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Al-Qaida-linked reporter convicted

The BBC reports that a Madrid court convicted Al-Jazeera reporter Tayssir Alouni (pictured) for acting as an Al-Qaida financial courier, sentencing him to seven years imprisonment. Alouni was one of 18 people found guilty for…

BackSpin Editor
September 26, 2005
12:00 am

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The BBC reports that a Madrid court convicted Al-Jazeera reporter Tayssir Alouni (pictured) for acting as an Al-Qaida financial courier, sentencing him to seven years imprisonment. Alouni was one of 18 people found guilty for links to the terror organization. Al-Jazeera plans to appeal Alouni’s sentence.