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December 5, 2002       Share:    

Source: http://www.nysun.com/sunarticle.asp?artID=386

Fifth Avenue Charity "Totally Controlled" By Iran, NYPD Says

(New York Sun) Ira Stoll - The New York Police Department's deputy commissioner for intelligence, David Cohen, a 35-year veteran of the CIA, says in court papers that the New York-based Alavi Foundation is "totally controlled by the government of Iran. The foundation has assets of about $100,000,000 in the U.S. and an annual income of between $10-15 million. The foundation funds a variety of anti-American causes, including the four Islamic education centers it owns in New York, Maryland, Texas, and California." The Maryland center is headed by Mohammad Al Asi, "who, during the Kuwait crisis, called on Muslims to strike against American interests in the Middle East. Mosques funded by Alavi have organizations which support Hizballah and Hamas."

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