March 31, 2005

Detroit man is accused of aiding terrorists

A former Detroit Public Schools official, whose lawyer says is an adjunct engineering professor at Wayne State, was being held in jail Wednesday after a hearing before a U.S. magistrate. Kifah Wael Jayyousi of Detroit was arrested at Detroit Metro Airport Sunday after returning from Qatar, where he is working for a Dearborn company. Jayyousi and two other men are accused by the government of helping to set up a North American network to provide support to extremists fighting in Bosnia, Chechnya, Kosovo and Somalia. His lawyer said the federal charges are bogus and his client should be released pending trial. The story ran on the AP wire and was widely reported in print and electronic media nationwide.

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