Father Charged in U.S. Terror Probe Freed

[Rose Siding]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A man whose son was convicted of supporting terrorism by attending an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan was released Monday after nearly a year in federal custody.

Umer Hayat, a 48-year-old ice cream vendor, had been held since he and his son, Hamid, were arrested last June.
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Hayat, a naturalized U.S. citizen, walked out of the federal courthouse with his lawyer, Johnny Griffin III. Shortly before his release, he learned that his father had died Saturday afternoon.

"We stand here with a very heavy heart right now," Griffin said. "It's a bittersweet moment right now. His father tried to hang on."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/01/AR2006050100741.html

[Ecumenist]

1. I don't believe that either one of them were involved in

Terroristic activities and I never will.

[mike_c]

2. I don't either-- they were rounded up by the Amerikan gestapo...

...and I wouldn't trust THEM ever. When law enforcement loses all credibility it becomes nothing more than oppressive violence against the citizenry. What's shocking is how quickly that is happening in Amerika.

[Ecumenist]

3. I just wonder how long it will be before they're arresting people like

you and me? I'm in an interracial marriage, will be 5 years on Saturday and I'm very happy but I wonder, if things keep progerssing as they are, how long it will be before they reinstitute anti-miscegenation laws?

[Halliburton]

4. glad he was released

I didn't buy for a minute that these guys were terrorists.

[0007]

5. No way!