The Bala-Akl Family in Ohio: Traitors to US and Bad Name for Lebanese Disaspora

The Akl family in Ohio are a stain on all Lebanese-Americans. They were caught trying to send $1 million to the Hezbollah terror organization.

For those who don't know Lebanese Arabic, the word "Akl" means brain. So, the "Bala-Akl" (brainless) family was caught and I hope they rot in jail.

There are many Lebanese-Americans who support Hezbollah, either directly or indirectly through their support of the traitor Michel Aoun. Back when Syria was at the height of its occupation and torment of Lebanon, Michel Aoun spearheaded the resistance to the Syrian occupation from exile, and he had many supporters here in the US. While many have deserted him after he allied himself with the dictatorships in Syria and Iran, and with the terrorist organization Hezbollah, there are still a good many among Aoun's former supporters who continue to applaud his alliance with Hezbollah and his reversal into a puppet of Syria and a traitor to the cause of Lebanese freedom. In fact, Aoun has family in Ohio itself and it is possible that Ohio is second only to Detroit, Michigan in the magnitude of Hezbollah and Aoun support among the Lebanese-American Diaspora. There was an organization back in the 1990s that worked exclusively for Aoun, called the Council of Lebanese American Organizations. It is believed that CLAO imploded and disappeared from view as soon as Aoun signed his Memorandum of Understanding with Hezbollah's Hassan Nasrallah.

Lebanon Iznogood applauds the FBI for rooting out any supporters of terrorism within the Lebanese-American community. We denounce them for supporting the Hezbollah organization that is second only to Al-Qaeda in the numbers of Americans it has killed. Kudos for law enforcement agencies for a job well done.

Hanibaal

Ohio couple pleads guilty in terror funding case

By JOHN SEEWER, Associated Press John Seewer, Associated Press – 1 hr 31 mins ago

TOLEDO, Ohio – An Ohio husband and wife pleaded guilty Monday to charges that they plotted to help finance a Mideast terrorist group under a deal that spares them from potential life sentences.
Hor and Amera Akl were arrested in June 2010 after authorities said an FBI informant provided them with cash that they were planning to hide in a vehicle to be shipped to Lebanon. They intended to conceal up to $1 million for Hezbollah, the Lebanese group the U.S. government lists as a terrorist organization and blames for numerous attacks on Israel, federal prosecutors said.
The Akls, dual citizens of the United States and Lebanon, had previously pleaded not guilty to several counts carrying the possibility of life prison terms, prosecutors said. They pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge James Carr in Toledo to conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.
Hor Akl now faces a sentence of a little more than seven years in prison, while his wife could receive up to four years. They remained free on bail after their pleas, and it was not immediately clear when they would be sentenced.
Prosecutors said Hor Akl traveled to Lebanon in March 2010 to arrange the delivery of money. He returned to the United States claiming that he had met with Hezbollah officials, the government's said.