Trial begins for pair accused of fundraising for al-Shabab
ALEXANDRIA, Va. — For a woman accused of supporting the Somali terror group al-Shabab, Hinda Osman Dhirane began her trial with an unusual admission: she is an ardent al-Shabab supporter. Dhirane’s attorney, federal public defender Paula Deutsch, began her opening statement Monday reading parts of a poem Dhirane had written as an ode to al-Shabab