<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
</head>
<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000">
-------- Original Message --------<br>
<div>Please spread this to your lists and do you best to be there!</div>
<div> </div>
<div>**Please forward widely** </div>
<div>
<div dir="ltr">
<div> </div>
<div><font size="4">Closing Statements this Friday.</font></div>
<div><font size="4">All Out for Dr. Tarek Mehanna! Pack the
Court!</font></div>
<div><br>
<b>WHEN: Friday, December 16th, 2011 8:30am<br>
WHERE: Moakley Federal Courthouse<br>
1 Courthouse Way, Boston, MA</b> <br>
<br>
Supporters have filled the courtroom daily, maintaining a
strong presence over the past 2 months. The defense
has consistently to put forth strong arguments and the
case has come to a close. Closing statements will be this
Friday, in which both sides will present their
conclusions. The judge will go over detailed jury instructions
and the jurors will begin the deliberation process. </div>
<div>*Now is the time to step it up and give that last push to
do what we can!*</div>
<div><br>
<font size="4"><b>*The Tarek Mehanna Support Committee is
calling for supporters to PACK THE COURT this Friday for
closing statements!*</b></font></div>
<div> </div>
<div>Please be in the court by 8:30 as the courtroom will
most-likely fill up quickly. We will help facilitate seating
arrangements to the best of our abilities. However, we
encourage you to come even if you have to come late or leave
early; any amount of time you can be there makes a difference!
</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Also, please note that <strong>we are calling for a rally
at the Federal Building at 1pm <em>the day after</em> the
verdict is announced</strong>, regardless of the outcome (we
pray that we will be celebrating, insha'Allah!). Of course, we
don't know what day that will be yet so please keep an eye out
for updates.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>We want to sincerely thank everyone who has come to court
throughout the course of the trial. It's been amazing to see
such an overwhelming supporter turnout each day for the past 2
months! This show of support is both a testament to Dr.
Mehanna's history of service to the community and also to the
outrageousness of the case against him.</div>
<div><br>
****</div>
<div>For those of you who may not know, Dr. Mehanna has already
spent two years in pre-trial solitary confinement under 23
hour lock-down. He is accused of “material support for
terrorism” and related charges. His real offense in the eyes
of the US government was his courage as a Muslim and a man of
conscience: his opposition to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq;
his vocal support for other Muslims falsely imprisoned by the
US government and; his refusal to work as an informant for the
FBI in the Muslim community. For these stands he now faces the
possibility of life in prison.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>Up to date reports on the trial can be found at <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.freetarek.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">www.freetarek.wordpress.com</a><br>
More background on Tarek's case and the campaign to defend him
can be found at <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.freetarek.com/" target="_blank">www.freetarek.com</a></div>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><br>
<br>
</font><br>
</body>
</html>