for HLF. He
continued to raise funds for HLF when he moved to Rome, Georgia, where he
collected donations for HLF as the emam at the mosque and helped coordinate
appearances by HLF speakers.       Shorbagi testified about attending closed
meetings at conferences with some of the individual defendants, as well as with
Hamas leaders, such as Marzook and Mishal.
      He personally attended a 1994 meeting with Baker, Elashi, and El-
Mezain, where Hamas leader Mishal spoke about Hamas and the role of the
attendees in supporting Hamas. Shorbagi explained that a financial sub-
committee then met in a break-out session headed by defendant El-Mezain.
Shorbagi testified that his personal understanding of the committee’s purpose
was to raise money to donate “[t]o organizations controlled or founded by Hamas
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provided money to the same organizations in the West Bank after Hamas was
designated as a terrorist organization as before the designation, although he
stated that HLF changed its manner of distribution after it opened an office in
Gaza. He explained that Baker had stated that money would be sent to the
Gaza office for further distribution rather than