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Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian has left the United States for Turkey nearly eight months after federal prosecutors dropped a criminal indictment against him, his former attorney, Jonathan Turley said Thursday. [AP photo (2009)]
Former University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian has left the United States for Turkey nearly eight months after federal prosecutors dropped a criminal indictment against him, his former attorney, Jonathan Turley said Thursday. [AP photo (2009)]

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