Egyptian in U.S. Convicted in Hamas Case

(AP/Washington Post) A jury Tuesday convicted Soliman Biheiri, 53, an Egyptian national who ran the BMI Inc. bank in New Jersey, of lying to federal agents about business dealings with Mousa Abu Marzook, the political leader of Hamas. Prosecutors said Biheiri and Marzook engaged in financial transactions as late as 1996 - one year after the U.S. government formally designated Marzook a terrorist.