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IRS agents raid mosque and two homes, seize documents.
Byline: Thomas Ginsberg and Thomas J. Gibbons Jr.
PHILADELPHIA _ Heavily armed IRS and immigration agents raided a Philadelphia mosque and two homes Thursday, seizing documents and detaining the imam on immigration charges.
IRS officials gave no immediate explanation for the action, which came one day after U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft announced stepped-up operations based on concerns that al-Qaeda operatives were plotting an attack.
Jerri Williams, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia office of the FBI, whose agents joined the raids but did not lead them, said there was no immediate suspicion of terrorism. "We have no information connecting activities or individuals involved with terrorism-related matters," she said. "But as part of our support, we'd be reviewing items obtained to see if there is any terrorism connection."
A copy of one search warrant in Thursday's raids indicated that authorities were looking for financial documents, including banking, payroll and wire-transfer…
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