Word: duka
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Nyamekye was the Crew’s first of three picks in the fourth round—but had already selected two highly coveted players in the first round. Midfielder Dilly Duka (Rutgers University) and forward Bright Dike (Notre Dame) were selected with the 8th and 12th overall picks respectively; both will most certainly be on the Columbus’ opening day roster and will occupy two of the four developmental player slots afforded to the Crew...
...defendants, who are being held under highly restricted conditions in Philadelphia, are likely to appeal the verdicts. "They're more concerned about their families," says Troy Archie, defense attorney for Eljvir Duka. "They have faith in God, but they had kind of planned for a conviction...
...Jennifer Marino, the wife of Dritan Duka, was in the courtroom with two of her five children to hear the verdict. "I'm still shocked. I don't get it," she said later. "The informants are evil, both of them. They kept pushing them...
...Under the direction of the FBI, the informant befriended Mohamed Shnewer and his friends, Dritan, Shain and Eljvir Duka and Serdar Tatar. For 16 months, he recorded conversations with the men, some of which included vague allusions to jihad and an ill-formed plan to attack the Fort Dix military base. The men watched jihadist videos and took trips to a shooting range. Omar drove one of the defendants to do surveillance of possible targets, and he offered to buy illegal weapons for the group. No attack was carried out, but the defendants were arrested in May 2007 after...
...fact, the government could have just deported the Duka brothers at the beginning, dramatically reducing the expense and complications of the case. Since none of the men were known to have ties to any international terrorist organizations, they might have been a relatively low threat once deposited thousands of miles away. The NYPD is trying to pursue that alternative solution more often. (The NYPD intelligence unit also promotes officers for work that doesn't necessarily lead to arrests...