ASHQAR

** FILE ** Abdelhaleem Ashqar, left, accompanied by his wife Asma, right, talks with reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, Dec. 16, 2004, about his candidacy to succeed Yasser Arafat as president of the Palestinian National Authority. According to the U.S. government, Abdelhaleem Ashqar is a terrorist who worked for and funneled money to the militant group Hamas. He is under house arrest in his Fairfax County (Va.) town house awaiting trial in Chicago. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)