Usama Ayub, the Islamic Center director, told me that Fadl was questioning his thinking before his arrest in Yemen.

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Usama came to the U.S. to earn his PhD in data mining, now perhaps the most coveted expertise for anyone in the web business.

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Usama told CNN he finally decided to shut down his business.

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Take Usama Fayyad, formerly Chief Data Officer at Yahoo.

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"Due to power outages, all the perishable food stocks in my refrigerators and freezers were ruined, " said Usama, a Damascus shopkeeper who asked only to be identified by his first name to protect himself from reprisal.

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