2001 年 11 月 7 日，联邦调查局以调查巴拉卡特电汇服务公司为由，突击搜查了马卡迷你商业中心和清真肉制品商场以及其中的其他店铺。这次搜查刚好发生在 2011 年 9 月 11 日的恐怖袭击事件之后两个月。有人认为此次搜查的目标是索马里市场和电汇服务公司，因为他们的业主都信奉伊斯兰教。几个月后，联邦调查局终止了此项调查， 并对两家公司没收的货物和因查封遭受的损失作出了部分赔偿。
2001 年 11 月 7 日，联邦调查局突然搜查西雅图的索马里商店马卡迷你商业中心和清真肉制品商场。
- By Jennifer Ott
- Posted 11/27/2010
- HistoryLink.org Essay 9642
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