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US gives Hamas fundraising front $100,000 [“Islamic Relief Worldwide”]
INN ^ | 12/8/2015, 10:56 PM | Ari Yashar

Posted on 12/09/2015 11:44:11 AM PST by Olog-hai

The US Agency for International Development (USAID), a taxpayer-funded aid organization, is giving a $100,000 federal grant to an Islamic charity banned in Israel for giving aid to Hamas and other terrorist organizations.

Grant information on the USAID endowment reveals the massive allotment to Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) will be given in 2016 for various foreign projects.

IRW was banned in Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in 2014, after investigations revealed it was a fundraising front for Hamas, channeling its donations to funding attacks and paying terrorists.

It also was found to be tied to the Muslim Brotherhood, of which Hamas is a Gazan offshoot, and financial reviews of the group's accounts showed it donated thousands of dollars to a charity founded by a top Al Qaeda terrorist, according to terrorism analyst Samuel Westrop's research on the group that was published by Gatestone Institute in 2013. ...

(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 201512; 2016; alqaeda; fundingterrorism; gaza; gwot; hamas; irw; muslimbrotherhood; rop; uae; usaid; wot

1 posted on 12/09/2015 11:44:11 AM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

why can’t the Saudis and other oil-rich Muslims fund the
“charity” work. Oh, wait a minute, they do.


2 posted on 12/09/2015 11:48:07 AM PST by Calpublican (McConnell=Traitorous Chinless Wonder/Ryan=Boehner Redux)
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To: Olog-hai

Your tax dollars at work — funding terrorism.


3 posted on 12/09/2015 11:48:07 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

And Valerie J. and Hussein Obama snort and chuckle at what
they are pulling off on us “stupid Americans”.


4 posted on 12/09/2015 11:55:18 AM PST by Twinkie (John 3:16)
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To: Olog-hai

If it goes to feed people, then good.

If they get their relief by blowing up others then I have a problem.


5 posted on 12/09/2015 12:05:52 PM PST by A CA Guy ( God Bless America, God Bless and keep safe our fighting men and women)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
Middle East and terrorism, occasional political and Jewish issues Ping List. High Volume

If you'd like to be on or off, please FR mail me.

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$100,000 buys a lot of knives

6 posted on 12/09/2015 12:26:40 PM PST by SJackson (Everybody has a plan until they get hit. Mike Tyson)
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To: A CA Guy

If it goes to feed people, then good.

If they get their relief by blowing up others then I have a problem.

Guess which one?


7 posted on 12/09/2015 12:34:53 PM PST by Uversabound (Our Military past and present: Our Highest example of Brotherhood of Man & Doing God's Will)
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To: SJackson; All

Obama said he’d stand with the Muslims.


8 posted on 12/09/2015 12:47:55 PM PST by rdl6989
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To: Olog-hai

Cash for the Caliphate.


9 posted on 12/09/2015 1:15:19 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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