Free Republic

Holy Land/CAIR Founder Sentenced This Dallas Morning News article doesn’t mention it, but in addition to his ties to the Holy Land Foundation, Ghassan Elashi was also the founder of the Texas chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations: Holy Land group’s co-founder sentenced. (Hat tip: LC LaWedgie.) Ghassan Elashi, co-founder and former chairman of the now-defunct Richardson-based Holy Land Foundation, was sentenced Thursday to six years and eight months in prison on charges that he did business with a terrorist and violated export laws with his brothers and their company InfoCom Corp. Mr. Elashi was allowed by U.S....

CYNTHIA McKINNEYPOSITION: Democrat Congresswoman from GeorgiaDONOR: Abdurahman Alamoudi AMMOUNT: $2000 on September 11, 2001 DETAILS: Alamoudi, President of the American Muslim Foundation, is a well known radical mohammedan activist known for publicly praising terrorist organizations. He worked closely as an informal advisor and affiliate of several Clinton administration officials (source). At an October 2000 rally in Washington, D.C. Alamoudi spoke to a radical islamic crowd announcing ""I have been labeled by the media in New York as being a supporter of Hamas. Any supporters of Hamas here? (cheers) Hear that, Bill Clinton? We are all supporters of Hamas ... I...

Trial to look at exportsFive brothers had been accused of aiding terror, but focus has changed02:09 AM CDT on Sunday, June 6, 2004By STEVE McGONIGLE / The Dallas Morning News Eighteen months ago, Attorney General John Ashcroft hailed the indictments of five brothers and their Richardson computer services company as a milestone in the Bush administration's efforts to eliminate sources of terrorist financing. "Terrorist money men should know this," Mr. Ashcroft said during a nationally televised news conference from Justice Department headquarters. "We are hunting down the murderers you support, and we will hunt you down." But the case set...