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Terrorist arrest shows holes in White House's Muslim outreach program; warnings ignored
centerforsecuritypolicy ^ | 2/24/2003 | centerforsecuritypolicy

Posted on 02/24/2003 8:06:59 AM PST by TLBSHOW

Terrorist arrest shows holes in White House's Muslim outreach program; warnings ignored

People are asking: Who is responsible for getting terrorist figures into the White House? Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader Sami Al-Arian, arrested this week by the FBI as an alleged mastermind and funder of suicide bombings, was part of the White House's controversial outreach plan to Muslims and Arab-Americans, the Washington Post reports.

According to Newsweek, White House political officials disregarded warnings from the Secret Service that Al-Arian was a potential terrorist, and let him in anyway.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that the alleged terrorists were running influence operations to penetrate the US political system and influence policy.

The news confirms what the Center for Security Policy has warned the Bush administration - first privately and later publicly - for nearly two years: That the architects of the White House's well-meaning Muslim outreach program paid little or no regard to national security issues, and ignored information about alleged extremists, including supporters of terrorism, who had hijacked the administration's initiative.

According to the Post, Al-Arian was invited to the White House as part of an American Muslim Council (AMC) delegation on June 22, 2001: "The meeting was controversial within the White House even before it took place. The group that included Al-Arian was scheduled to be briefed by Vice President Cheney, but Cheney canceled. That morning, the Jerusalem Post had run a front-page article headlined, 'Cheney to host pro-terrorist Muslim group.'"

Al-Arian's arrest under a 50-count federal grand jury indictment is sure to prompt the Secret Service and others to revisit the issue, and to investigate just who has manipulated the White House to allow extremists and terrorists into the presidential compound where they have been treated as legitimate representatives of moderate, non-violent causes.

On Friday, February 21, the Wall Street Journal reported that Al-Arian's arrest "likely will inflame a debate embroiling the Republican Party over efforts to court Muslim Americans." The battle, according to the Journal, is led by conservative activist Grover Norquist, "a close ally of the Bush White House who spent years wooing Muslims through a group he founded called the Islamic Institute," against national security-minded critics who include Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney and American Conservative Union President David Keene.

Norquist's Islamic Institute, the Wall Street Journal continued, has received money from "a network of Islamic organizations in Virginia under investigation by federal authorities for suspected ties to terrorism." Meanwhile, Norquist has been a vocal attacker of key provisions of the Bush administration's anti-terrorism legislation proposals, and has led an effort from the right to discredit and undermine Attorney General John Ashcroft.

Insight magazine is reporting that Al-Arian and Norquist have worked together, and that Norquist has gone on record saying he is "proud" to have accepted an award in July 2001 from Al-Arian's National Coalition to Protect Political Freedom (NCPPF), which is described as a legal and political support group for international terrorist organizations.

Keene alluded to the problem in his column for The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper. "Make no mistake about it," wrote Keene, "these people are our enemies. To deny this would be foolish and to empower them in any way is a mistake of the first order because doing so legitimizes their claim to speak for all Muslims." Keene added that twice in the last six months, "fellow travelers" and "zealots" have tried to prevent critics of Islamist terrorism from addressing conservative audiences: "In both instances they sought veto power over who should or should not be allowed to discuss the extremist Muslim connection to world terrorism and in both instances they were rebuffed. Having failed to keep the objects of their enmity from speaking, they then proceeded to denounce publicly in the press and on the Internet the sponsors of the events at which they spoke as, you guessed it, 'bigots and racists.'"

Islamic Institute Chairman Khaled Saffuri claims to be shocked at the arrest of Al-Arian, telling Newsweek, "If these charges are true, then he’s betrayed me—and a whole lot of others in the Muslim community." Nevertheless, Norquist has continued to rail against critics of Islamist terrorist fronts, calling them "bigots and racists."

Is another shoe about to drop? According to the federal grand jury indictment, Al-Arian and his confederates tried to penetrate the mainstream political system to influence U.S. government counterterrorism policy. The Wall Street Journal states, "the indictment alludes to efforts by the defendants to gain political clout, alleging that they sought 'to obtain support from influential individuals in the United States under the guise of promoting and protecting Arab rights."

Again, the question must be answered: Who invited and cleared Al-Arian and other suspected terrorist supporters into the White House?


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To: justshutupandtakeit
That is exactly what my wife said and it is probably the case here also.

However, that still leaves Nordquist's involvement a legitimate issue to be discussed and dissected.

41 posted on 02/24/2003 9:04:22 AM PST by Seeking the truth (I'm going on the FRN Cruise - How about you? - Details at www.Freerepublic.net)
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To: ravingnutter
As I told you the other day, that is good info to share around. Especially for the ones who for some reason think this is a serious attack on Bush.
42 posted on 02/24/2003 9:04:34 AM PST by Fred Mertz
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To: Seeking the truth; PhiKapMom; hchutch
I can tell you this much: if Gaffney were to say this sort of thing about me with the kind of wafer-thin "six degrees of separation" schtick he used WRT the two White House aides, I would cordially invite him to meet me at sunrise, with his second, on foot or on horse, with pistol or sword...all in the intent of clearing the air.
43 posted on 02/24/2003 9:06:40 AM PST by Poohbah (Beware the fury of a patient man -- John Dryden)
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To: Fred Mertz
"...that's the GN argument, and he's been eating his words lately as far as I can tell. "

Do you have a link to where you read he's been eating his words?
44 posted on 02/24/2003 9:07:17 AM PST by justshe (Free Howlin!)
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To: TLBSHOW
"According to Newsweek, White House political officials disregarded warnings from the Secret Service that Al-Arian was a potential terrorist, and let him in anyway.

Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports that the alleged terrorists were running influence operations to penetrate the US political system and influence policy.

"Al-Arian certainly didn’t act like a sponsor of suicide bombings. Far from keeping to the shadows, he repeatedly lobbied Congress on civil-liberties issues, made thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to influential members of Congress and renounced violence during appearances on TV talk shows."

American polititians are gaining the same despicable notoriety of their counterparts in the rest of the world by being able to be bought, sold, traded and manipulated like street whores.

Bush (and his advisors) need to get a grip - very quickly on who they distance and who they welcome into their bosoms (for the sake of political correctness and votes).

Bush Praises Islam For It's Morality

Twenty-Year Plan for USA: Islam Targets America

PLEASE PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO ITEM #8.

The True Furqan can be located on HERE or HERE

The following is Dr. Shorrosh's analysis of Islamic invasion of America, the agenda of Islamists and visible methods to take over America by the year 2020! Will Americans continue to sleep through this invasion as they did when we were attacked on 9/11?

1. Terminate America's freedom of speech by replacing it with hate crime bills state-wide and nation-wide.

2. Wage a war of words using black leaders like Louis Farrakhan, Rev. Jesse Jackson and other visible religious personalities to promote Islam as the original African-American's religion while Christianity is for the whites! Strange enough, no one tells the African-Americans that it was the Arab Muslims who captured them and sold them as slaves, neither the fact that in Arabic the word for black and slave is the same, "Abed."

3. Engage the American public in dialogues, discussions, debates in colleges, universities, public libraries, radio, TV, churches and mosques on the virtues of Islam. Proclaim how it is historically another religion like Judaism and Christianity with the same monotheistic faith.

4. Nominate Muslim sympathizers to political office for favorable legislation to Islam and support potential sympathizers by block voting.

5. Take control of as much of Hollywood, the press, TV, radio and the internet by buying the corporations or a controlling stock.

6. Yield to the fear of imminent shut-off of the lifeblood of America - the black gold. America's economy depends on oil,1000 products are derived from oil), so does its personal and industrial transportation and manufacturing -41% comes from the Middle East.

7. Yell, "foul, out-of-context, personal interpretation, hate crime, Zionist, un-American, inaccurate interpretation of the Quran" time Islam is criticized or the Quran is analyzed in the public arena.

8. Encourage Muslims to penetrate the White House, specifically with Islamists who can articulate a marvelous and peaceful picture of Islam. Acquire government positions, get membership in local school boards. Train Muslims as medical doctors to dominate the medical field, research and pharmaceutical companies. Take over the computer industry. Establish Middle Eastern restaurants throughout the U.S. to connect planners of Islamization in a discreet way.

Ever notice how numerous Muslim doctors in America are, when their countries need them more desperately than America?

9. Accelerate Islamic demographic growth via:

a. Massive immigration (100,000 annually since 1961)

b. No birth control whatsoever - every baby of Muslim parents is automatically a Muslim and cannot choose another religion later.

c. Muslim men must marry American women and Islamize them (10,000 annually). Then divorce them and remarry every five years - since one cannot have the Muslim legal permission to marry four at one time. This is a legal solution in America.

d. Convert angry, alienated black inmates and turn them into militants (so far 2000 released inmates have joined Al Qaida world-wide). Only a few have been captured in Afghanistan and on American soil. So far - sleeping cells!

10. Reading, writing, arithmetic and research through the American educational system, mosques and student centers (now 1500) should be sprinkled with dislike of Jews, evangelical Christians and democracy. There are 300 exclusively Muslim schools with loyalty to the Quran, not the U.S. Constitution.

11. Provide very sizeable monetary Muslim grants to colleges and universities in America to establish "Centers for Islamic studies" with Muslim directors to promote Islam in higher education institutions.

12. Let the entire world know through propaganda, speeches, seminars, local and national media that terrorists have hijacked Islam, not the truth, which is Islam hijacked the terrorists. Furthermore in January of 2002, Saudi Arabia's Embassy in Washington mailed 4500 packets of the Quran, videos, promoting Islam to America's high schools--free. They would never allow us to reciprocate.

13. Appeal to the historically compassionate and sensitive Americans for sympathy and tolerance towards the Muslims in America who are portrayed as mainly immigrants from oppressed countries.

14. Nullify America's sense of security by manipulating the intelligence community with misinformation. Periodically terrorize Americans of impending attacks on bridges, tunnels, water supplies, airports, apartment buildings and malls. (We have experienced this too often since 9-11.) 15. Form riots and demonstrations in the prison system demanding Islamic Sharia as the way of life, not American's justice system.

16. Open numerous charities throughout the U.S. but use the funds to support Islamic terrorism with American dollars.

17. Raise interest in Islam on America's campuses by insisting that freshman take at least one course on Islam. Be sure that the writer is a bonafide American, Christian, scholarly and able to cover up the violence in the Quran and express the peaceful, spiritual and religious aspect only.

18. Unify the numerous Muslim lobbies in Washington, mosques, Islamic student centers, educational organizations, magazines and papers by internet and an annual convention to coordinate plans, propagate the faith and engender news in the media of their visibility.

19. Send intimidating messages and messengers to the outspoken individuals who are critical of Islam and seek to eliminate them by hook or crook.

20. Applaud Muslims as loyal citizens of the US by spotlighting their voting record as the highest percentage of all minority and ethic groups in America.

45 posted on 02/24/2003 9:07:57 AM PST by Happy2BMe (HOLLYWOOD:Ask not what U can do for your country, ask what U can do for Iraq!)
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To: Wait4Truth
See my post #38 to PKM for "ammo" to counter this charge.
46 posted on 02/24/2003 9:08:10 AM PST by ravingnutter
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To: Poohbah
Very good thoughts and I agree!
47 posted on 02/24/2003 9:08:22 AM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: Fred Mertz
The simple fact that Sami is in jail and will not make bail clearly shows he has no legitamite ties to this White House. I can only imagine the playing around that went on with all the people that Clinton appeased after Bush took over the White House.
48 posted on 02/24/2003 9:08:31 AM PST by alisasny
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To: justshe; hchutch; PhiKapMom
Do you have a link to where you read he's been eating his words?

We'd have to link your computer to the microchip TLBSHOW thinks is implanted in his butt...

49 posted on 02/24/2003 9:08:37 AM PST by Poohbah (Beware the fury of a patient man -- John Dryden)
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To: Fred Mertz; Sabertooth
As I told you the other day, that is good info to share around. Especially for the ones who for some reason think this is a serious attack on Bush.


BUMP
50 posted on 02/24/2003 9:10:50 AM PST by TLBSHOW (God Speed as Angels trending upward dare to fly Tribute to the Risk Takers)
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To: Poohbah
You didn't cite Gaffney's words that you claim amounted to a charge of treason when I asked you to a couple of days ago. Would you be kind enough to do so now?
51 posted on 02/24/2003 9:11:05 AM PST by aristeides
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To: Miss Marple
(Didn't fall off the turnip truck yesterday!)


LOL...... Yes but I think some may have fallen off last night..... Know what I mean.... Vern?
52 posted on 02/24/2003 9:11:21 AM PST by deport (RATTY RATS = WHO)
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To: ravingnutter
Thanks for the great information! Much appreciated!
53 posted on 02/24/2003 9:12:41 AM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: ravingnutter
Thank you so much! Plenty of ammo out there for those that really care! Some here just don't care about the truth. So telling, isn't it?
54 posted on 02/24/2003 9:12:59 AM PST by Wait4Truth (God Bless our President!)
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To: Seeking the truth
Sure am! That's why I spelled his name wrong.

What a dumb question to ask!

55 posted on 02/24/2003 9:13:44 AM PST by PhiKapMom (Bush/Cheney 2004)
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To: justshe
Do you have a link to where you read he's been eating his words?

I haven't heard much of a peep out of GN lately. That was my point. I see where you could have misinterpreted my statement.

What does GN have to say about his waning influence with the administration? Of course, that is an assumption on my part.

56 posted on 02/24/2003 9:14:22 AM PST by Fred Mertz
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To: Poohbah
We'd have to link your computer to the microchip TLBSHOW thinks is implanted in his butt...

LOL! Thanks for outing the GIFTED one.

57 posted on 02/24/2003 9:14:30 AM PST by Wait4Truth (God Bless our President!)
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To: TLBSHOW
............The problem is that the ideology driving the terrorists is in fact religion-based. Wahhabism is more than just the state-sponsored religion of Saudi Arabia. It is a branch of Islam that is warlike, anti-Western and bent upon our destruction. These folks hate us as well as any Muslim that doesn't dance to their tune. They have been responsible, in fact, for the slaughter of literally millions of their fellow Muslims in their drive to remake one of the world's major religions in their own image............

"Muslim Extremists seeking to foster One Islamic World"

58 posted on 02/24/2003 9:14:37 AM PST by DoctorMichael (The French eat le Ca-Ca! So does Gephardt, Braun, Edwards, Sharpton, Kerry.............)
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To: alisasny
And if Sami's influence is so great over President Bush why is he sitting in jail?

I guess this means he isn't a big bud of the President's after all huh?

59 posted on 02/24/2003 9:14:39 AM PST by Mo1 (DC Chapter .. Patriots Rally for America IV .. on Saturday, March 1st)
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To: hchutch; Poohbah
I've posted David Keene's article in today's "The Hill" for everyone on this thread to read.

This is the article that Gaffney referred to in his article above.

60 posted on 02/24/2003 9:14:57 AM PST by Seeking the truth (I'm going on the FRN Cruise - How about you? - Details at www.Freerepublic.net)
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