Posted on 04/03/2010 6:00:51 AM PDT by Shellybenoit
In February, Gita Sahgal, head of the gender unit at Amnestys international secretariat, shared with the Times of London that Moazzam Begg, a former terrorist, inmate at Guantanamo Bay, and Britain's leading supporter of terrorism has strong ties with Amnesty International. In an email sent to Amnestys top bosses, she suggests the charity has mistakenly allied itself with Begg and his jihadi group, Cageprisoners, out of fear of being branded racist and Islamophobic.
Sahgal describes Begg as Britains most famous supporter of the Taliban. He has championed the rights of jailed Al-Qaeda members and hate preachers, including Anwar al-Awlaki, the alleged spiritual mentor of the Christmas Day Detroit plane bomber.
After Ms Sahgal let the cat is out of the bag, one would expect an embarrassed Amnesty to clear ranks of terrorist connections, instead Amnesty suspended Gita Sahgal.
It turns out however, Ms Sahgal's warning was justified as the Head of Amnesty International has announced that Jihad may be justified in some situations.
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Of course Amnesty International said that...They just unleashed terrorists everywhere. Thanks bunches guys!!!
Amnesty International has never been anything but a commie front group. They should all go to Gitmo and share cells with jihadis. But some of them might enjoy it.
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