Posted on 02/02/2011 10:18:40 PM PST by bronxville
US Politicians Duped By The Brotherhood
In the United States, one individual maintained a pretense of "moderation" which would later embarrass the left and the right. According to the testimony of Dr. Michael Waller to the US Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Abdurahman Alamoudi was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. A man born in Eritrea in 1951, he arrived in the US in 1979 and became a naturalized US citizen on May 23, 1996. From 1985 onwards he became involved in many Muslim groups. In 1990 he founded the Washington DC-based American Muslim Council (AMC), which Waller states "has been described as a de facto front of the Muslim Brotherhood." The AMC was an affiliate of the American Muslim Foundation, which was also headed by Alamoudi. Despite this, in June 2002 the FBI called the AMC "the most mainstream Muslim group in the United States."
What is of concern is the manner in which Alamoudi persuaded US authorities under two administrations of his reliability. Around 1993, he was an adviser for the Pentagon on which Muslim chaplains should serve in the US military. He continued this role until 1998. From 1997 he acted for the State Department as a "goodwill ambassador" to Muslim countries. He was regularly at the Clinton White House and had advised Hillary Rodham Clinton on managing iftar dinners since 1996. Alamoudi had made donations to the Democrat party but was open to wooing the opposition.
In 1998, as Frank Gaffney recounted, Republican Grover Norquist formed the Islamic Institute, which aimed to recruit Muslim and Arab Americans to support the GOP. Alamoudi made contributions both to the Islamic Institute and later, in 2000 and 2001, he made payments to a lobbying firm connected with Norquist.
Alamoudi's Brotherhood connections were not touted openly, but in August 1997, he was publicly proclaiming on Fox TV that Hamas was a "freedom fighting organization". Hamas had started its first bombings of Israeli civilians in February 1996, a year earlier. On October 28, 2000, Alamoudi attended an anti-Israel protest at Lafayette Park outside the White House, where he was caught on video proclaiming "I have been labeled as being a supporter of Hamas. Anybody supporters of Hamas here? Hear that, Bill Clinton. We are all supporters of Hamas. I wish they added that I am also a supporter of Hezbollah. Anybody who supports Hezbollah here?"
Shortly after the White House outburst, Hillary Clinton returned a donation of $1,000 to her election war chest, which Alamoudi had presented on May 25 of that year. Alamoudi embarked upon at least 10 clandestine trips to Libya. On September 28, 2003, after returning from a multi-stage excursion he was arrested at Dulles International Airport. He was handed a 19-count indictment on October 23, on charges including money laundering and dealing with a prohibited nation.
Alamoudi had been stopped at Heathrow on August 16, 2003 before boarding a flight to Syria, and had $340,000 of Libyan money seized. On July 30, 2004, he pleaded guilty to three charges - violating conditions barring transport to, and commerce with, prohibited nations (Libya), failure to disclose to IRS his income, and lying to ICE federal investigators. On October 15, 2004, Alamoudi was given a jail sentence of 23 years. He had told officials that he provided Libyan money to London-based Saudi dissidents to finance a plot to assassinate Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah.
Politicians may have been fooled by Alamoudi, who headed sixteen US-based Islamist organizations, but despite what is known of the Muslim Brotherhood's support of terrorism and extremism, US politicians are now openly courting the Brotherhood. On April 5 this year in Egypt. House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer met with Mohammed Saad el-Katani, the leader of the Brotherhood's 55 members within the Egyptian parliament. Hamdi Hassan, the Brotherhood's spokesman, said Hoyer met with el-Katani once at the parliament building and later at the home of the US ambassador to Egypt.
On May 27, a delegation by four members of the House of Congress again met with Mohammed Saad el-Katani in Egypt. The delegation was led by David Price, a Democrat who represents North Carolina....[...]
Great link about the Muslim Brotherhood - it consists of 4 parts.
“Robert Gates stated in his book that American intelligence services began to aid the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan 6 months before the Soviet intervention. In 1979 super-globalist President Carter signed the first directive for secret aid to the terrorists on the advice of super-globalist Brzezinsky.”
Was this a ploy against Russian-Communism or was it to protect Afghan resources-drugs? Were we training drug cartels in Brooklyn and Long Island with the illegal AK47’s? And drugs are illegal...And our borders remain open.
November 5, 1990 and After: US Promotes Lone Gunman Theory in Kahane Assassination, Hiding Evidence of Al-Qaeda -
...Nosair is captured a few blocks from the murder site after a police shoot-out. An FBI INFORMANT SAYS HE SAW NOSAIR MEETING WITH MUSLIM LEADER Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman a few days before the attack, and EVIDENCE INDICATING A WIDER PLOT WITH ADDITIONAL TARGETS IS QUICKLY FOUND. [Village Voice, 3/30/1993]
Later that night, police arrive at Nosairs house and find a pair of Middle Eastern men named Mahmud Abouhalima and Mohammed Salameh there. They are taken in for questioning. Additionally, police collect a total of 47 boxes of evidence from Nosairs house, including: [Lance, 2003, pp. 34-35]
A total of 47 boxes of evidence from Nosair’s house -
Thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Maps and drawings of New York City landmarks, including the World Trade Center.
Documents in Arabic containing bomb making formulas, details of an Islamic militant cell, and mentions of the term al-Qaeda.
Recorded sermons by Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman in which he encourages his followers to destroy the edifices of capitalism and destroy the enemies of Allah by destroying their high world buildings.
Tape-recorded phone conversations of Nosair reporting to Abdul-Rahman about paramilitary training, and even DISCUSSING BOMB-MAKING MANUALS.
Videotaped talks that ALI MOHAMED delivered at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
TOP SECRET MANUALS ALSO FROM FORT BRAGG. There are even CLASSIFIED documents belonging to the US Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Commander in Chief of the Armys Central Command. These manuals and documents had clearly come from MOHAMED, WHO COMPLETED MILITARY SERVICE AT FORT BRAGG THE YEAR BEFORE AND FREQUENTLY STAYED AT NOSAIR’S HOUSE.
A detailed and top secret plan for Operation Bright Star, a special operations training exercise simulating an attack on Baluchistan, a part of Pakistan between Afghanistan and the Arabian Sea. [Raleigh News and Observer, 10/21/2001; Raleigh News and Observer, 11/13/2001; Wall Street Journal, 11/26/2001; ABC News, 8/16/2002; Lance, 2003, pp. 34-35]
Also within hours, two investigators will connect Nosair with surveillance PHOTOGRAPHS OF MOHAMED GIVING WEAPONS TRAINING TO Nosair, Abouhalima, Salameh, AND A SHOOTING RANGE THE YEAR BEFORE (see July 1989). [Lance, 2003, pp. 34-35]
BUT, ignoring all of this evidence, still later that evening, Joseph Borelli, the New York police departments chief detective, will publicly declare the assassination the work of a LONE DERANGED GUNMAN. He will further state, Im STRONGLY CONVINCED that he acted alone. He DIDN’T SEEM TO BE part of a conspiracy or any terrorist organization.
THE 9/11 CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY (COVER-UP) WILL LATER CONCLUDE, The [New York Police Department] and the District Attorneys office reportedly wanted the appearance of speedy justice and a quick resolution to a volatile situation. By arresting Nosair, they felt they had accomplished both. [Village Voice, 3/30/1993; Lance, 2003, pp. 34-36]
Abouhalima and Salameh are RELEASED, only to be later convicted for participating in the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center. INVESTIGATORS WILL LATER FIND IN NOSAIR’S POSSESSIONS A FORMULA FOR A BOMB ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ONE USED IN THE WTC BOMBING. [New Yorker, 3/17/1995]
As one FBI agent will later put it, THE FACT IS THAT IN 1990, MYSELF AND MY DETECTIVES, WE HAD OUR OFFICE IN HANDCUFFS, THE PEOPLE WHO BLEW UP THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN 93. WE WERE TOLD TO RELEASE THEM.
The 47 BOXES OF EVIDENCE collected at Nosairs house that evening are STORED AWAY, INACCESSIBLE TO PROSECUTORS AND INVESTIGATORS. THE DOCUMENTS FOUND WILL NOT BE TRANSLATED UNTIL AFTER THE WORLD TRADE CENTER BOMBING. Nosair will later be acquitted of Kahanes murder (though he will be convicted of lesser charges), as investigators will continue to ignore all evidence that could suggest Nosair did not act alone (see December 7, 1991). [ABC News, 8/16/2002; Lance, 2003, pp. 34-37]
District Attorney Robert Morgenthau, who prosecuted the case, will later speculate the CIA may have encouraged the FBI not to pursue any other leads. Nosair worked at the Al-Kifah Refugee Center which was CLOSELY TIED TO COVERT CIA OPERATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN(see Late 1980s and After). [New Yorker, 3/17/1995]
Mid-November 1990: CIA Allegedy BLOCKS FBI INVESTIGATION of Blind Sheikh in Kahane Assassination -
The FBI is apparently under PRESSURE TO BACKOFF from investigating Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman. One week after the murder of Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane, a long-time FBI counterterrorism expert meets with one of his top undercover operatives.
Mid-November 1990: CIA Allegedy Blocks FBI Investigation of Blind Sheikh in Kahane Assassination
The FBI is apparently under PRESSURE TO BACKOFF from investigating Sheikh Omar Abdul-Rahman. One week after the murder of Zionist rabbi Meir Kahane, a long-time FBI counterterrorism expert meets with one of his top undercover operatives -
According to the FBI agent, the undercover operative asks, WHY AREN’T WE GOING AFTER THE SHEIKH [Abdul-Rahman]?
The FBI agent replies, IT’S HANDS-OFF.
He further explains, It was NO ACCIDENT that the Sheikh GOT A VISA and that hes still in the country. HE’S HERE UNDER THE BANNER OF NATIONAL SECURITY, THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE NSA, AND THE CIA.
THE AGENT CONCUDES THAT ABDUL-RAHMAN IS UNTOUCHABLE.
Noting how the government is already firmly suggesting that El Sayyid Nosair was the only one involved in Kahanes murder, he says, I havent seen the lone-gunman theory advocated [so forcefully] since John F. Kennedy.
[Village Voice, 3/30/1993] The FBI failed to look at a wealth of evidence suggesting others were involved in the assassination (see November 5, 1990 and After).
From the FBI Website -
“The mastermind of the World Trade Center bombing was still on the runand up to no good. Wed learned his nameRamzi Yousefwithin weeks after the attack and discovered he was planning more attacks, including the simultaneous bombing of a dozen U.S. international flights. Yousef was captured in Pakistan in February 1995, returned to America, and convicted along with the van driver, Eyad Ismoil. A seventh plotter, Abdul Yasin, remains at large.
We later learned from Yousef that his Trade Center plot was far more sinister. He wanted the bomb to topple one tower, with the collapsing debris knocking down the second. The attack turned out to be something of a deadly dress rehearsal for 9/11; with the help of Yousefs UNCLE Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, al Qaeda would later return to realize Yousefs nightmarish vision.”
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/february/tradebom_022608
War on Poverty? War on Drugs? War on Terrorism?
Billions...trillions of dollars later, it appears that only the NWO Governists and the NWO Elite Activists benefit while the situation of the “empty containers” - “useless eaters” worsen daily...
We have the cameras and nude scanners cameras. What next for us? A license to hold a passport? Meanwhile the border is open and jihadists can come and go willy nilly. The Times Square bomber was on a Watch List and didn’t have a problem exiting or reentering to the extent he was able to actually get on a plane going to the ME on the same day of the bombing attempt. He even got his citizenship just a few months prior...
MONEY - MONEY - MONEY
MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD -
1976: Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt Founded, Funds Political Growth of Islamist Movement
Founded in 1976, Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt (FIBE) was part of the BANKING EMPIRE BUILT BY SAUDI PRINCE MOHAMMED EL-FAISAL. SEVERAL OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS ARE LEADING MEMBERS OF THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, INCLUDING THE BLIND SHEIKH, SHEIKH OMAN ABDUL-RAHMAN.
The growth of Islamic banking directly funds the political growth of the Islamist movement, and ALLOWS THE SAUDIS TO PRESSURE POORER ISLAMIC NATIONS, LIKE EGYPT, to shift their policies to the right. The Islamic banking boom is CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE NEOLIBERAL FREE-TRADE PHILOSOPHY OF THE CHICAGO SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS, AND WITH THE FREE-TRADE PRESCRIPTIONS OF THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND, AND with conservative THINK-TANKS LIKE THE VIRGINIA-BASED ISLAMIC FREE MARKET INSTITUTE. FIBE is also CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE INFAMOUS Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI), which will found to be DEEPLY IMPLICATED IN THE ILLEGAL ARMS AND NARCOTICS TRADES, AND with the funding of terrorist organizations when it collapses in 1991.
Investigators will also find that BCCI held $589 million in unrecorded deposits, $245 million of which were placed with FIBE. [Dreyfuss, 2005, pp. 164 - 175]
The Muslim Brotherhood, Saudi Princes, Blind Sheikhs, the neoliberal free-trade philosophy of the CHICAGO School of Economics (including the Carbon Trade Exchange - Rogers), IMF, Islamic think-tank in Virginia - BCCI - ALL closely associated with the Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt who were found to be deeply implicated in illegal arms and narcotic trading. The Chicago School of Economics also give courses in Microfinance/MicroCapital.
Interesting inter-connections!
“The Muslim Brotherhood, Saudi Princes, Blind Sheikhs, the neoliberal free-trade philosophy of the CHICAGO School of Economics (including the Carbon Trade Exchange - Rogers), IMF, Islamic think-tank in Virginia - BCCI - ALL closely associated with the Faisal Islamic Bank of Egypt who were found to be deeply implicated in illegal arms and narcotic trading. The Chicago School of Economics also give courses in Microfinance/MicroCapital.”
A few answers here (needs further research)...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2514423/posts
http://www.socialinvest.org/about/board.cfm
PENTAGON SAYS IT HOSTED RADICAL CLERIC AFTER 9-11
AP foreign, Thursday October 21 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) Radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki lunched at the Pentagon as part of a program to reach out to moderate Muslims in the months after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a military official said Thursday.
The U.S.-born al-Qaida operative is now on a U.S. kill-or-capture list.
U.S. investigators say e-mails link al-Awlaki to the Army psychiatrist accused of last year’s killings at Fort Hood, Texas. They also say that he helped prepare Nigerian Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, accused in the Christmas airline bombing attempt, and that he had links to the failed Times Square bombing.
Marine Corps Col. Dave Lapan, a Pentagon spokesman, said al-Awlaki was invited to the Department of Defense’s headquarters after 9/11 as part of a broader effort under then Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to establish better ties with the Muslim community.
Al-Awlaki’s Pentagon lunch was first reported by Fox News, which cited FBI sources and documents.
The 9/11 Commission reported that al-Awlaki was interviewed at least four times in two weeks following the Sept. 11 attacks about his dealings with three of the hijackers aboard the flight that slammed into the Pentagon. But it said it didn’t know enough about Al-Awlaki’s relationship with the hijackers to say whether he was aware of the plot.
The report said he had also been investigated by the FBI in 1999 and 2000 for having been “contacted by a possible procurement agent for (Osama) bin Laden” and for connections to extremist fundraising groups. None of the investigations led to criminal charges against him.
Born in New Mexico, al-Awlaki at first served primarily as an inspiration for would-be militant fighters. But intelligence agents said he later took on an operational role, prompting the Obama administration to add him to the government’s list of wanted terror suspects. He’s now thought to be hiding in Yemen.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/feedarticle/9323252
Al-QAEDA PROPAGANDIST ANWAR AL-AWLAKI SENTENCED TO TEN YEARS IN PRISON -
Fugitive al-Qaeda propagandist Anwar al-Awlaki has received a ten year sentence for his role in the murder of a French energy contractor.
11:17AM GMT 17 Jan 2011
A Yemeni criminal court said the killing of Jacques Spagnolo was “committed under the incitement” of al-Awlaki. It held Othman al-Awlaki, a relative of al-Awlaki who is also on the run, guilty on the same charges. Hisham Mohammad Assem, who gunned down Mr Spagnolo near Sana’a in October, has been given a death sentence.
Prosecutors have said that al-Awlaki corresponded with Assem for months, encouraging him to kill foreigners.
Mr Spagnolo, who worked for energy group OMV, was gunned down at the company’s compound in Sanaa on October 6, the same day a British embassy car was targeted in a rocket attack.
Assem was overpowered and arrested.
Mohammed al-Saqqaf, a lawyer for both Anwar and Othman al-Awlaki, told the court that the pair had no “connection or contact” with Assem.
Assem’s lawyer, too, denied that his client had been in touch with al-Awlaki.
“I reject the verdict and will appeal,” Assem said from the court security cage.
Witnesses, however, testified in court that they saw Assem fire on Spagnolo, with one saying that after the killing the defendant “went looking for the manager of OMV, an American national, to kill him.”
Earlier this year President Barack Obama’s administration authorised the killing of US-born al-Awlaki, the first citizen of the country to be thus targeted.
Al-Awlaki has been linked to a US army major charged with shooting dead 13 people in Fort Hood, Texas in November 2009 and to a Nigerian student accused of trying to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight on December 25 that year.
In a video posted on extremist websites, al-Awlaki has called for the killing of Americans “without hesitation.” “It’s either us or you,” al-Awlaki said, addressing Americans in the video.
Yemen, the ancestral homeland of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, has seen intense fighting in recent months between al-Qaeda terrorists and the country’s armed forces.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/yemen/8263858/Al-Qaeda-propagandist-Anwar-al-Awlaki-sentenced-to-ten-years-in-prison.html
OBAMA APPOINTS 2 “DEVOUT” MUSLIMS TO THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURITY -
Arab-American Ani-discrimination Committee
October 23, 2010 5:58:11 PM by Iam1ru1-2
The word “Devout” sometimes means “Radical”. There is no way of knowing the personal history of these Muslims, new appointees to Home Land Security. Some Muslims have indicated they want nothing to do with “Radical Muslim” beliefs.....indicating they want to mainstream into American Society. Many other Muslims have indicated they belong to the “Brotherhood”, and wish to replace American culture and law with Muslim culture and law (these Muslims are a clear and present danger).
Below is a link to the “white paper” study put out by the Center for Islamic Studies at the Hudson Institute on “THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN THE UNITED STATES” by Steven Merley. It is a research paper dated April, 2009. The Muslim Brotherhood is an organization dedicated to the overthrow of the United States.
White Paper Study on The Muslim Brotherhood In the U.S.
Obama appointed two devout Muslims to homeland security posts - KAREEM SHORA and ARIF ALIKHAN
Obama and Janet Napolitano appointed Arif Alikhan, a devout Muslim, as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development. DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in Kareem Shora, a devout Muslim, who was born in Damascus, Syria, as ADC National Executive Director as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).
NOTE: Has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, a devout Jew or a devout Protestant...? Just wondering.
Devout Muslims being appointed to critical Homeland Security positions? Doesn’t this make you feel safer already?? That should make our home land much safer, huh!?
Was it not “Devout Muslim men” that flew planes into U.S. buildings 8 1/2 years ago? Was it not a Devout Muslim who killed 13 at Fort Hood ? Please forward this important information to any who cares about the future of our Country.
Checked this on Snopes.com and its TRUE! See SNOPES
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2613301/posts
OBAMA’S WAR ON AMERICA
...It was particularly noticeable to anyone paying attention that Obama has yet to have called the Fort Hood massacre an act of Islamic terrorism despite ample evidence that it was. (yet he got all macho and put al-Awlaki-Yemen on a kill list - why? - so many questions).
Within his administration, some very strange appointments are occurring, not the least of which is the presidential appointment of ARIF ALIKHAN to a top job in Homeland Security. Alikhan is a Muslim and a former Los Angeles Deputy Mayor.
In his new job, Alikhan will be the Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy Development. In his former job, he was in charge of public safety for the city and observers noted that HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR DERAILING THE LA POLICE DEPARTMENT’S PLAN TO MONITOR ACTIVITIES AND INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THE MUSLIM COMMUNITY.
Vincent Gioia, a retired patent attorney, living in Palm Desert, California, first called this to public attention in late September on his blog. Gioia noted that Los Angeles is home to NUMEROUS RADICAL MOSQUES and where some of the 9/11 hijackers had received support from local residents. Alikhan is strongly anti-Israel; he has referred to the terrorist organization HEZBOLLAH as a LIBERATION MOVEMENT DESPITE THE FACT THAT IT”S ON THE U.S. OFFICIAL TERRORIST LIST.
If Alikhan was opposed to law enforcement authorities monitoring individuals, organizations, and local mosques in Los Angeles, one must assume that it will become the policy of the Homeland Security Department on a nationwide basis.
The failure of law enforcement and national security agencies to alert the military that the Fort Hood murderer was known or suspected of being a jihadist suggests that failures of this sort on a national basis will guarantee more 9/11s.
In late September, Janet Napolitano, the Homeland Security Secretary swore into office Damascus-born KAREEM SHORA, the national executive director of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, to a position on the Homeland Security Advisory Council, a group of national security experts that advises the Secretary. One can only imagine what kind of advice she will be receiving from someone heading up an organization whose purpose is to whitewash the continuing record of Islamic terrorist activities in America.
SAMANTHA POWER is a member of Obamas National Security Council and is widely known for her anti-Israel views including the notion that everything the U.S. does in the Middle East reflects Israeli influence. Responsible for shaping national security policies, Power reportedly doesnt believe Iran is developing nuclear weapons despite the fact that it is obvious to everyone that it is and bragging about it. Presumably her advice to the president will favor Americas and Israels enemies.
What is apparent to anyone paying attention is that Obama has surrounded himself with the most radical advisors and members of the administration imaginable. It was bad enough that FDRs and Trumans administration had been thoroughly infiltrated by Soviet agents, but Obamas is blatant about its choices.
Theres CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICER, Federal Communications Commission, MARK LLOYD, WHO FORMERLY WORKED FOR GEORGE SOROS, the billionaire who funds anti-America groups. Lloyd publicly praised Venezuelan Communist dictator, Hugo Chavez. Hes no fan of the First Amendment or of conservative radio and television news commentators.
Obamas ambassador to the United Nations, SUSAN RICE, who has been oblivious to the failings of the UN. She is on the board of the UN Fund for UNICEP, an agency that has reportedly been repeatedly caught giving aid to terrorists. She is the epitome of see now evil, hear no evil.
Another appointee with ties to GEORGE SOROS is ROSA BROOKS who used to work for a foundation funded by him. She has never seen a terrorist group that wasnt the fault of Americas war on terrorism. No fan of the war in Iraq, one must assume this applies as well to Afghanistan. SHE IS UNDER-SECRETARY of DEFENSE FOR POLICY!
This is the pattern at this point, barely a year into the Obama administration, and it is confirmation that Obama is more involved with his war on America than any other enemies on his radar screen.
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/16763
Obama Appoints 2 Devout Muslims to Homeland Security Posts
(NOTE: has anyone ever heard a new government official being identified as a devout Catholic, Jew or Protestant..., just wondering?)
Kareem Shora appointed by DHS Secretary Napolitano on Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC)
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) is proud to announce that earlier today at a ceremony held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano swore-in ADC National Executive Director Kareem Shora as a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC).
Was it not men of the “Devout Muslim Faith” that flew planes into U.S. building not to long ago. What the hell is the president thinking?
Arif Alikhan, currently deputy mayor for the city of Los Angeles, was appointed as assistant secretary for the Office of Policy Development at the Department of Homeland Security.
Muslim Democrats welcome Alikhans appointment
AT A BANQUET/FUNDRAISER FOR THE ISLAMIC SHURA COUNCIL of Southern California last weekend, the first speaker was Arif Alikhan (Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles - in charge of public safety for the city). He bid farewell, as he is going to take a post as Assistant Secretary at the Department of Homeland Security. Arif Alikhan is a devout Sunni and the son of Pakistani immigrants (here).
....speakers included Arif Ali Khan, the former Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles. He bid the attendees farewell as he prepared to leave the Los Angeles area for Washington, D. C. There he will serve as Assistant Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
PROFESSOR AGHA SAEED of the American Muslim Task Force (AMT) spoke of the aftermath of 9/11 and the struggle of the Muslim Community against the pervasive atmosphere of Islamophobia and hatred. It was a struggle against the tide - a very strong tide - to prevent Muslims in America from being marginalized and silenced.
PROFESSOR SAEED ....ISSUED FIVE DEMANDS FROM MUSLIMS TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE. These demands included A CESSATION TO THE INFILTRATION BY SPIES OF MOSQUES AND AN END TO THE INTRODUCTION OF AGENTS PROVOTEUR. IN ADDITION THERE WAS TO BE A CESSATION OF ATTEMPTS TO UNDERMINE MUSLIM GROUPS SUCH AS THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN ISLAMIC RELATIONS. (CAIR).
This is where Alikhan spoke? He was comfortable with this terror talk?
WHY ALIKHAN? DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano noted Alikhans BROAD AND IMPRESSIVE ARRAY OF EXPERIENCE IN NATIONAL SECURITY, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND COUNTERTERRORISM. I am not sure what she is talking about (neither is she, I am sure.)
Arif Alikhan was appointed Deputy Mayor of LA PICKED FROM RELATIVE OBSCURITY.
HE BEGAN HIS CAREER seven years ago, when he took a job with the Department of Justice hunting down computer hackers, crooks who were selling merchandise on Ebay at rock-bottom prices. In his former position as an assistant US attorney, Alikhan consistently did his work accurately and silently, never producing any headlines. BUT THEN HE SUDDENLY BECAME ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MEN IN LOS ANGELES, AMERICA’S SECOND-LARGEST CITY AFTER NEW YORK.
He took the position of Deputy Mayor in November 2006. The year that the Congress went Democrat and history and America took a disastrous turn. How does an obscure bureaucrat a and devout Muslim come to the position of Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles - in charge of public safety for the city? And now Assistant Secretary to DHS?
Un-indicted co-conspirator CAIR WAS THRILLED at the appointment:
CAIR-LA Congratulates Calif. Muslim Appointed to DHS Post , Arif Alikhan will serve as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development
(LOS ANGELES, CA., 5/6/09) - The Greater Los Angeles Area chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) today congratulated Arif Alikhan on his recent appointment as Assistant Secretary for Policy Development in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
“Congratulations to Mr. Ali Khan on this well-deserved appointment,” said CAIR-LA Executive Director HUSSAM AYLOUSH. “Mr. Alikhan’s new position reflects his and the community’s dedication to helping preserve the security of our country. The American Muslim community can be proud of him.”
In the past few weeks, American Muslim leaders have been urging the Obama administration to be inclusive and to reflect the diversity of our nation as he selects the most qualified public servants to fill important positions.
BACK IN 2007, ALIKHAN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REMOVING THE MUSLIM TERROR TRACKING PLAN IN LA.
The controversial Muslim ‘Mapping’ Plan of the Los Angeles Police Department is now “dead on arrival” according to Chief William Bratton.
“IT IS OVER AND NOT JUST PUT ON THE SIDE,” said Chief Bratton in a meeting with the Muslim leadership of Southern California on Thursday, November 15th. THE MEETING WAS MODERATED BY DEPUTY MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES, ARIF ALIKHAN and attended by Deputy Chief Mike Downing.
Chief Bratton acknowledged the hurt and offense caused to Muslims and agreed to send a letter to the Muslim community announcing the official termination of the ‘mapping’ plan.
A major reason for the termination of the ‘mapping’ plan was the Muslim community’s vociferous opposition and active civic engagement in making themselves heard beyond Los Angeles. Muslim organizations demonstrated a strong unity of purpose and message on the issue of ‘mapping’ that led to a position of strength for Muslims in the meeting. Those involved in the initial phases of this controversy were the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, the Council on American-Islamic Relations, the Muslim Public Affairs Council, and Muslim Advocates.
Today, the people of Los Angeles spoke and the City of Los Angeles listened to the collective voice for justice and civil rights.
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/obama-appoints-2-devout-muslims-to-homeland-security-posts-does-this-make-you-feel-safer-already/question-540455/?link=ibaf&imgurl=images.sodahead.com%2Fpolls%2F000540455%2Fpolls_nusmslogo2_5418_966839_answer_101_xlarge.png
“BACK IN 2007, ALIKHAN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN REMOVING THE MUSLIM TERROR TRACKING PLAN IN LA.”
“The controversial Muslim ‘Mapping’ Plan of the Los Angeles Police Department is now “dead on arrival” according to Chief William Bratton.”
Arif Alikhan was rewarded for preventing a Muslim Terrorist Tracking Plan by promoting him to a higher job in Homeland SECURITY!!! Watch this guy - expect his next title to be the Director of Homeland Security. He’s in the Muslim Brotherhood - can’t prove it but know it...
What about Chief Bratton? Well, he got even bigger bucks...
Chief William Bill Bratton (Vice Chair), Chairman of Kroll, Altegrity Security Consulting
Chief William Bratton (vice-chair) was recently named the Chairman of Kroll, part of Altegrity Security Consulting. Bratton began his law enforcement career in 1970, and has served as Los Angeles Police Department Chief, Chief of the New York City Transit Police, Boston Police Commissioner, and New York City Police Commissioner. He is also the only executive to serve two terms as the elected President of the Police Executive Research Forum. Chief Bratton’s professional honors include the Schroeder Brothers Medal\the Boston Police Department’s highest award for valor.
http://www.dhs.gov/files/committees/editorial_0858.shtm#1
Check out the who’s who on the Advisory Council and note where they are now “working”. Many of the companies can be connected to Jimmy Carter and GH Bush’ Bretton Woods Institute - see first page of this thread. Noblis Inc for one - Lockheed Martin - and the same people are always involved with the Indian Nation - another area where a lot of our money is funneled. How much money get to these poverty programs and how much is siphoned off and into the coffers of the NEO activists? What percentage do these defense contracts/contractors have to pay-back into the same coffers? These people desperately need a never-ending supply of money, they were depending on Obama delivering them trillions at the European Carbon Exchange Summit, but even a Nobel Prize didn’t do it. How much are they getting from the Sauds? A lot if one goes by bows-a-lot Obama and the holds-hands-a-lot Bush.
Secretary Janet Napolitano
Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Washington, DC 20528
January 8, 2010
Dear Secretary Napolitano:
We the undersigned organizations object to the Transportation Security Administrations screening
standards issued on January 3, 2010. These standards mandate enhanced security measures for individuals
coming from 14 countries, those identified as state sponsors of terrorism, and other countries of interest.
With the exception of Cuba, this directive targets individuals, including US citizens, traveling from
Muslim-majority or Middle Eastern countries with no regard as to whether the passenger poses an individualized threat.
Implementation of this policy will result in racial and ethnic profiling, a practice that the DHS has repeatedly disavowed. For instance, on the TSA website, it explicitly states, TSA does not conduct ethnic or religious profiling, and employs multiple checks and balances to ensure profiling does not happen.1
Importantly, profiling on the basis of ethnicity and national origin is also an unreliable means of
identifying criminal behavior. These new procedures parallel the National Security Entry/Exit Registration
System (NSEERS), put into effect shortly after 9/11. Despite tracking at least 83,000 individuals from
Middle Eastern and Muslim-majority countries, the NSEERS program did not result in a single terrorism conviction. Neither NSEERS nor the new TSA standards, make us safer because they divert attention and resources away from legitimate leads and identifying suspicious behavior.
All of us are concerned about the security of our nation. However, security policies based on ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS PROFILING (my emphasis) are both ineffective and contrary to constitutional principles. Terrorism is neither ethnically nor geographically confined.
We respectfully request that you withdraw the new security directive that targets all individuals traveling from specific countries, and that we be provided a copy. We also respectfully request a meeting with you to directly express our concerns.
Sincerely,
American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC)
Arab American Institute (AAI)
Asian American Justice Center (AAJC)
Asian Law Caucus (ALC)
Association of Muslim American Lawyers (AMAL)
Bay Area Association of Muslim Lawyers (BAAML)
Bill of Rights Defense Committee
Chaya
Georgia Association of Muslim Lawyers
Islamic Medical Association of North America (IMANA)
Islamic Society of North American (ISNA)
Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)
MAI Family Services
1 Religious and Cultural Needs. Transportation Security Administration. Available at:
http://www.tsa.gov/travelers/airtravel/assistant/editorial_1037.shtm. Last accessed January 5, 2010.
Muslim Advocates
Muslim Bar Association of Illinois
Muslim Bar Association of New York (MuBANY)
Muslim Bar Association of Southern California (MBASC)
Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC)
New England Muslim Bar Association (NEMBA)
New Jersey Muslim Lawyers Association (NJMLA)
Ohio Muslim Bar Association (OMBA)
Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee (PAKPAC)
Rights Working Group (RWG)
Sikh Coalition
Somali Diaspora Network, Inc (SDN)
South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT)
South Asian Network (SAN)
CC: Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute, Department of Homeland Security
Assistant Secretary Juliette Kayyem, Department of Homeland Security
Assistant Attorney General Thomas Perez, Department of Justice
Special Counsel Kimberley Walton, Transportation Security Administration
Director Jennifer Carmichael, Office of Civil Rights and Liberties,
Transportation Security Administration
Director Stephanie Stoltzfus, Office of Specialized Screening and Outreach,
Transportation Security Administration
ASSISTANT SECRETARY ARIF ALIKHAN, POLICY, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Acting Officer Stephen Shih, CRCL, Department of Homeland Security
http://www.muslimadvocates.org/documents/TSA%20Profiling%20Letter%20Final.pdf
CC ARIF ALIKHAN (ex-Deputy Mayor, LA) who just happened to get the “Muslim ‘Mapping’ Plan” aka Muslim Terror Tracking Plan rescinded (see previous post) made everyone happy except the tax-paying public. Capt William Bratton agreed with ARIF ALIKHAN and took the plan completely off the table stating it was “dead on arrival” (see previous post). Instead they instituted the NATIONAL COUNTER-TERRORISM ACADEMY (NCTA) at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). I have no idea what that’s all about but would assume it’s a very PC program where one doesn’t profile period. So if one has to paw over a 3y/o, 70 y/o Nun or a Korean Vet in a wheel-chair then that’s just fine.
Within a few days - the Assistant Secretary Policy - Arif Alikhan and staff at the Department of Homeland Security rescinded the Policy which Muslim Groups found offensive.
PS: One can almost picture Kareem W. Shora’ rubbing his hands in the background at all the new policies he’ll “help” draft. See how it’s done.
McClatchy News - Posted on Tue, Jan. 12, 2010
Commentary: New travel directive is wrongheaded
Farhana Khera (Muslim Advocates) - The Progressive Media Project
January 11, 2010 02:51:14 PM
Muslim Advocates will monitor the new policy to ensure that it is implemented without bias or disparate impact on American Muslim travelers.
For more information about DHS’s security measures for international travelers, please contact Nura Maznavi, Counsel, Program to End Racial & Religious Profiling at Muslim Advocates at 415-692-1484.
http://www.muslimadvocates.org/01-12-10_McClatchyNewsSvc.pdf
One can see it took only two days to get the policy rescinded without even a conversation about it. Well let’s just say we had it among ourselves but out-ranked by powerful people in the Obama Admin., who call themselves - Devout Muslims or Muslim American.
A NEW DIRECTION FOR U.S. RELATIONS WITH THE MUSLIM WORLD
Convened by Search for common ground and The Consensus Building Institute
Washington, DC Cambridge, MA
In January 2007, a group of American leaders concerned about the rise in tension and violence between the U.S. and Muslim countries and communities, and interested in finding ways to improve relations, came together to launch the U.S.-Muslim Engagement Project.
The groups first meeting took place at the Rockefeller Brothers Funds Pocantico Conference Center in Tarrytown, New York.
FUNDING -
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation,
Rockefeller Brothers Fund,
Carnegie Corporation of New York,
American Petroleum Institute,
Bernard and Audre Rapoport Foundation,
W.K. Kellogg Foundation,
One Nation,
Mr. George Russell, and other individual and institutional donors have provided major financial and in kind support for the project.
MEMBERS -
Madeleine Albright Principal, The Albright Group LLC; former
U.S. Secretary of State
Richard Armitage President, Armitage International; former
U.S. Deputy Secretary of State
Ziad Asali President and Founder, American Task Force
on Palestine
Steve Bartlett President and Chief Executive Officer, Financial Services Roundtable; former U.S.
Representative; former Mayor of Dallas, Texas
Paul Brest President, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Leadership Group - Organizational affiliations are listed for identification only. Leadership Group members endorse this Report in their personal capacities.
Red Cavaney President and Chief Executive Officer, American Petroleum Institute
Daniel Christman Lt. General (ret.), U.S. Army; Senior Vice President for International Affairs, U.S.
Chamber of Commerce
Stephen Covey Co-Founder and Vice Chairman, FranklinCovey; writer, speaker, and academic Thomas Dine Principal, The Dine Group; former Executive Director, American Israel Public Affairs
COMMITTEE -
Marc Gopin James H. Laue Professor of World Religions, Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution; Director, Center for World Religions,
Diplomacy and Conflict Resolution, Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution,
George Mason University Stephen Heintz President,
Rockefeller Brothers Fund Shamil Idriss Chairman of the Board,
Soliya Daisy Khan Executive Director, American Society for Muslim Advancement
Derek Kirkland Advisory Director, Investment Banking Division, Morgan Stanley Richard Land President,
The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, Southern Baptist Convention;
Member, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom
Robert Jay Lifton Lecturer on Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School; author of Superpower Syndrome
LEADERSHIP GROUP MEMBERS
Denis Madden Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore; former Associate Secretary General, Catholic Near East Welfare Association
John Marks President and Founder, Search for Common Ground Susan Collin Marks Senior Vice President,
Search for Common Ground; author of Watching the Wind: Conflict Resolution during South Africas Transition to Democracy
Ingrid Mattson President, The Islamic Society of North America; Professor of Islamic Studies,
Director of Islamic Chaplaincy, and Director,
Duncan Black Macdonald Center for the Study of Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations,
Hartford Seminary Sayyeda Mirza-Jafri Strategic Philanthropy Consultant
Dalia Mogahed Executive Director, Gallup Center for Muslim
Studies; co-author with John Esposito of Who Speaks for Islam?
What a Billion Muslims Really Think Vali Nasr Professor of International Politics,
The Fletcher School, Tufts University; Adjunct Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies,
Council on Foreign Relations Feisal Abdul Rauf Imam, Masjid al-Farah in New York City; Founder and Chairman, Cordoba Initiative; author of Whats Right with Islam Is Whats
Right with America
Rob Rehg President, Washington, DC office, Edelman
Dennis Ross Consultant, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; former U.S. Special Middle East
Envoy and Negotiator
S. Abdallah Schleifer Distinguished Professor of Journalism, American University in Cairo; former
Washington Bureau Chief, Al Arabiya news channel;
former NBC News Cairo bureau chief Jessica Stern Lecturer in Public Policy,
Harvard Kennedy School of Government Mustapha Tlili Director,
Center for Dialogues: Islamic World-U.S.-The West, New York University William Ury Co-Founder, Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School; co-author of Getting to Yes
Vin Weber Managing Partner, Clark and Weinstock; Chairman, National Endowment for
Democracy; former U.S. Representative
Daniel Yankelovich Founder and Chairman, Public Agenda; author Ahmed Younis Senior Analyst,
Gallup Center for Muslim Studies; former National Director, Muslim Public Affairs Committee
Dov Zakheim Vice President,
Booz Allen Hamilton; former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)
A couple of nuggets -
“Only a tiny minority of Muslims is involved in violence against the U.S. and its allies.”
AND ...
“Partnership does not have to mean a highly visible role for the U.S”
THE PDF LINK -
http://www.sfcg.org/programmes/us/pdf/Changing%20Course.pdf
Executive Summary in a nutshell -
Thesis - The Muslim World don’t like us nor do the majority of people in Latin America, Western Europe, the former Soviet Union, and other parts of Asia.
Solution - Transition countries in the ME, build them up, reform the USA so we’re equal, give them lots of jobs to ensure this global-equality, exchange our culture for theirs aka absorb the whole Islamic shebang aka SUBMIT.
Note the funding and those in attendance especially -
Soliya Daisy Khan Executive Director, American Society for Muslim Advancement - instituted a new Islamic school in Brooklyn with our tax-dollars - got heat so resigned but I believe it remains open.
AND...
Council on Foreign Relations Feisal Abdul Rauf Imam, Masjid al-Farah in New York City; Founder and Chairman, Cordoba Initiative; author of Whats Right with Islam Is Whats
Right with America.
They both got mass-media PR support from Mayor Bloomberg, Schumer et al.
AND Bloomberg blamed the “fringe” for the negatives per their modus operanda. He also pointed the finger at the Tea Party for the Times Square attempted bomber (more on that later - time permitting)
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