[baltodog]

You beat me to that...who is that guy.

And isn't West Bloomfield predominantly Jewish?

[hummingbird]

And isn't West Bloomfield predominantly Jewish?

Hi, baltodog...Still checking him out...I remember someone posting the name/location (?) "Bloomfield" some time ago on this thread but cannot recall the context...missed you guys lately; been sick ("cough, cough"...no biggie though)

[hummingbird]

Well, this does not look cool. Shakir Al-Khafaji & Ritter?!

http://www.damianpenny.com/archived/000137.html

One of those "Saddam friends" is Shakir al-Khafaji, an Iraqi-American businessman from Detroit. Since 1992, al-Khafaji has served as president of the regime-backed Expatriate Conferences, held in Baghdad every other year. The government provided subsidized travel for Iraqis living outside of the country.

On October 17, 1992, the official Iraqi News Agency reported on the activities of that year's session, "Our Roots Remain in Iraq Wherever We Are." Iraqi prime minister Muhammed Hamza al-Zubaydi spoke of the United States and its coalition partners in Operation Desert Storm as Iraq's "enemies" and "referred to the U.S.-led aggression, saying it meant to hamper the country's progress by trying to overthrow the government, destroying Iraq's infrastructure and harming its national and historical unity."

Al-Khafaji gained notoriety by giving Scott Ritter $400,000.00 to produce a "documentary" sympathetic to the Hussein regime. More ominously, he also sponsored three Democratic congressmen on a propaganda tour to Iraq last fall:

[hummingbird]

http://www.suntimes.co.za/2002/11/03/business/news/news08.asp
"Shakir Alkhafaji, managing director of Falcon, said South African companies under the banner of his management group were manufacturing their own brand of commodities, such as powdered milk, detergent, soap and sugar, for supply to Iraq.


"Alkhafaji, an Iraqi national, co-founded Falcon with Cape Town businessman Rodney Hemphill in 1993. The company has traded about 500-million in Iraq.


He said the trade protocol and Pahad's visit would open up trade between the countries."

[hummingbird]

Falcon Group Inc (248) 353-8680 29100 Northwestern Hwy # 390 Southfield MI 48034 4.7 mi* Map Directions

Alkhafaji, Shakir - Falcon Land Development Inc (248) 559-5555 25123 Southfield Rd Southfield MI 48075 9.5 mi* Map Directions

Falcon Homes Inc (248) 348-9150 16290 Horseshoe Dr Northville MI 48167 11.5 mi* Map Directions

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[hummingbird]

Do you know how close West Bloomfield is to Lansing?