** THIS IS THE SECOND PERSON WITH TERRORIST CONNECTIONS FOUND TO BE WORKING FOR SENATE DEMOCRATS!!! **
Sami al-Arian was a Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader and University professor. His son Abdullah worked for David Bonoir. You might recall Abdullah was kicked out of the White House, for which they unfortunately apologized.
His dad, Sami, is now in prison for his leadership role in Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Ironically, one his chief supporters was arrested recently in a prostitution sting.
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http://www.detnews.com/2003/editorial/0303/07/a11-101016.htm While at the Florida university, but in his "spare time," al-Arian was editor of a publication that lauded the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and its tactics of homicide bombings and recycled anti-Semitic vitriol from the infamous Nazi publication Der Sturmer.
While all this was occurring, al-Arian's son, Abdullah al-Arian, was taking advantage of this country's many gifts. By 2000, Abdullah was enrolled in prestigious Duke University in North Carolina. Even more amazing, after his father's terrorist fund-raising was publicized in 2000, Abdullah al-Arian served as an intern in Congress during summer 2001.
By that time, Sami al-Arian was notorious. Even a minimal background check would have exposed Abdullah al-Arian's family connections with terrorism (his uncle, who had previously been deported by U.S. authorities for terrorist links, was also indicted on Feb. 20).
Nevertheless, Michigan's (former) Congressman David Bonior employed Abdullah al-Arian as an intern -- even though he was a Florida resident going to college in North Carolina.
Any sins of the father should not be visited on his children. But it is not every day a congressman hires as his intern the son of a man who advocates damning America and allegedly conducting terrorism. Abdullah al-Arian was not a constituent of Bonior. Bonior's action in employing him could best be explained as an intentional political statement of support for destroying Israel and apparently condoning suicide bombings. Bonior's choice of interns was incredibly negligent or intended to send that message.
After Sami al-Arian's arrest, Bonior confirmed the message, issuing a statement in support of al-Arian that called the government's actions "very, very strange." Bonior noted he and al-Arian had worked together to prevent the government's use of secret evidence in anti-terrorism cases. He says al-Arian's opposition to secret evidence shows he "cares very deeply about civil rights and civil liberty."
There's another interpretation. Bonior's support for al-Arian and working to frustrate government cases against terror suspects -- demanding undercover sources be exposed to the public (and to the risk of terrorist retribution) -- sends a clear message of support for the radical Islamist agenda.
Fortunately, Bonior is no longer in Congress. Yet he still wields a great deal of influence in the Michigan Democratic Party. He helped keep in power the incumbent chairman of the party, Mark Brewer, by negotiating a power split between Brewer and new party Chairman Melvin "Butch" Hollowell, Gov. Jennifer Granholm's choice.
Allowing Bonior to exercise this power amounts to the Michigan Democratic Party legitimizing his positions in support of radical Islamist causes. The party should strongly repudiate Bonior and his willful or inadvertent message of encouragement for Islamist terrorism.
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http://www.sptimes.com/News/063001/news_pf/Worldandnation/Ejected_Muslim_gets_a.shtml WASHINGTON -- President Bush issued an apology Friday over the removal of Abdullah Al-Arian, son of a University of South Florida professor, from a White House meeting of Muslim officials.
"The president is very concerned that an action was taken that was wrong, inappropriate, and the president apologizes for it on behalf of the White House," press secretary Ari Fleischer said.
A uniformed Secret Service officer ordered Al-Arian, a congressional intern and Duke University senior, to leave a briefing Thursday of Muslim officials. Al-Arian's father, USF professor Sami Al-Arian, has been entangled in an investigation of terrorists. His uncle is Mazen Al-Najjar, a Palestinian who was jailed for three years on secret evidence the government said showed he had ties to terrorists. He was freed in December.
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http://www.sptimes.com/2004/02/20/Hernando/Man_s_life_falls_unde.shtml Meanwhile, in Tampa, federal agents arrested University of South Florida professor Sami Al-Arian, whom they accused of being the ringleader of the terrorist fundraising effort.
Agents seized records from Al-Arian's Islamic Academy of Florida - a Tampa school with four board members from Hernando County. Prosecutors alleged Al-Arian was using the school as a front for his terrorist fundraising.
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http://www.usforacle.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/02/16/4030d08637406 According to a police report, Klisch, 56, of 3010 W. Bay Ave., was charged by Tampa Police Feb. 9 with soliciting another to commit prostitution. The report said the solicitation took place at about 10 p.m. at the intersection of Lois and West Osborne avenues. He posted $250 bail for the misdemeanor charge on Tuesday and was released from Orient Road Jail.
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Klisch helped initiate the filing of a grievance in January 2003 for former professor Sami Al-Arian. Klisch argued that Al-Arian's right to due process had been violated. Al-Arian was arrested in February 2003 on a 50-count indictment and was fired from USF
Bonier was also the recipient of campaign donations from at least one of the two Americans who received oil from Saddam Hussein. He's looking dirtier by the minute.