1990 : (ALAMOUDI FOUNDS THE AMC) The AMC (American Muslim Council) was founded in 1990 by Abdurahman Alamoudi, a veteran operative for Saudi-backed political-action organizations, including the SAAR Foundation, which was raided by federal agents for alleged terrorist financing. According to national-security specialists, the AMC has a long and consistent history in the United States of promoting terrorist causes or linked groups – many of which are unrelated to Islam or to the Arab-Israeli conflict. An early president of the executive board of the AMC was Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, who was twice on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list. As a 1960s radical, Brown threatened to assassinate Lady Bird Johnson when she was first lady of the United States. He now is serving a life sentence in a Georgia prison for the 2000 murder of Fulton County Sheriff's Deputy Ricky Kinchen. -"Undermining war on terror : Muslim groups weakening fed laws under guise of protecting civil liberties," World Net Daily, March 10, 2003
1993 : (ALAMOUDI : AMC & AMAFVAC USED TO ESTABLISH INDOCTRINATION PROGRAM TO CREATE NETWORK OF MILITANT MUSLIMS WITHIN THE USA) In 1993, through his American Muslim Council (AMC), he [Alamoudi] spun off the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs Council, one of three Islamic organizations to certify chaplains for the military. That same year, according to a pro-Alamoudi briefing published by aljazeerah.info, "AMC supported the launching of ... the National Islamic Prison Foundation." The purpose, counterterrorism experts [would later] say, was to take over Islamic chaplain programs and install more militant Muslims to indoctrinate inmates inside the U.S. prison system and network them after their release back into society. - "Alamoudi and Those Bags of Libyan Cash," by J. Michael Waller, Insight, 10-13-2003
1994 - 1996 : (HAMAS SUICIDE BOMBING CAMPAIGN KILLS 130 PEOPLE, INJURES MANY MORE) [Hamas], the Palestinian terrorist group whose 1994-1996 suicide-bombing campaign killed 130 people and wounded some 600 others. - "Hillary Accepts Contributions from Boston Area Muslim Terrorist Supporters," by Deroy Murdock, , a columnist with the Scripps Howard News Service, NRO , National Review Online, 10/31/00 , http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/529571/posts
APRIL 1994 : (AMC & SUDANESE LIBERATION FRONT) In its April 1994 newsletter, AMC defended the ruling Sudanese National Islamic Front, which the State Department designated as a terrorist group, arguing that the Khartoum regime was "not engaged in terrorist activities and is not harboring terrorists." -"Undermining war on terror : Muslim groups weakening fed laws under guise of protecting civil liberties," World Net Daily, March 10, 2003-"Undermining war on terror : Muslim groups weakening fed laws under guise of protecting civil liberties," World Net Daily, March 10, 2003
NOVEMBER 22, 1994 : (ALAMOUDI OF AMC AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB SUPPORTS HAMAS) AMC on Hamas: "Hamas is not a terrorist group. ... I have followed the good work of Hamas. ... They have a wing that is a violent wing. They had to resort to some kind of violence" (Alamoudi, National Press Club, Nov. 22, 1994). -freeper TLBSHOW
1990s : (TUNNEL PLOTS) [Abdul Rahman] Al-Amoudi's name surfaced almost a decade ago [in the 1990s] when federal agents grabbed the blind sheik [Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman] and several other suspects as they were literally mixing a "witches brew" of explosives in Queens to detonate bridges, tunnels and landmarks in the Big Apple, a knowledgeable source said.
Among those arrested was Abdel al-Rahman Haggag, the sheik's speechwriter, who turned government informant. Abdel al-Rahman Haggag said he believed Osama bin Laden routinely funneled $5,000 payments to Rahman through Amoudi and his organization, the American Muslim Council. Bin Laden's funds were allegedly used to pay Rahman's rent and phone bills in New Jersey and Brooklyn, a source said. Investigators tried to prove Amoudi was a terror middleman but could not find "smoking gun" evidence. That allowed Amoudi to became a politically connected Muslim activist and co-founder of the American Muslim Armed Forces and Veteran Affairs Council, which helps the U.S. military select Muslim chaplains. - "EXCLUSIVE-SMUGGLER LINKED TO BIN LADEN," by MURRAY WEISS, New York Post, 10/01/03
OCTOBER 1995 : (AMC OPPOSES 1996 ANTI-TERRORISM & EFFECTIVE DEATH PENALTY ACT) The AMC opposed the 1996 Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, according to its October 1995 newsletter. -"Undermining war on terror : Muslim groups weakening fed laws under guise of protecting civil liberties," World Net Daily, March 10, 2003
1995 : (ABDUL RAHMAN ALAMOUDI IS APPOINTED 'GOOD WILL AMBASSADOR' TO THE MIDDLE EAST; CLINTON IS APPARENTLY UNCONCERNED THAT ONCE OVERSEAS, HE BADMOUTHS THE USA) The close relationship between the Clintons and al-Amoudi was traced back to 1995, when al-Amoudi was appointed a "Good Will Ambassador" to the Middle East. Once overseas, al-Amoudi was quoted as being thankful he could now speak freely, and he engaged in violent anti-American and anti-Israel rhetoric. Despite this, the Clinton administration gave him high marks. - "Clinton Era "Good Will Ambassador" Arrested," multi-sourced, 9/29/03 , vanity VIA FREEREPUBLIC
1996 : (WALL STREET JOURNAL IDENTIFIES ABDUL RAHMAN AL AMOUDI AS A MEMBER OF HAMAS, AND SAID HE HAD COLLECTED MONEY FOR ONE OF THE ACCUSED 1993 WTC BOMBERS) Al-Amoudi was identified in a 1996 Wall Street Journal article as a member of Hamas, and that had collected funds for the defense of one of the accused World Trade Center bombers. Al-Amoudi was identified in a 1996 Wall Street Journal article as a member of Hamas, and that had collected funds for the defense of one of the accused World Trade Center bombers. - "Clinton Era "Good Will Ambassador" Arrested," multi-sourced, 9/29/03 , vanity VIA FREEREPUBLIC
1996 : (ABDUL RAHMAN AL-AMOUDI : QUOTE ABOUT HAMAS) “As far as I’m concerned, Hamas is not a terrorist group,” Alamoudi said. “It is a coalition of people who mostly do humanitarian work... - Washington Report 1996
MARCH 26, 1996 : (ALAMOUDI OF AMC DEFENDS TERRRORIST MARZOOK OF HAMAS, WHO IS IN SYRIA) AMC on Abu Marzook, deported from the United States and now Hamas leader in Syria: "Yes, I am honored to be a member of the committee that is defending Musa Abu Marzook in America. This a mark of distinction on my chest. ... I have known Musa Abu Marzook before and I really consider him to be from among the best people in the Islamic movement, Hamas -- in the Palestinian movement in general -- and I work together with him" (Alamoudi, Middle East TV, March 26, 1996). -freeper TLBSHOW
DECEMBER 28, 1996 : (ILLINOIS : ABDUL RAHMAN AL-AMOUDI SPEECH AT THE ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE ISLAMIC ASSOCIATION FOR PALESTINE IN CHICAGO EXPLAINS PLANS TO "CHANGE AMERICA") ”if we are outside this country we can say O Allah, destroy America, but once we are here, our mission in this country is to change it…There is no way for Muslims to be violent in America, no way. We have other means…to do it. You can be violent anywhere else but in America.” - Alamoudi, in an audiotape of the conference obtained by author Steven Emerson
DECEMBER 29, 1996 : (ALAMOUDI OF AMC TO THE ISLAMIC ASSOC OF PALESTINE aka AIP - ON THE WORK OF MUSLIM RADICALS IN THE US) AMC on the United States: "I think if we were outside this country, we can say, 'Oh, Allah, destroy America,' but once we are here, our mission in this country is to change it. There is no way for Muslims to be violent in America, no way. We have other means to do it. You can be violent anywhere else but in America" (Alamoudi to Islamic Association of Palestine, Chicago, Dec. 29, 1996). -freeper TLBSHOW
1997 : (AMC CONFERENCE HOSTS LAYTH SHUBAYALAT) At its 1997 conference, the AMC played host to Layth Shubayalat, alleged to be a terrorist tied to a plot to assassinate King Hussein of Jordan, and defended the outlawed Jordanian Islamic Action Front. -"Undermining war on terror : Muslim groups weakening fed laws under guise of protecting civil liberties," World Net Daily, March 10, 2003
AUGUST 1997 : (ABDUL RAHMAN AL-AMOUDI DESCRIBES HAMAS AS A 'FREEDOM FIGHTING ORGANIZATION') Shortly after one of its bombs exploded in Jerusalem in August 1997, Alamoudi told Fox News about Hamas: "I think it's a freedom-fighting organization." - "Hillary Accepts Contributions from Boston Area Muslim Terrorist Supporters," by Deroy Murdock, , a columnist with the Scripps Howard News Service, NRO , National Review Online, 10/31/00 , http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/529571/posts
NOVEMBER 1997 : (AMERICAN SPECTATOR REPORT : DNC FUNDRAISER EDWARD M GABRIEL IS NOMINATED TO BECOME US AMBASSADOR TO MOROCCO) "……. The story of a suspended ambassadorial nomination. ......Clinton-Gore hubris knows no bounds. In the thick of the campaign finance hearings on Capitol Hill, the White House has nominated a controversial DNC fundraiser, Edward M. Gabriel, to become United States Ambassador to Morocco, a key country to the Middle East peace process. …… Gabriel's name was formally submitted to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on September 8, before the FBI had completed its background investigation into Gabriel's finances, business connections, or personal life. …... A scant ten days later, as we reported on The American Spectator's web site on September 18, the White House was forced to turn over Gabriel's file to the Justice Department for further investigation of allegations tying him to murky Arab campaign donations to the DNC and the Clinton-Gore re-election campaign. …….-- by Kenneth R. Timmerman, American Spectator 11/97via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01
NOVEMBER 1997 : (AMERICAN SPECTATOR REPORT ) "……. A few hours before Lebanese financier Roger Tamraz was to testify before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, committee staffers received a mysterious call from someone claiming to be Tamraz who alleged that Tamraz had been solicited by Gabriel to donate $50,000 to the DNC through the Arab American Institute, a Washington-based non-profit group.
……… Two things are certain about this curious case: Ed Gabriel has powerful enemies, and he made them by hitching his wagon to two highly controversial Arab-American lobbyists in Washington: James Zogby and Abdulrahman Alamoudi. In the "bad old days" when the State Department and Congress still considered the PLO a terrorist organization, both men were staunch backers of Yasir Arafat. More recently, Zogby has called on Arab states to reinvigorate the secondary boycott against Israel, which aims to deter U.S. companies by threatening to ban them from contracts in the Arab world if they do business with Israel. ….."-- by Kenneth R. Timmerman, American Spectator 11/97via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01
NOVEMBER 1997 : (AMERICAN SPECTATOR REPORT ) "…….Meanwhile, Alamoudi, who heads the American Muslim Council that was invited to the White House by Hillary Rodham Clinton during the Muslim Eid holidays, has been raising funds for "charitable" organizations whose branches in Gaza and the West Bank were closed down in late September [1997] by none other than Arafat. The PLO chairman accused them of supporting the military wing of Hamas, the radical Islamic group that has claimed responsibility for recent suicide bombings in Israel. Zogby, [Edward M.] Gabriel, and Alamoudi sat together on the steering committee of Arab Americans for Clinton/Gore '96 and frequently appear at functions organized by Zogby's Arab American Institute. ……….-- by Kenneth R. Timmerman, American Spectator 11/97via ALAMO-GIRL'S DOWNSIDE LEGACY AT TWO DEGREES OF PRESIDENT CLINTON ; SECTION: BREACH OF TRUST; SUBSECTION: TERROR; Revised 1/8/01
AUGUST 19, 1999 : (LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS : ALAMOUDI) ALLTEL and Riyad Bank, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, have reached an agreement for ALLTEL to provide application software support services to Riyad Bank. The seven-year contract is valued in excess of $49 million. ALLTEL Information Services will provide core banking software support and development services under the agreement. ALLTEL will also train Riyad Bank staff members to support world-class banking systems totally within the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
"We are very pleased to be entering into this long-term agreement with ALLTEL Information Services," said Abdul Rahman Al-Amoudi, senior executive vice president of Riyad Bank. "We chose ALLTEL because of its experience in supporting banking software and the knowledge of the financial industry. We believe that with that expertise ALLTEL Information Services can add value to our business. "By bringing global banking expertise to Riyad Bank, our staff will become better able to support our goal of providing world-class products and services to our customers," he said. - "Riyad Bank Selects ALLTEL Information Services for Major Software Support Services Initiative," Release date: August 19, 1999, see http://www.alltel.com/news/news_releases/99/aug/n411aug1999.html
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Didn't know that! Meanwhile Brown's old associate Stokely Carmichael was operating out of Guinea with the support of the Communist movement there until he died there in 1998--hmmm. . .
I wonder if any progress has been made (or could be made now that more is known) on confirming this allegation.