Posted on 02/13/2006 8:50:07 PM PST by demlosers
The US committed "terrible atrocities" against Arabs after the September 11 attacks, according to Al Gore, President George W Bush's defeated rival for the White House in 2000.
Arabs had been "indiscriminately rounded up", often on minor charges, and held in "unforgiveable conditions", the former vice-president told a mainly Saudi audience at the Jeddah Economic Forum.
"Unfortunately there have been terrible abuses and it's wrong," he said. "I want you to know that it does not represent the desires or wishes or feelings of the majority of the citizens of my country."
Mr Gore said the Bush administration was playing into al-Qa'eda's hands by routinely blocking visas for Saudis but he also challenged Arabs to take a stronger stand against Iran's nuclear plans.
More than 1,000 non-Americans were detained on immigration charges and thousands more interviewed after 9/11. Officials deny they were held in poor conditions.
Six months after the attacks, the FBI was conducting about 325 investigations into suspected "hate crimes" against Arab or Muslim people.
courting the terrorist vote
To hell with that lying traitor!
Grrrrrrr
Cheney needs to take ALGORE hunting, and this time, use a follow up shot. What a loser!
What a marroon .......
Bet Gore got more than the usual 30 pieces of silver...
LOL! The Democrats are bound and determined to lose more elections!
Americans will die for this POS's apologies.
He is a traitor and an enemy of this nation.
Buffoon.
Was Gore on his knees facing Mecca with his @ss up some Muzzie's arse as he said this?
Every day I am thankful that "W" defeated this idiot.
DTG: 140755C FEB 06
FM: OLD SARGE
TO: ALGORE
1. SCREW YOU.
2. NOTHING FOLLOWS
EOM///
Unforgiveable conditions? What, folding chairs? Paper plates?
Reprinted from NewsMax.com
Monday, Feb. 13, 2006 6:27 p.m. EST
Al Gore Event Funded by Bin Laden's Family
The Saudi Arabia seminar that was addressed by former Vice President Al Gore
over the weekend in a speech that criticized the U.S. for being too tough on
Arabs was sponsored, in part, by Osama bin Laden's family.
On Saturday, the state-run Saudi news outlet Arab News reported that the
Jeddah Economic Forum, where Gore spoke, was funded by "Saudi Arabian
Airlines, the Saudi Binladin Group, Gulf One Investment Bank, Saudi Basic
Industries Corp." and an array of other big companies with ties to the
Middle East.
The Saudi BinLadin Group - which is Saudi Arabia's largest construction
company - is run by Osama bin Laden's brothers and cousins. Jeddah, the site
of the forum attended by Gore, is Osama bin Laden's hometown.
Although family members claim they've disowned bin Laden, his mother told
reporters after the 9/11 attacks that she received advanced warning from him
that something big was about to happen.
A wealthy bin Laden niece also reportedly abandoned her lower Manhattan
apartment three weeks before the 9/11 attacks.
The BinLadin Group's longtime involvement in the Jeddah forum has been
widely reported in the Mideast and European press.
In January 2002, ex-President Clinton addressed the JEF, which paid him
$267,000 for his speech. According to London's Financial Times:
"The conference was dominated by the Saudis' desire to overcome the
pressures of September 11 and strengthen U.S.-Saudi ties . . . The BinLadin
Group, one of the forum's backers, has been battered by its association with
Osama."
Other JEF speakers that year included President Bush's younger brother,
Neil.
It's not known whether - or how much - Mr. Gore was paid for his speech.
He's an AlphaHotel male. The thought of having him as President is enough to make me puke.
Remember, this is the man that pat buchanan claimed was more qualified to be President then Texas Governor Bush.
I'm sorry that Algore was birthed on American soil or by Americans at all for that matter. The man lost his soul about 10,000 hits ago.
Al Gore, why do you hate America so much?
Oh, how I hate these clinton c**ks**kers!!!!!!
They'll never go away, will they?
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