Posted on 11/22/2006 9:29:14 AM PST by SeafoodGumbo
Omar Shahin is one of the imams removed from a flight in Minneapolis. He was involved with Kind Hearts, which has been closed down for its connections to Hamas. He also acknowledged a connection to Osama bin Laden in the 1990s in a September 28, 2001 story in the Arizona Republic (thanks to Austin): "Arizona Was Home to bin Laden 'Sleeper Cell,'" by Dennis Wagner and Tom Zoellner. From that story:
Arizona appears to have been the home of a "sleeper cell" of Osama bin Laden's worldwide terrorist organization, with a select group of operatives living quietly in bland apartment complexes and obtaining flight training in preparation for the Sept. 11 attacks.
The organization's known history in the state goes back nine years and scholars say the activities of at least three part-time Arizona residents fits the pattern of the al-Qaeda terrorist group.
"We can only speculate at this point, but I'm convinced the FBI is operating under the assumption that Arizona was host to an al-Qaeda cell," said Jack Williams, a professor of law at Georgia State University who has studied the group's financing methods.
[...]
Omar Shahin of the Tucson Islamic Center said members of the Tucson mosque may have helped bin Laden in the early 1990s, when he was fighting against the Russians. But that was during the Cold War when U.S. intelligence agencies were encouraging support for bin Laden.
"They (the CIA) called him a 'freedom fighter,'" Sahin said. "Then they tell us he is involved in terrorist acts, and they stopped supporting him, and we stopped."
Shahin and Saadeddin expressed doubt that Muslims were responsible for the Sept. 11 attack. They also said they don't trust much of what the FBI has divulged - including the hijackers' identities.
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Shahin of the Tucson Islamic Center said more than 1,200 Muslims died in the World Trade Center catastrophe, and no genuine member of Islam would do such a thing. Nor, he added, would Muslims have gone to strip joints prior to the attack, as several of the terrorists in Florida reportedly did. As for Al-Qaeda nests in America, Shahin said, "All of these, they make it up."
Just a little sneak preview, in preparation for the upcoming encounter with a plethora of virgins?
Allah would want it so...
Holy Toledo! Thanks for the post.
I sent words of encouragement and got this reply. I hope someone actually read my email.
"Dear Valued Customer:
Thank you for taking the time to contact Customer Relations at US
Airways. Your comments and perception of US Airways are very important
to us.
We are aware of the situation involving six customers on US Airways
Flight 300 from Minneapolis to Phoenix on the evening of November 20th,
and are diligently conducting our own investigation. We are debriefing
crewmembers and ground personnel as well as working with local law
enforcement. We will cooperate fully with all of the appropriate law
enforcement officials to determine the facts surrounding this incident.
We are always concerned when passengers are inconvenienced and
especially concerned when a situation occurs which causes customers to
feel their dignity was compromised. We do not tolerate discrimination of
any kind and will continue to exhaust our internal investigation until
we know the facts of this case and can provide answers for the employees
and customers involved.
Thank you for sharing your comments and allowing us the opportunity to
explain our position.
Sincerely,
Barbara Madgett
US Airways Customer Relations
4000 E. Sky Harbor Blvd.
Phoenix, AZ 85034
1-800-363-2542"
I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you!
"Five Flying Imams
They should go on tour with the Dancing Itos."
A far cry from Sally Field as the Flying Nun
I trust they now know what they can get away with. And I also trust that WE know.
That's a myth. AQ was never one of the groups the CIA supported and it had a very minor role in the Afghan insurgency. OBL was supported by Saudis and Egyptians.
Wow, I didn't get a reply (yet). Hopefully they do read each e-mail, rather than assume they are CAIR-inspired complaints...
Most all Muslims no doubt have some kind of terror connection..
Since Qu'ran advocates terror.. Mohamaad was a terrorist..
Islam is absolutely not a religion, it's a GANG.. with tribal roots..
They sound defensive.
I have a bed feeling they are being overloaded with organized mailings from CAIR members and such.
Please post some links. We need to expose this!
Paging Rush and Sean! one Imam of the six removed from the flight has terrorists connections! Rest of the Enemy Loving MSM, just go straight to h*ll in a handbasket, please!!!!
"...no genuine member of Islam would do such a thing."
"Nasrallah said all Muslims...killed by his random missile strikes...were in fact martyrs to Islam. Who to believe?"
So hard to find the real Muslim with so many pretenders. /sarcasm As the old ad slogan goes, "Is it real or is it Memorex?"
It's confusing. If a missle stike kills a Muslim then the Muslim is a martyr. But the missle must be launched by another Muslim? Infidel missles don't count? And if martyrs goe to paradise, then where do those killed by infidels go? I have a theory, but it's probably not correct, what with me being an infidel and all.
See 22. Nasrallah said that Muslims who are killed by one of his missles were martyrs. To this I say, "Arm both sides. And let the Martyr Express start making runs." To those that want to be part of this century and civilization, go to ticket counter 2.
All aboard!!!
Muslims and truth...hummm, what doesn't belong in this picture....
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