Mr Siljander has yet to make a comment on the charges
Posted on 01/16/2008 11:50:20 AM PST by james500
A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.
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Hussein Obama keeps coming to mind.
Hang him.
Why the hell isn’t treason listed as one of the charges?
Is anyone surprised? We're supposed to be at war, yet we have a conga-line of millions entering illegally, from where we haven't a clue.
It's really beyond belief. Like a bad dream.
My parents were good friends with him when he was a congressman in Michigan (still get Christmas cards). I would be shocked if this were accurate as he really was one of the good guys.
I read the indictment and it really comes down to the question of whether he knew the money was illegal or not.
Otherwise he may have been misled as well. We’ll see.
Koran? Oh you mean the “Terrorists Operating Manual and Field Guide”
Interestingly, when Mark Siljander was being challenged in the GOP Primary years ago, and ultimately defeated by, Congressman Fred Upton, Siljander was recorded saying that Upton was being used as a tool of the devil, or some such nonsense.
I knew a guy who worked for Siljander in in the 1980’s. My friend was an evangelical Christian who said Siljander opened his DC Congressional Office every morning with prayer.
Though I personally always thought Siljander was a bit of a nutcase for saying that Fred Upton was a tool of Satan, this latest move shows he has cracked beyond repair. Treason, anyone?
He lists George H.W. Bush and Duncan Hunter as references #1 and #2 on his corporate website.
Hope he hangs.
Sadly, my hopes always are dashed.
Why doesn’t this surprise me??? And they even made sure the blowback would hurt Republicans in the event he was caught. When are the American people going to wake up to the fact that we are deeply penetrated by the enemy???
What a moron. I’m embarrassed for Republicans.
SILJANDER, Mark Deli
(1951—)
SILJANDER, Mark Deli, a Representative from Michigan; born in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., June 11, 1951; attended the public schools; graduated from Oak Park-River Forest High School, 1969; B.S., Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, 1972; M.A., same university, 1973; trustee, Fabius Township Board, St. Joseph County, 1972-1976; real estate broker; served in the Michigan State house of representatives, 1977-1981; delegate, Republican National Convention, 1980; elected as Republican to the Ninety-seventh Congress, by special election, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative David A. Stockman, and reelected to the two succeeding Congresses (April 21, 1981-January 3, 1987); unsuccessful candidate for renomination to the One Hundredth Congress in 1986; delegate to the United Nations General Assembly, September 1987-September 1988; president of a consulting firm in Washington, D.C., and operates an import-export firm; radio commentator; unsuccessful candidate in 1992 for nomination to the One Hundred Third Congress; is a resident of Reston, Va.
This thread was posted before the one you linked.
The government accuses IARA of sending approximately $130,000 to help Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, whom the United States has designated a global terrorist. The money, sent to bank accounts in Peshawar, Pakistan, in 2003 and 2004, was masked as donations to an orphanage located in buildings that Hekmatyar owned.
Vandelay Industries?
I have met Mark personally and eaten in the Congressional
Dining Room with him and talked about his personal life
as well as issues that brought me there.
I find it very difficult to believe this is true.
ampu
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