Posted on 10/18/2008 10:31:08 PM PDT by Velveeta
Background of the 2008 Sunrise Equities Scandal
CHICAGO - Barack Obama has strong ties to a Chicago investment company that ripped off investors for a total of approximately $80 million. Sunrise Equities shut down in August when its CEO, Salman Ibrahim, and other top officers vanished. The money seems to have gone with them. Now, the Illinois Secretary of State and the FBI are investigating the scandal.
About 150 investors, mostly Muslim, learned in August that they had lost all of their savings to the Sunrise Equities fraud. Sunrise Equities, a shariah-compliant investment firm, targeted investors who were mostly Pakistani Muslim immigrants. Many the victims took out home-equity loans to make ends meet.
The Muslim Media Network (MMN) reported this on Sept. 11:
"According to latest reports coming from Chicago the management of Sunrise Equities and the affiliated Sunrise Constructions have disappeared after closing their offices. Sunrise CEO Salman Ibrahim, Vice President Amjed Mahmood, and Vice President (Community Relations) Mohammad Akbar Zahid are untraceable."
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Barack Obama has long had strong ties to Muslims and to Pakistanis. He also has long and strong ties to Sunrise Equities and Salman Ibrahim.
Obama wanted a satellite fundraising office in the “Devon Corridor,” the largely Indian-Pakistani section of Chicago’s West Ridge neighborhood on the north side. Salman Ibrahim was happy to help. Free office space was given to Obama’s campaign within Sunrise’s general offices at 6355 N. Claremont. Obama has long wooed Muslim voters, and did not have a physical presence in this part of Chicago, so the Sunrise location made logistical sense for Obama. It also made sense for Ibrahim and Sunrise as an effort to curry favor with rising star Barack Obama.
Clearly seen in the photos is Barack Obama and Salman Ibrahim.
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Part Two - Obama's Connections...
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According to Barack, and the DBM / MSM, yes....I believe you.
Unfortunately, it will not matter. McCain waited way, way too long to go on the offensive.
I took no offense, just wanted to set the record straight. It’s all good - I get the sarcasm now. Thanks!
Sorry, I get it now. No offense taken, certainly... I just wanted to avoid any possibility of it being dismissed as a diversion. Thanks to both of you. :)
Thanks Vel Very Good find! It just gets creeper by the day.
It put a very fine point on Mr. Barack Hussein Obama!
Yeah, and, to “the One”, “all of the above” are distractions!
I don’t feel comfortable with the adage “guilt by association”; but I do believe that adage “you are known by the company you keep.”
You are also known by your admirers and supporters.
B.O.’ s company that he keeps and/or has kept, some of his known supporters and and admirers makes me feel very, very uncomfortable.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XDi3JYLEbE
“The shocking video of terrorists supporting Barack Obama”
(Added October 11, 2008)
Uncomfortable? Absolutely. An Obama Presidency would be like sleeping in a bed of rattlesnakes.
“An Obama Presidency would be like sleeping in a bed of rattlesnakes.”
Yes, that a very good analogy, singfreedom.
How much you wanna bet this is a “distraction”?
And furthermore, it’s racist!
You may be right, Doug, but I’m going to keep pushing while there’s still time.
thanks LucyT, g’night all.
From Bagdad to Chicago: Rezko and the Auchi empire
(by former senior State, DOD official)
Wikileaks | 10-10-08 | John A. Shaw
Posted on 10/11/2008 10:47:39 AM PDT by STARWISE
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103201/posts
I certainly don’t want to discourage you. We have to keep fighting.
If you can find a normal acquaintance, please do let me know. ;-)
Oh boy, I hadn’t seen that video yet.
Thanks, Doug.
I understand — there’s only so many hours in a day.
The liberal establishment really is chipping away at the wall still protecting us from becoming a socialist state.
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