2002 : (FORMER US SENATOR FROM S DAKOTA, JAMES ABOUREZK, PRAISES HEZBOLLAH {see IRAN}) The second-generation Lebanese-American seemingly has no problem exercising his first amendment rights. In 2002, Abourezk praised the Lebanese terrorist group Hezbollah and the "positive role it was playing in Lebanon.""[Hezbollah] was like the tool that forced the 'Israelis' to withdraw," Abourezk said.Also last year [2002], Abourezk suggested that the solution to Israel's terrorism problem would be to "get the hell out of the occupied territories.""It's not a wonder there are suicide bombers, it's a wonder there aren't many more," Abourezk said. ---- "20-Year-Old Republican Website Owner Sued by Former Democrat Senator, " By Jeff Gannon, Talon News, July 31, 2003
Anyway, there's more in my pile of stuff:
..After the infamous Baghdad Trio delegation of congress crtters turned from their trip to Baghdad that was apparently paid for by dictator Saddam Hussein, their buddy Kucinich formed an coalition of leftwing nuts of which Abourezk was a part to try to protect Saddam Hussein's regime.
Abourezk and the terrorist apologist, muslim congressman Rahall traveled to Iraq on a trp sponsored by south Africa's Nelson Mandela and met with Saddam Hussein's oil voucher bribe man Tariq Aziz in Sept 2002.
Abourezk is also involved with the very nasty group that was known as NION.
In the run-up to the 1994 election in South Africa, Mandela raised prodigious sums of money for his African National Congress -- including from such undemocratic regimes as Libya, Saudi Arabia, Suharto's Indonesia -- and Saddam's Iraq.... (/snip)------------Mandela picks Iraq over U.S. National Post ^ | October 11 2002 | R.W. Johnson via 8 posted on 12/26/2004 12:50:28 AM PST by piasa | To 6 |
Thanks Piasa for the updates here.