Posted on 12/31/2020 2:41:51 AM PST by gattaca
At least $150,000 in U.S. taxpayer money went to an Islamic organization with ties to terrorism through a humanitarian organization from 2014 to 2015, a large amount of which was approved by the then-Obama administration despite being informed the Islamic organization was a sanctioned entity, a Senate report shows.
On Dec. 23, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released a report of an investigation conducted by his staff into the relationship between World Vision, a non-profit humanitarian organization, and the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), an organization that has funded terrorist activities.
World Vision is a non-profit organization founded in 1950 to provide humanitarian aid to impoverished peoples in vulnerable areas across the world.
ISRA is headquartered in Sudan and has been sanctioned by the United States since 2004 “after they had funneled approximately $5 million to Maktab Al-Khidamat, the predecessor to Al-Qaeda controlled by Osama Bin Laden,” the report stated.
According to a timeline of events from the report:
On Jan. 21, 2014, World Vision submitted a grant application to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to provide humanitarian services to some conflict-affected areas in Sudan. World Vision was subsequently awarded a grant of $723,405 to carry out the program. On Feb. 1, 2014, World Vision entered into an agreement with the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA) whereby ISRA would provide humanitarian services to certain parts of the Blue Nile Region in Sudan on behalf of World Vision. Prior to this, World Vision had worked with ISRA on several projects from 2013 through 2014. In late September 2014, World Vision’s legal department was notified of ISRA’s potential status as a sanctioned entity. World Vision then ceased all payments to ISRA and began investigating whether ISRA was indeed a sanctioned entity. On Jan. 23, 2015, the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) responded to World Vision’s inquiry that ISRA is indeed a sanctioned entity. OFAC denied World Vision’s request for a license to transact with ISRA in the same letter. On Feb. 19, 2015, World Vision again requested a license to transact with ISRA in order to pay them $125,000 for services rendered. In its request, World Vision stressed that it could face severe legal consequences and even expulsion from Sudan if it did not pay ISRA the monies owed. On May 4, 2015, the Obama Administration’s State Department recommended OFAC grant World Vision’s request for a license to pay ISRA $125,000 in monies owed. The following day, OFAC granted World Vision a specific license to pay ISRA $125,000 only for services rendered. The report shows $125,000 was paid on May 7, 2015, from which $111,982 was from a United States Government (USG) grant and $9,062 was from Irish government aid.
Before that, $39,758 from United States Government (USG) grant was paid to ISRA on Aug. 31, 2014.
The report also shows almost $200,000 in total from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) was paid to ISRA as well. The United States government is one of the top contributors to UNDP, according to its official website.
Grassley’s report concluded that they “did not find any evidence that World Vision intentionally sought to circumvent U.S. sanctions by partnering with ISRA.” Nor did they find “evidence that World Vision knew that ISRA was a sanctioned entity prior to receiving notice from OFAC.”
However, the report pointed out that this failure occurred because World Vision’s vetting “ignored elementary level investigative procedures, such as failing to conduct basic secondary research” via free internet search engines or calling OFAC’s hotlines to get an accurate result.
“Moreover, although we find no reason to doubt World Vision’s assertion that the funds in their entirety were used by ISRA for humanitarian purposes, that money inevitably aids their terrorist activities,” the report stated.
Mike Gallagher, talk radio personality, compiled and wrote the following essay
The Coach’s Team | 8/5/18 | FR Posted by Oldpuppymax
“Obama: It was You.”
It was you who spoke these words at an Islamic dinner -”I am one of you.”
It was you who on ABC News referenced “My Muslim faith.”
It was you who gave $100 million US tax dollars to re-build foreign mosques.
It was you who wrote that in the event of a conflict-”I will stand with the Muslims.”
It was you who assured the Egyptian Foreign Minister that, “I am a Muslim.”
It was you who bowed in submission before the Saudi King.
It was you who sat for 20 years in a Liberation Theology Church condemning Christianity and professing Marxism.
It was you who exempted Muslims from penalties under Obamacare that US citizens have to pay.
It was you who omitted - “endowed by our Creator “ from your recitation of The Declaration Of Independence.
It was you who mocked the Bible and Christ’s Sermon On The Mount while repeatedly referring to the ‘HOLY’ Qur’an.
It was you who traveled the Islamic world denigrating the United States Of America.
It was you who threw support behind the building of the Ground Zero Victory mosque overlooking the crater of the World Trade Center.
It was you who refused to attend the National Prayer Breakfast.
It was you who hastened to host an Islamic prayer breakfast at the White House.
It was you who ordered Georgetown and Notre Dame to shroud all vestiges of Jesus Christ BEFORE you agreed to speak.
It was you who NEVER requested mosques you visited to adjust their decor.
It was you who appointed anti-Christian fanatics to your Czar Corps.
It was you who appointed rabid Islamists to Homeland Security.
It was you who said that NASA’s “foremost mission” was an outreach to Muslim communities.
It was you an Illinois Senator who was the ONLY one to speak in favor of infanticide.
It was you, the first President not to give a Christmas Greeting from the White House.
It was you who hung photos of Chairman Mao on the White House tree.
It was you who curtailed the military tribunals of all Islamic terrorists.
It was you who refused to condemn the Ft. Hood killer as an Islamic terrorist.
It is you who has refused to speak-out concerning the horrific executions of women throughout the Muslim culture.
It was you who submitted Arizona to the UN for investigation of hypothetical human-rights abuses.
It was you who when queried in India refused to acknowledge the true extent of radical global Jihadists.
It was you who profusely praised Islam in a country that is 82% Hindu—victims of numerous Islamic terrorists assaults.
It was you who funneled $900 Million in U.S. taxpayer dollars to Hamas.
It was you who ordered the US Postal Service to honor the MUSLIM holiday with a commemorative stamp.
It was you who directed our UK Embassy to conduct outreach to help “empower” British Muslims.
It was you who funded mandatory Arabic language and culture studies in US grammar schools across our country.
It is you who follows the Muslim custom of not wearing any form of jewelry during Ramadan.
It is you who left for Hawaii over the Christmas season to avoid criticism for NOT participating in White House religious events.
It was you who was uncharacteristically quick to join the chorus of the Muslim Brotherhood to depose Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak.
It was you who remained muted in your non-response to the Brotherhood led slaughter of Egyptian Christians.
It was you who appointed Iranian Valerie Jarrett, a member of the Muslim Sisterhood.
It was you who said this country is not a Christian nation.
It was you who armed ISIS when the troops pulled out.
It was you who said the cost was too high to bring back arms and ammo.
Remember pelosi signed his certification papers to become president
5 years after the fact.
Wow they can go obumma now....
$150k
Bet it cost $3m over 5 years to produce this bombshell.
Can someone help me understand why it took so long, I know why it was reported now, it was to get it into the invoice cycle before D-Day.
These tools are so blatant that they make hell look like a holiday resort.
He was helping his Bros
Unbelievable. I donated to World Vision when it was an Evangelical relief darling in the 1980’s, promoted by Last Days Ministries and others in the East Texas ministry corridor. Did it become what it is under Obama, or has it always been this shady?
The ISRA was created in 1984 in the Sudan. Called a Sudanese charity, it had no office in the Sudan until 1991. Its purpose was the collection of funds to support the Afghan-Arab jihadists. In Peshawar it joined with other Islamic charities to form the Peshawar Islamic Coordination Council chaired by the infamous Shaykh Azzam. Following Peshawar, ISRA would serve as the umbrella organization for entities supporting the Mujahideen operation in and from the Sudan, including support for the Third World Relief Agency that operated from Vienna in support of mujahiddin active in the Balkans. The TWRA was run by Muslim Brotherhood. In Sudan for years the Chairman of the ISRA Board of Trustees was Dr. Al-Jazuli Dafalla, the former Prime Minister during the ruling Transitional Military Command of 1985-86, and Dr. Said Abdallah, its Director. Both Dafalla and Abdallah were tied to both the Muslim Brotherhood and the National Islamic Front of Sudan’s Islamist leader Hasan al-Turabi.
IOW ISRA has been known entity for years and deserved no USG support.
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