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Posted on 10/30/2001 3:16:13 AM PST by JCG
Bush Apologizes for Muslim Removal
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush, described as very upset about a Muslim leader being ordered out of the White House, issued an apology Friday for the incident.
``The president is very concerned that an action was taken that was wrong, inappropriate and the president apologizes for it on behalf of the White House,'' press secretary Ari Fleischer said.
A group of Muslim leaders walked out of a White House meeting Thursday, angered when a uniformed Secret Service officer ordered one of them - Abdullah Alarian, a congressional intern - out of the building.
Secret Service spokesman Jim Mackin later said his agency erred in ordering Alarian out. Once the Secret Service realized its mistake, it offered Alarian re-entry, but the group declined.
``In this one instance, the Secret Service made a mistake. The president is concerned about it to the point where he does apologize,'' Fleischer said.
Ibrahim Hooper, a spokesman of the Council on American-Islamic Relations who participated in Thursday's aborted meeting, welcomed Bush's apology and said, ``We hope this will lead to better interaction between the White House and the Muslim community.''
The council had sent Bush a letter after the incident asking him to meet personally with Muslim leaders and appoint a special White House liaison to the Muslim-American community in order to ``dispel impressions within the Muslim community that there's some kind of exclusion from his policy-making circles,'' Hooper said.
Alarian is the nephew of Mazen Al-Najjar, a Palestinian who was jailed in Florida for three years after the government alleged he used an Islamic think tank as a front for terrorism. He was released last December after a panel of judges and Attorney General Janet Reno agreed there was no reason to keep him behind bars.
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Uncle Mazen Al-Najjar was jailed for being in this country on an expired visa in 1997 and was also believed to be terrorist-connected. As the article shows, he was let out of jail by Janet Reno and "a panel of judges."
Does anybody know if Al-Najjar was ever deported?
America's Fifth Column ... watch PBS documentary JIHAD! In America -- here
I live in Tampa and attended USF. Locally, this story is somewhat suppressed. AlNajjar has disappeared off the radar screen lately. We have been told nothing about him.
The story has been Sami AlArian. He was suspended without pay for his own protection following death threats. (BARF!) The Hamas cell that he runs down here hasn't made the news either. I wonder when the homeland defense office is going to start worrying about this? Every redneck with a shotgun knows about it, so I woould think the FBI does....
I am being denied access to the White House every single day. I want MY apology from W.
Last time I was in D.C. I was NOT allowed in the WH and I had to spend 3+ hrs in line before I could enter the Capitol building.
Ilarian should go take a trip to Mecca. All Muslims are welcome there. And, as his religion of peace demands, no Christians or Jews. Or women.
I watched the interview and I wouldn't trust Al-Arian or his kid..Rather than the White House "attempt better interaction with the Muslim community", I think the Muslim community should work for better Interaction with the American People.
They should try to get their Muslim Brothers to stop KILLING INNOCENT AMERICANS in a "peaceful way".
Remember The World Trade Center.
These people show "rightous indignation when their community supplies the terrorists.!!! DUHHHHHHHHHH!
I hope and pray, for all our sakes; that GW et al have come to a better sense regarding our Muslim 'friends'.
If they have not, then perhaps a 'political correctness de-programming' weekend at Camp David would help.
Then we can begin a similar program in all our schools and everywhere else that 'PC' Sensitivity Training has replaced common sense in our communities-at-large.
Uncle Mazen Al-Najjar was jailed for being in this country on an expired visa in 1997 and was also believed to be terrorist-connected. As the article shows, he was let out of jail by Janet Reno and "a panel of judges."
No apology necessary. The Secret Service was doing their job. One wonders why a cat like this was ever allowed that close to the President in the first place.
Let's see ... his Dad is believed to be knee deep in terror and his uncle is known for the same.
Sorry ... security risk way too high for any proximity to the Pres. IMHO.
Agreed.
Stay well - stay safe - Stay armed - yorktown
He may not have the stones for the job.
Can anyone make a gif file like this one using the Saudi flag?
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