Worth a careful read.
Well...it's a start...much more needs to be done, though...
Man, I bet Katie Couric is going to LEAD with this.
thanks for the news, areafiftyone. I did a search, and evidently the MSM is ignoring this one:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=24490
http://wizbangblog.com/2006/09/18/fbi-raids-us-muslim-charity.php
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/18/america/NA_GEN_US_Muslim_Charity_Raided.php
and the latest, from the Detroit Free Press:
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060919/NEWS99/60919034
Muslim charity stays open after raid
September 19, 2006
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By Niraj Warikoo
Free Press Staff Writer
An official with a Muslim charity based in Southfield that was raided this week said Tuesday that the group is still open and accepting donations.
Mohammed Alomari, an official with Life for Relief and Development, said that the charity is continuing to operate.
The charity was raided Monday morning by federal agents with the FBI and IRS who are part of the Joint Terrorist Task Force. The raid was based on sealed search warrants, but an attorney with the charity has said that the raid might be related to activity the charity did inside Iraq before the war started in 2003.
Alomari and other Life officials were at the Southfield offices on Tuesday. The charity plans to hold a press conference on Thursday, said Dawud Walid, head of the Michigan branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
In a statement released Tuesday, Life officials said that the raid came as a total shock and surprise to the staff and officers of the charity. They said that Life has been open about its work and places a high priority on transparency and adherence to all appropriate legal guidelines.
According to charity officials, Life has distributed more than $50 million since it was founded in 1992, mainly to Muslim regions around the world.
Contact Niraj Warikoo at nwarikoo@freepress.com.
I heard about this connection after 9-11 and put it together because I noticed that for years, every time I bought a sunday paper from a convenience store ( like 7-11), with Islamic owners, the coupons were missing.
I heard a story on the news that millions in coupon fraud were funnelled from USA, to Afghanistan to fund the Taliban in the name of the Red Crescent charity.
Traditional literature in a liberal democracy. Too bad the muzzies aren't aware of how obnoxiously self-righteous they are.
I overjoyed that the FBI raided this front for terror. The fundamental purpose of Islam is to force conversion or tax. The process by which they accomplish either is through violence. So, to raise money in the name of Islam is to support terror. That's all there is to it.