H. Islam--this guy?
Posted on 01/05/2008 1:55:51 PM PST by Candor7
From the Washington Times article by Bill Gertz:
He had run afoul of a key aide to Mr. England, Hasham Islam, who confronted Mr. Coughlin during a meeting several weeks ago when Mr. Islam sought to have Mr. Coughlin soften his views on Islamist extremism.
“Mr. Coughlin was accused directly by Mr. Islam of being a Christian zealot or extremist “with a pen,” according to defense officials. Mr. Coughlin appears to have become one of the first casualties in the war of ideas with Islamism.
The officials said Mr. Coughlin was let go because he had become “too hot” or controversial within the Pentagon.
Misguided Pentagon officials, including Mr. Islam and Mr. England, have initiated an aggressive “outreach” program to U.S. Muslim groups that critics say is lending credibility to what has been identified as a budding support network for Islamist extremists, including front groups for the radical Muslim Brotherhood.
Mr. Coughlin wrote a memorandum several months ago based on documents made public in a federal trial in Dallas that revealed a covert plan by the Muslim Brotherhood, an Egyptian-origin Islamist extremist group, to subvert the United States using front groups. Members of one of the identified front groups, the Islamic Society of North America, has been hosted by Mr. England at the Pentagon.”
Now, aren’t we all happy little Republicans who have been falling on our swords for 7 years for a man like TROP George Bush! /s
The election can’t come one day too soon! When it comes to selling out America to Mohammedanism, which Democrat, let alone Republican, candidate is worse than Bush and his Mohammedanism loving cabal?
Horrible news. NO doubt in my mind. The US is obeying its masters on the Arabian peninsula. The Jizyah tax is being paid again.
I will pay $100.00 for a verified digital photo of Hasham Islam.
bttt
Folks, were not talking about England, the new home of Londonistan.
Instead, we’re talking about a guy in our Defense Department, whose name happens to be “England”, and who is surrendering to multiculturalism.
Couple of things.... Gordon England is the Deputy Secretary of Defense, so I don’t understand this Army Chief title given to him.
And secondly, wouldn’t a decision like this regarding Stephen Coughlin be up to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Not the Dep. Sec. of Def.
Hasham Isham is an aide to Dep. Sec DoD , England. His appointment was likely political, and no one even can find a picture of Hasham Islam. This is really kookie. This Hasham Islam is wielding power, and we can't even ID the guy, who is on taxpayer funded salary. I wonder what his security clearance is and what his background is. We need a bio. on this guy.
Those Coughlin’s have always been Christian zealots. In the blood I guess. Shut em down.
how could we allow this,
Is Stephen Coughlin’s “offending” piece available to the public? If the Pentagon is going to reject it, the people should have it so the people know what kind of blooming idiots are “defending” us.
I found an article on Hesham Islam here, with photo. The problem is that his name was misspelled.
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=47795
“...so I don’t understand this Army Chief title given to him.
And secondly, wouldn’t a decision like this regarding Stephen Coughlin be up to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff? Not the Dep. Sec. of Def.”
I don’t know the answer to that. I have a buddy, a Greek guy I used to run with in the Indo China days, who is some kind of a dep. sec. def. or assistant dep. sec. def. or some such thing. I’m going to ask him what’s going on.
Thanx for the JCS info. I don’t know who hired Coughlin
Maybe Hasham Islam is not his true name. Or maybe the spelling is way off.
Hasham Islam is too abbreviated to be his full real name. The real name should be much longer than that.
Picture is accurate. Hesham is a retired US Navy officer, born in the Middle East, possibly Egypt, who reputedly served in the Iranian navy before joining the U.S. Navy. He works for Deputy Secretary of Defense Gordon England who replaced Paul Wolfowitz. Hesham is the DepSec’s liaison to Middle Eastern embassies and the Muslim community in the U.S. His exact title and role are mysterious even in the Pentagon.
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