State Department Apologizes for Promoting Muslim Cleric Who Backed Killing of U.S. Soldiers Tweet

Free Beacon ^ | 5/27/14 | Adam Kredo

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The State Department’s Counter Terrorism (CT) Bureau apologized on Tuesday for promoting a controversial Muslim scholar whose organization has reportedly backed Hamas and endorsed a fatwa authorizing the murder of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.

The apology came on the heels of a Friday Washington Free Beacon report detailing the CT Bureau’s promotion of Sheik Abdallah Bin Bayyah, the vice president of a radical Muslim scholars group that was founded by a radical Muslim Brotherhood leader who has called “for the death of Jews and Americans.”

Bin Bayyah himself is one of several clerics who endorsed a 2004 fatwa, or religious order, endorsing the killing of U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq.

The CT Bureau apologized multiple times on Tuesday for tweeting in favor of Bin Bayyah and promoting an article on his website.

“This should not have been tweeted and has since been deleted,” the CT Bureau tweeted at users who expressed anger over the original message.

“It was wrong and should not have been tweeted,” the bureau later tweeted in response to other outraged individuals.

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State Department Apologizes for Promoting Muslim Cleric Who Backed Killing of U.S. Soldiers Tweet promoting controversial cleric sparks widespread outrage

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[Cowboy Bob]

Only because they got caught.

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty ping.

[GOPJ]

They got caught - outed... No way there’s been a change in direction.

[rstrahan]

And at the same time, probably sent an email telling the cleric that it’s just PR. State Dept still loves him.

[Diogenesis]

SSDD.

They celebrate each murder, and apologize ONLY
because they were caught.

[BenLurkin]

Is he still working there?

[GOPJ]

ping

[morphing libertarian]

Another of the Hero of Benghazi’s infiltrators.

When the Defender of Benghazi is elected they will all stay in place and her chief advisor will the the MB’s daughter.

[lee martell]

That’s all I want to know. Is this terrorist still working there in light of all that’s known about him? I don’t give a damn about who’s tweeting what to whom! I don’t think Hamas is even on Twitter anyway,m unless its’ to spread misinformation. You can keep those worthless Hashtags# too!

[Blood of Tyrants]

Just anticipating what Obama would want.

[CopperTop]

I'm still gettin a rueful chuckle outta the fact that our all-powerful gubbermint "tweets" and "hashtags". Really?!?

Just another clue that we're truly headed to Hades inna bucket with the FSA & the Idle American Idol society. **eyeroll**

[SandRat]

A worthless Apology and a Worthless State-Department.

[txrefugee]

Hillary’s legacy?

[Mark17]

They got caught - outed... No way there’s been a change in direction.

You are correct, but did they then demote him? Probably not.

[TigersEye]

The enemy is inside the wire.

[867V309]

Freudian slip.

[Fantasywriter]

The cleric never worked at the State Dept. They ‘promoted’ him as in promoting an ‘article on his website’. Meaning, they gave him favorable publicity/encouraged traffic to his site/’promoted’ his teachings.

It was a poor & confusing choice of words. But much as they obviously love the guy/hatemonger, at least they didn’t employ him.

[BenLurkin]

Ah!