Islamist 'enabler' threatens 'grave harm to Bush presidency,' Gaffney warns

Center for Security Policy ^ | 26 February 2003 | Frank Gaffney

[Fred Mertz]

Headline Story |

Islamist 'enabler' threatens 'grave harm to Bush presidency,' Gaffney warns

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Norquist's group took seed money from an avowed supporter of Hezbollah, the terrorist group that killed 241 US Marines in a 1983 Beirut bombing.

A prominent conservative leader who allegedly has used undeclared foreign money and top political connections to promote terrorist sympathizers is an 'enabler' who threatens 'to do grave harm to the Bush presidency.'

Center for Security Policy President Frank Gaffney issued the warning in a letter to Grover Norquist, founding chairman of the Islamic Institute, after Norquist publicly accused Gaffney of 'racism and bigotry' and banished him from a weekly strategy group. Norquist's actions came in response to Gaffney's criticism of a White House official who allowed pro-terrorist Muslim groups access to the White House complex on January 16.

'People who afford terrorist-supporters or -apologists and their organizations entree into the White House deserve to be both challenged and criticized,' Gaffney wrote in response. Norquist, an anti-tax activist and Washington networker who often purports to speak in the name of President Bush, told Gaffney in a widely distributed letter that the Center for Security Policy leader was guilty of 'racial prejudice, religous bigotry or ethnic hatred' because the criticized official is a Muslim.

In response, Gaffney and American Conservative Union leader David Keene slammed Norquist for 'employing "Stalinist tactics" against those who disagree with Mr. Norquist's role in brokering access to the Bush White House,' the Washington Times reported on February 7.

Norquist has been criticized for promoting what is called the Wahhabi lobby, a Saudi-funded network designed to dominate and radicalize Islam in America, at the expense of other Muslim groups whose stand against terrorism is unequivocal.

'Why have you gone to such lengths to defend - to say nothing of legitimize and advance the agendas of - terrorist sympathizers and others hostile to everything for which American conservatives stand?' Gaffney asked Norquist in a responding letter. Gaffney listed his concerns:

* The Islamic Institute, which Norquist co-founded and houses in his Americans for Tax Reform office, received seed money from an avowed supporter of Hezbollah, the terrorist group that killed 241 US Marines in a 1983 suicide bomb attack.

* The Islamic Institute reportedly is 'predominantly funded by foreign governments, shady Saudi sources, and US-based groups raided by the Treasury Department-led Operation Green Quest Task Force for allegedly funding suicide bombers, al Qaeda and other terrorists' activities.'

* Norquist led conservative opposition to parts of the Bush administration's anti-terrorism legislation, without disclosing that his Islamic group was dependent on such funds.

* Norquist has affiliated himself with the radical National Committee to Protect Political Freedom (NCPPF), from which he received an award shortly before the September 11, 2001 attacks, despite the group's thirty-year public track record of promoting domestic and international terrorism.

* Norquist reportedly introduced Sami Al-Arian, whom federal law enforcement officials say is a leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, to then-candidate George W. Bush during the 2000 campaign. Televised videotape shows Al-Arian raising money in the US for terrorists.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Weren't you told to drop this topic? Maybe you can elaborate on all that, so that I can understand. The last I saw, someone in charge was telling you "Enough of this crap."

[Chad Fairbanks]

Pretty heavy charges don't you think? How came Grover isn't suing Frank you have to ask yourself don't you.

Well... So, you think Bush is just gonna listen to Nordquist and take any of his recommendations, without considering the source???? Hello???

[Jimbaugh]

Wow, this is very interestng.

[Fred Mertz]

Weren't you told to drop this topic?

Okay, we'll all go and stick our heads in the sand. I'll be in Mexico next month.

So, if I get your gist, if we don't talk about this minor problem it doesn't exist. Is that it?

[Chad Fairbanks]

translation: "Oh darn! Quick, I need backup! Ping Da Boyz!!!!"

[Fred Mertz]

I don't need backup. I just want a few regulars to see how the argument isn't addressed.

It's her opinion, but it's wrong.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

This is simple, Fred. Really.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

It's her opinion, but it's wrong.

What are you talking about? It's not a matter of anyone's "opinion" that TLBSHOW was told to stop posting this "crap". Why don't you address that?

[Chad Fairbanks]

I don't need backup.

He said, as he pinged ANOTHER person to the thread...

Ah well, friend, it's pretty simple, really. All these 'alleged' activities... note the use of the word "alledgedly", without any actual hard proof... What this basically means is, you and your friends here are merely posting unproven allegations, which will do nothing but serve to attempt to undermine the current administration when we are on the eve of a potential war...

[Fred Mertz]

Yes it is. GN is wrong and has been used by Islamists, possibly worse. The administration=White House= security must not let this happen again.

[TLBSHOW]

Nice tag but if I was you I would go back and connect where this started from, there are peaceful muslims and there are terrorist muslims and helpers and Grover along with many Democrats and some republicans are going to have to decide between the good and the evil and the evil is what the rats and Grover are bringing in.

It started in the winter of 2000. The Muslims had a convention and brought in Grover and Zogby and Elected members of our govt and the terrorist supporter got in the door to our government that weekend.

Radio Free Republic warned about this when Louis had his show. Or if they did not they pointed to their web site with all the information.

[Chad Fairbanks]

So far, all I've seen are a bunch of unproven allegations... posted over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and...

[Fred Mertz]

Thanks for the bump.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Whatever. You're thumbing your nose at Jim.

[Chad Fairbanks]

Thanks for the bump.

No problem. Anytime, Fred... I'm always happy to allow more people to see you in all your 'glory'...

[Fred Mertz]

Whatever. You're thumbing your nose at Jim.

No I'm not.

[Jim Robinson]

Mo he's not. He's flipping me the bird.

[Cultural Jihad]

Those people posting these articles over, and over, have an agenda in mind.

Exactly.

[Jim Robinson]

I was po'd at TLB because he was using this series to imply that Bush was a traitor in bed with the terrorists. Sorry, but this is about the silliest thing I've ever seen him post. Well, maybe not the silliest. There's a whole lot of silliness in Todd's many thousands of posts.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

What mind?