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]

You know, you could lighten up. (Or maybe you can't.)

[Jael]

Southflanknorthpawsis says " little...disruptive... pathetic... creep... witch..."

Maybe that is your idea of discussing a news article but it certainly isn't mine. Kindly keep your attempts at disrupting a thread to yourself.

Have a good day.

1 Peter 1:22  Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently

[Jael]

I have seen Luis mention that sect.

I would have take an exception to one of his above post to me (I "think" it is to me, everything is going so slow I can't check it right now.) where he states that we are all talking about them (Wahabbist) now. Just for the record, I don't recall ever mentioning them.

[bvw]

FEMBOT ATTACK!

[Deb]

He may be "bright", but he's either a dupe or a mole. Either way, Gaffney outted him, fortunately.

Guys like Norquist and Jude Walenski (a supposed conservative who keeps trying to mainstream Louie Farrakan) are very confusing. Smart men with astonishing blind spots. Or are they? I'd even throw Pat Buchanan into that group.

[cyncooper]

In case it hasn't been mentioned, al-Arian's son interned for Bonior. Have to say that I saw al-Arian's wife on tv yesterday and she seems like an awfully nice lady.

YES. There have been many, many, many, many, many, many, many threads about this subject and, yes, it has been noted that the son worked for Bonior.

In addition the son entered the WH 6 days after his father had been there back in June 2001, and was removed. (yes, an apology was issued--nbd).

Further, the Al-Arian family was in the habit of making political donations and Bonior received $$ from them. But so did other politicians. Including Henry Hyde. That was curious I thought.

Well, an item not written in any articles on the Al-Arians so far, is the nice looking lady, Nahla, testified before Congress in 2000 twice. Feb. 10, then Feb. 16 she makes a donation to H.H., then May 23 she testifies before his committee. He became aware of the shady nature of the family in the fall of 2001 as the Bush Administration started cracking down on them and moved that donation to charity.

The reason Nahla testified is her brother had been arrested in 1995 but released several years later. He was re-arrested in 2001 and deported in 2002.

I have posted links to her testimony on at least two threads, perhaps three. The brother has been discussed at length, and the Al-Arian son discusses, as well.

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Just think of it as rope.

[Jhoffa_]

I'd even throw Pat Buchanan into that group.

In what regard?

I keep seeing allegations of anti-Semitism regarding Pat, but whenever I tried to follow up on them I get no answer. I swear I must have asked 2 dozen people through the years here on FR.

Are you referring to this anti-Semitism claim, or another of Pat's more obvious "blind spots"

(As there are several to choose from..)

[Sabertooth]

He may be "bright", but he's either a dupe or a mole. Either way, Gaffney outted him, fortunately.

Guys like Norquist and Jude Walenski (a supposed conservative who keeps trying to mainstream Louie Farrakan) are very confusing. Smart men with astonishing blind spots. Or are they? I'd even throw Pat Buchanan into that group.

Agreed, 100%. Great post.

[Sabertooth]

I keep seeing allegations of anti-Semitism regarding Pat, but whenever I tried to follow up on them I get no answer. I swear I must have asked 2 dozen people through the years here on FR.

I think I've read where William Buckley (or Safire?) has written that Pat's a great guy, not an anti-Semite, but partiularly adept at looking like one. That sounds about right, and I'd call that a blind spot.

[Jhoffa_]

Agreed, 100%. Great post.

PS: I agree, with the possible exception of this Pat thing, that's the way it looks to me also.

Very well put.

[Jhoffa_]

... not an anti-Semite, but partiularly adept at looking like one. That sounds about right, and I'd call that a blind spot.

That's just it, I don't know what this centers around. How he "looks" like one.

I never followed the guy, I was a Keyes come Bush supporter.. But even people who were supposedly supporters of his, as well as his detractors have never been able to give me a coherent answer.

I am sorry, I didn't mean to knock the thread off subject or anything, but I have wondered about this (literally) for years... and I wondered if that's what Deb was refering to.

[Sabertooth]

That's just it, I don't know what this centers around. How he "looks" like one.

Off the top of my head, his references to pro-Israel elements in American Society as an "amen corner," the way his isolationism often playes into the hands of Arab anti-semites, his fairly consistent record of not genuinely recognizing the validity of America's special relationship with Israel.

There are other items. Columns I've read that make me wince. Pat has a penchant for incendiary language that's open for easy misinterpretation.

[Jhoffa_]

Ohhh..

I had him pegged for an isolationist on foreign policy, including Israel (Something I don't necessarily agree with. Kosovo is one thing, our allies are another.)

I guess I just thought there was like one specific incident or a blow up or something that led to this.. and could be referenced if it existed.

Sounds more like allot of circumstantial evidence instead and piecemeal stuff. A proponderance.

Ok. That would explain the responses I have gotten also.

Cool, Thanks.

I now return you to your regularly scheduled flamewar..

[Luis Gonzalez]

Can you Google search my Radio FR show? And not only are there several acknowledged spellings of "Wahabbi", but there are also my misspellings of the word.

[TLBSHOW]

CAIR should be listed as a terrorist organization
http://www.danielpipes.org/article/394


http://www.danielpipes.org/comments/46

[bvw]

Wouldn't be grand if there was some sort of FR archival CD for each year, or quarter. Google's worth a bucket of worm spit any more when it comes to looking for info from FR. Used to be much better.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Those women look very nice and friendly. Why are you being mean to them? You're saying bad things about them, and you don't even know them. Please stop it.

[Amelia]

bvw, I asked Sabertooth about this a few days ago, but don't recall getting an answer. Here's part of one of the articles he's been posting (see bolded sentence):

Unholy Alliance
By J. Michael Waller
FrontPageMagazine.com | February 20, 2003

The convergence of the radical Left and radical Islam continues. Former icons of social tolerance and sexual liberation are making common cause with the most intolerant and sexist social forces on earth. Left-wing American defenders of Slobodan Milosevic, on trial for his ethnic cleansing campaign to exterminate Muslims from the former Yugoslavia, now welcome U.S. Muslim groups as building blocks in their coalitions. Trendy supporters of revolutionary cop-killers like Leonard Peltier and Mumia Abu-Jamal link their heroes’ murderous causes (while proclaiming Peltier and Mumia’s innocence) to those of Hamas, Hezbollah, and the various Islamic Jihad terrorist groups.

I'm having trouble understanding why American Muslim groups or left-wingers would want to defend Slobodan Milosevic. Do you have any insight on this?

[Sabertooth]

I'm having trouble understanding why American Muslim groups or left-wingers would want to defend Slobodan Milosevic. Do you have any insight on this?

Keep in mind what Waller is saying about "making common cause." This is a diverse coalition of hatred, and the glue that holds these groups together is anti-Americanism.

It's a very simple litmus test: if you hate America and oppose the war in Iraq, you're in.