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Two top California legislators are coming under fire after new evidence has emerged that they helped a group of radical antiwar activists cross the Iraqi-Jordanian border in order to deliver aid to families of enemy insurgents in the war-ridden Iraqi city of Fallujah. In December 2004, Sen. Barbara Boxer (D) and Rep. Henry Waxman (D) each sent letters of diplomatic courtesy to the U.S. Embassy in Amman, Jordan, requesting assistance for members of the radical group Global Exchange and the antiwar group Palisadians for Peace. The letters, according to a January 4, 2005 article written by Islam Online correspondent Adam...

On Wednesday, I reported on the outrageous indictment of American Patriot Richard Convertino. I also linked to a longer version of my previous New York Post column about what's really going on here (Justice Dept. and U.S. Attorney's Office pandering to Muslim Extremists). Now, Rick Convertino's wife, the lovely Valerie Convertino, has an excellent op-ed piece in today's Detroit Free Press. (I disagree with her about Joe Wilson and his wife, but the rest I know to be true.) This is Val's second, well-said Free Press column on the topic. (Her first Free Press Op-Ed, regarding the events behind this...

Charity charged with funneling funds to Iraq Columbia Islamic group, now defunct, is accused of sending $1.4 million during Hussein’s reign. By MARK MORRIS The Kansas City Star A defunct Columbia charity and five officers and associates have been charged with illegally sending more than $1.4 million to Iraq while Saddam Hussein was in power. The 33-count federal indictment, unsealed Wednesday in Kansas City, is the latest assault on a charity that in 2004 was designated a supporter of global terrorists, including Osama bin Laden, al-Qaida and Hamas. At its core, the indictment alleges the Islamic American Relief Agency-USA solicited...

Briton 'shot dead' in Amman Monday September 4, 2006 A gunman has killed a British man and injured five western tourists and a local guide, at a Roman amphitheatre in Amman, according to the Jordanian government. Reuters is reporting that the gunman chanted as he fired at the tourists visiting the popular site, which is in the centre of the Jordanian capital. Nasser Joudeh, from the Jordanian government, said the wounded were three Britons, one Dutch, one New Zealander and the Jordanian guide Jordanian police have cordoned off the site. "I was walking when I saw someone pull out a...

The following are excerpts from interviews with Al-Zarqawi sympathizers in Jordan following his assassination. The interviews aired on New TV on June 12, 2006; on Al-Arabiya TV on June 14, 2006; on Al-Jazeera TV on June 12, 2006; and on Al-Jazeera TV on June 8, 2006. TO VIEW THIS CLIP: http://www.memritv.org/search.asp?ACT=S9&P1=1169 "I Believe Your Son is a Martyr and a Mujahid"Banner: "The Wedding of the Heroic Martyr Abu Mus'ab Al-Zarqawi" Reporter: "The condolence visit paid by members of parliament, from the Islamic Action Front and from the Muslim Brotherhood movement, to the Al-Zarqawi [family] was denounced officially, as well as...

Jordan: "State Security To Begin Trial of Terrorist Sajidah al-Rishawi on Monday" Al-Dustur (Internet Version-WWW) Tuesday,April 18, 2006 The State Security Court will begin on Monday (24 April) the trial of the 35-year old Iraqi terrorist Sajidah al-Rishawi who took part in the Amman hotel bombings, in which seven other terrorists headed by the leader of Al-Qa'idah in the Land of the Two Rivers, Ahmad Fadil Nazzal al-Khalayilah (Abu-Mus'ab al-Zarqawi) took part, and three Iraqi dead, including Ali Husayn and Ali al-Shammari, Sajidah's husband. The members of the terrorist group, which managed last November to carry out three terrorist operations...

The driver of the embassy of Jordan in Iraq removed in Baghdad AMMAN - the driver of the ambassador of Jordan in Iraq, itself Jordanian, was removed Tuesday morning in Baghdad, indicated to AFP a Jordanian official source. "the driver of the ambassador, a Jordanian bench in Iraq for several years, has been removed one hour ago (towards 05H30 GMT)", indicated this official source, under cover of anonymity. "the Jordanian government started contacts to know the persons in charge for this removal", added the source.

WASHINGTON — The United States has again warned of plans by Al Qaida to attack Americans in the Middle East. The State Department has issued a so-called Worldwide Caution that warned of an Al Qaida attack in such regions as Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. The department said its warning was based on information that Al Qaida and aligned groups could be planning assassinations, kidnappings, hijackings and bombings. The announcement, released on Dec. 13, superseded a similar warning issued on Aug. 2. The worldwide caution was meant to expire on June 12, 2006, Middle East Newsline reported. "The...

22 November 2005 In the wake of Al-Qaida’s November 9 terrorist attacks at hotels in Amman , Jordan , the family and tribe of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi have justifiably disowned him. Zarqawi, born Ahmed Fadheel Nazzal al-Khalayleh, is a Jordanian citizen who currently serves as the leader of Al-Qaida in Iraq . His terrorist organization has claimed credit for the three bombings in Amman which murdered citizens of many nations, primarily Jordanian hotel employees. In an advertisement which ran in Jordanian newspapers on November 20, Zarqawi’s family said, "We denounce in the clearest terms all the terrorist actions...

I've gotten a LOT of positive feedback on my poster idea -- THANKS! Now, I'd like to ask for your help in taking it to the next level. I'm hoping to counter some of the emotional propaganda that's being spewed by the left. As such, a poster that uses emotional imagery to help put things into better perspective could help us tip the scales back toward sanity. If you feel that this poster is worthwhile, please copy it and send it to your friends, as well as anyone in the armed services who might like to know that there are...

THE four-person team of Iraqis who committed last week's co-ordinated hotel bombings crossed the border days earlier with ready-made suicide belts, a Jordanian official has said. A senior Jordanian security officer, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed that a woman was among the bombers in Wednesday's attacks, which left 57 people dead in three Amman hotels. He said the attacks were ordered by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Jordanian-born militant who leads al-Qaeda in Iraq. The new information matches that of an internet statement posted in Zarqawi's name on Friday, which described the bombers as four Iraqis, including a husband and...

Finally another voice has joined that of President Bush, PM Blair, and PM Howard in calling for a Global War on Terror! After confirming that Al-Qaeda in Iraq used three foreign suicide bombers to attack Amman hotels, killing 57 others, King Abdullah II stepped out and called for a global fight against terrorism. Although the circumstances that led to this decision are tragic, it is reassuring that another nation understands the stakes and that islamo-fascist terror must be eradicated on a global scale. King Abdullah ads Jordan to the list of nations that understand what a Global War on Terror...

Even while the letters from Al Zaqhawri,(sp?) the self-proclaimed mastermind and creator of the deadly massacre in Jordan are being read on the air, the CNN news show on television has their announcers saying something like; "It is going to be extremely hard for Jordan to find and punish the insurgents who did this because during recent times there have been hundreds of thousands of Iraqis fleeing the violence of the war in their own country...." While on another station, Fox News, it is reported that nearly 75% population of people living in Jordan are Palestinians... So by their account...

The night the attack took place was a completely normal evening at the Days Inn, according to Khalid Abu Ghoush, the general manager of the hotel. Most guests had already had their dinner in the restaurant on the ground floor and had gone on to enjoy the rest of their night. A large “get-together” had been moved to another hall in the building, but still there were ten or 12 people sitting in the comfortable lounge chairs between the bar at one end of the lobby, and the piano at the other. Close to nine o'clock, a slim young man...

Amman, Jordan — Jordanian police said Friday they had rounded up 120 people, mainly Iraqis and Jordanians, in a nationwide hunt for those behind the triple Amman hotel bombings. The toll rose to at least 60 on Friday with the death of Syrian-American filmmaker Mustapha Akkad, whose 34-year-old daughter was also killed in the bombings. Mr. Akkad, who was 75 and lived in Los Angeles, had suffered serious injuries and a heart attack in the attack. He was the producer of the Halloween horror movies. The death toll included the three suicide bombers. Al-Qaeda in Iraq, led by Jordanian-born Abu...

THEY came from all over. From the swanky suburbs of Amman, from ancient Jerusalem, Kuwait City and the United States to celebrate the union of their families. A day later, the wedding guests found themselves gathered together in mourning, around freshly dug graves in the sprawling cemetery where, one after another, 17 of those who had come in celebration were laid to rest. The bride and groom, Ashraf Da’as, 32, and Nadia al-Alami, 24, had been married less than half an hour when tragedy struck. Married in front of 200 guests, many of who had flown in days before for...

AMMAN, Jordan - Thousands of Jordanians rallied in the capital and other cities shouting "Burn in hell, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi!" a day after three deadly hotel bombings that killed at least 59 people. Officials suspected Iraqi involvement in the attacks, which were claimed by al-Qaida's Iraq branch. As protesters in Jordan and elsewhere in the Arab world denounced the Jordanian-born leader of al-Qaida in Iraq, security forces snared a group of Iraqis for questioning and officials said one of the bombers spoke Iraqi-accented Arabic before he exploded his suicide belt in the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The main demonstration in Amman...

"Oh my God, oh my God. Is it possible that Arabs are killing Arabs, Muslims killing Muslims? For what did they do that?" screamed 35-year-old Najah Akhras, who lost two nieces in the attack.

Is Islam a religion of peace or terror? Is it only the Islamic fundamentalists causing the problem or is the root problem in Islam itself? Here are some facts to consider: 1. Nearly all the conflicts and terror currently occuring around the world involve Muslims. 2. More people are killed by Islamists each year than in all 350 years of the Spanish Inquisition combined. 3. Islamic terrorists murder more people every day than the Ku Klux Klan has in the last 50 years. 4. 19 Muslim hijackers killed more innocents in two hours on September 11th than the number of...

At least one American was among the 56 people killed in the Amman hotel bombings, a U.S. Embassy official said Thursday. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in accordance with embassy rules, said Wednesday's triple bombings also wounded at least two Americans. Hundreds of angry Jordanians rallied outside one of the three U.S.-based hotels that were attacked in succession by suicide bombers Wednesday night. The group al-Qaida in Iraq, led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, claimed responsibility for the bombings. In an Internet statement, al-Qaida in Iraq linked the blasts at the Grand Hyatt, the Radisson SAS and the...