NEFA Foundation Report - "The Union of Good: A Global Muslim Brotherhood Hamas Fundraising Network"

COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org ^ | January 20, 2009 10:24 AM | By Evan Kohlmann

[Cindy]

NEFA Foundation Report - "The Union of Good: A Global Muslim Brotherhood Hamas Fundraising Network" By Evan Kohlmann

The NEFA Foundation has released a new report by NEFA Senior Analyst Steve Merley titled, "The Union of Good: A Global Muslim Brotherhood Hamas Fundraising Network." The Union of Good is a coalition of Islamic charities that provides financial support to both the Hamas “social” infrastructure, as well as its terrorist activities. It is headed by global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, and most of the trustees and member organizations are associated with the global Muslim Brotherhood. The Union of Good was banned by Israel in 2002 and recently designated a terrorist entity by the United States, although neither Youssef Qaradawi nor any of the Trustees were similarly designated.

[Cindy]

Related Links:

http://www.nefafoundation.org/reports.html#unionofgood
http://www.nefafoundation.org/miscellaneous/FeaturedDocs/nefaunionofgood0109.pdf

[Cindy]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2131693/posts

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Note: The following text is a quote:

http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1267.htm

November 12, 2008
HP-1267

Treasury Designates the Union of Good

Washington, DC-The U.S. Department of the Treasury today designated the Union of Good, an organization created by Hamas leadership to transfer funds to the terrorist organization.

“Terrorist groups such as Hamas continue to exploit charities to radicalize vulnerable communities and cultivate support for their violent activities,” said Stuart Levey, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. “The U.S. Government will continue to expose and undermine the activities of charities working on behalf of Hamas and other terrorist groups. At the same time, we are working with the charitable sector to expand the range of legitimate alternatives for providing charitable assistance to the Palestinian people.”

Union of Good was designated today under Executive Order 13224, which targets terrorists, terrorist organizations, and those providing financial, technological, or material support to terrorists, terrorist organizations, or acts of terrorism. Any assets the Union of Good holds under U.S. jurisdiction are frozen and U.S. persons are prohibited from engaging in any transactions with the Union of Good.

The leadership of Hamas created the Union of Good in late-2000, shortly after the start of the second Intifada, in order to facilitate the transfer of funds to Hamas. The Union of Good acts as a broker for Hamas by facilitating financial transfers between a web of charitable organizations—including several organizations previously designated under E.O. 13224 for providing support to Hamas—and Hamas-controlled organizations in the West Bank and Gaza. The primary purpose of this activity is to strengthen Hamas’ political and military position in the West Bank and Gaza, including by: (i) diverting charitable donations to support Hamas members and the families of terrorist operatives; and (ii) dispensing social welfare and other charitable services on behalf of Hamas.

Among the primary financiers of Union of Good projects are several organizations designated pursuant to E.O. 13224 for providing support to Hamas and other terrorist groups, including the International Palestine Relief and Development Fund (Interpal), Al- Aqsa Foundation, Comite de Bienfaisance et de Secours aux Palestiniens (CBSP), the Association de Secours Palestiniens (ASP) of Switzerland, the Palestinian Association in Austria (PVOE), and the Sanabil Association for Relief and Development in Lebanon. The Union of Good facilitates the transfer of tens of millions of dollars a year to Hamas- managed associations in the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Funds raised by the Union of Good affiliates have been transferred to Hamas-managed organizations in the West Bank and Gaza. In addition to providing cover for Hamas financial transfers, some of the funds transferred by the Union of Good have compensated Hamas terrorists by providing payments to the families of suicide bombers. One of them, the Al-Salah Society, previously identified as a key support node for Hamas, was designated in August 2007 under E.O. 13224. The Society employed a number of members of the Hamas military wing and supported Hamas-affiliated combatants during the first Intifada.

The Union of Good’s executive leadership and board of directors includes Hamas leaders, Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs), and other terrorist supporters. The secretary general of the Union of Good, for example, also acts as the vice-chairman of the United Kingdom-based Interpal, which was designated in 2003 for providing financial support to Hamas under the cover of charitable activity. As of mid-2007, this official served on the Hamas executive committee under Hamas leader Khaled Misha’al.

Board members of the Union of Good include a West Bank Hamas member, and Abd al pursuant to E.O. 13224 in 2004 for providing support to al-Qaida. In 2006, Zindani delivered a fundraising speech at a Hamas conference in Yemen where the crowd pledged millions of riyals for Hamas.

The United States is also actively working with the Arab-American community and other interested donors to provide alternate relief mechanisms to the Palestinian people as we take action against the HAMAS charitable infrastructure.

Identifying Information

UNION OF GOOD
AKAs:
Charity Coalition
Coalition of Good
I’tilaf Al-Khair
I’tilaf Al-Khayr
101 Days Campaign
Etelaf Al-Khair

Address:
P.O. Box 136301, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia 21313

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[Cindy]

ping

[Cindy]

stepping back in time...

THE MEMRI BLOG.org: "U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT DESIGNATES HAMAS FUNDING ORGANIZATION, INCLUDING FUNDRAISER IN MEMRI TV CLIP" (Posted November 21, 2008)

MEMRI TV.org - VIDEO CLIP

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WTF?

[Cindy]

?

[allmost]

How about I just “pre-apologize” That way I never have to bug you again:)

[Cindy]

I’m not sure what you’re talking about.
Did you have a question about the thread?

[piasa]

It is headed by global Muslim Brotherhood leader Youssef Qaradawi, and most of the trustees and member organizations are associated with the global Muslim Brotherhood

Am I correct in assuming this Qaradawi is Dr. Youssef al Qaradawi [aka Dr. Yusuf Abdullah al-Qaradawi] , the Hamas-loving guy associated with the Boston mosque / BostonCell?

[piasa]

Why yes, I believe it is- the Boston Roxbury Mosque guy.

[piasa]

The Islamic organization poised to build the largest mosque in the Northeast on a site in Roxbury has long-standing ties to an Egyptian cleric who praises suicide bombings and a Muslim activist indicted last week in a terrorism financing probe.
The Islamic Society of Boston, which has city approval to build a sprawling $22 million Islamic cultural center and mosque on Malcolm X Boulevard, has had a long association with Dr. Yusuf Abdullah al-Qaradawi, whose vocal support of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas prompted the State Department to bar him from entering the U.S. four years ago. The local religious organization, now headquartered on Prospect Street in Cambridge, was founded by Abdurahman Muhammad Alamoudi - a high-profile Washington, D.C. activist who has publicly supported Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist organizations. Alamoudi was arrested Sept. 28 at Dulles International Airport in Virginia and charged with making illegal trips to Libya and accepting hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Libyan government in violation of U.S. law.
Last Thursday, Alamoudi was indicted for his dealings with Libya and portrayed by prosecutors as a key financier for militant Islamic groups and terrorist organizations. In that case, the U.S. government alleges Alamoudi funneled more than $230,000 to two front organizations for terrorist Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, as well as more than $100,000 to groups funding Hamas.
------------Radical Islam: Outspoken cleric, jailed activist tied to new Hub mosque [Boston] Boston Herald ^ | October 28, 2003 | Jonathan Wells, Jack Meyers, Maggie Mulvihill and Kevin Wisniewski Posted on 10/28/2003 2:45:28 PM PST by aculeus

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…….. Despite his anti-Israeli rhetoric, a State Department official told The News that Alamoudi has gone on six State Department junkets since 1997, with honorariums ranging from $100 to $200 per day, plus hotels and travel. “He’s been traveling primarily to Muslim countries to address the topic of Islamic life in the U.S., including the rights of Muslims in America as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the status of the American Islamic community,” the State Department official said. “He’s had overwhelmingly positive evaluations from our missions abroad.” …

[Cindy]

ON THE INTERNET:

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=822

http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6386

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I guess I should just apologize. I’m sorry. The crowning of the one made me drink. Obama’s fault darn it...:)

[piasa]

Board members of the Union of Good include a West Bank Hamas member, and Abd al pursuant to E.O. 13224 in 2004 for providing support to al-Qaida. In 2006, Zindani delivered a fundraising speech at a Hamas conference in Yemen where the crowd pledged millions of riyals for Hamas.

Same Sheikh Zindani?

19?? : (NM : AL AULAQI/AL AWLAKI IS BORN--See SHEIKH ZINDANI, 9/11 HIJACKERS, FUTURE FORT HOOD SHOOTER MAJOR HASAN) Born in New Mexico of Yemeni parents, al-Awlaki was the Muslim Chaplin in Residence at George Washington University. He was also reported to be an associate of two of the 9/11 highjackers and a protege of Sheik Zindani.--------“Terror Arrests in Yemen: From The American to Al-Sakhi to The Australians Who Go Free”— by Jane Novak at 8:10 am on Thursday, December 14, 2006 http://armiesofliberation.com/archives/2006/12/14/terror-arrests-in-yemen-from-the-american-to-al-sakhi-to-the-australians-who-go-free/

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1980s : (YEMENI AL ZINDANI TRAVELS TO AFGHANISTAN TO FIGHT THE USSR---- see UNION OF GOOD {see HAMAS, EGYPTIAN CLERIC DR YUSUF ABDALLAH QARADAWI }, FALLS CHURCH IMAM AL AULAQI / AL AWLAKI {see 9/11 HIJACKERS KHALED ALMIHDHAR & NAWAF AL HAZMI, 2009 FT HOOD SHOOTER MAJOR HASAN, 2009 CHRISTMAS BOMBER MUTALLAB}, USS COLE PLOT) Al-Zindani was popular among Arabs who, like him and bin Laden, had gone to Afghanistan in the 1980s to fight Soviet troops. ----------------Yemeni sheik denies link to bin Laden Bakersfield Californian ^ | 2/28/04 | AP, Posted on 02/28/2004 1:00:01 PM PST by NormsRevenge

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1990 : (UNIFICATION OF N AND S YEMEN : )

1990 - 1994 : (YEMEN : AL ZINDANI SERVES ON RULING PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL ---- see UNION OF GOOD {see HAMAS, EGYPTIAN CLERIC DR YUSUF ABDALLAH QARADAWI }, FALLS CHURCH IMAM AL AULAQI / AL AWLAKI {see 9/11 HIJACKERS KHALED ALMIHDHAR & NAWAF AL HAZMI, 2009 FT HOOD SHOOTER MAJOR HASAN, 2009 CHRISTMAS BOMBER MUTALLAB}, USS COLE PLOT) He served on the five-member presidential council that ruled Yemen four years after the 1990 unification of the north and south. His militia helped President Ali Abdullah Saleh consolidate control over the country and to retain the one-man presidential system in exchange for making Islam the sole source of law in the country.
----------------Yemeni sheik denies link to bin Laden Bakersfield Californian ^ | 2/28/04 | AP Posted on 02/28/2004 1:00:01 PM PST by NormsRevenge

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1995 : (YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDANI ESTABLISHES AL-IMAN UNIVERSITY---- see UNION OF GOOD {see HAMAS, EGYPTIAN CLERIC DR YUSUF ABDALLAH QARADAWI }, FALLS CHURCH IMAM AL AULAQI / AL AWLAKI{see 9/11 HIJACKERS KHALED ALMIHDHAR & NAWAF AL HAZMI, 2009 FT HOOD SHOOTER MAJOR HASAN, 2009 CHRISTMAS BOMBER MUTALLAB} , USS COLE PLOT) In 1995, al-Zindani set up Al-Iman University with Yemeni government support and foreign donations, notably from Saudi Arabia and Qatar. It receives 400 students annually from Yemen and abroad. The university, whose curriculum follows the strict Wahhabi sect of Islam, came under fire after Yemen joined the U.S. war on terrorism following the Sept. 11 attacks. The school has been accused of graduating extremists, and the government now screens its applicants. ----------------Yemeni sheik denies link to bin Laden," Bakersfield Californian ^ | 2/28/04 | AP Posted on 02/28/2004 1:00:01 PM PST by NormsRevenge

[Cindy]

Ahh...”the Union of Good.”

Almost forgot about all this “goodness.”

Thanks for updating this thread, piasa.

[piasa]

1997 - JANUARY 2001 : (ABDURAHMAN M. AL AMOUDI BEGINS GOING ON ON STATE DEPT JUNKETS ----see ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BOSTON, HAMAS-SUPPORTING EGYPTIAN CLERIC DR YUSUF ABDALLAH QARADAWI {see UNION OF GOOD [see HAMAS, YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDAWI +see FALLS CHURCH IMAM AL AULAQI / AL AWLAKI + ] } ) …….. Despite his anti-Israeli rhetoric, a State Department official told The News that Alamoudi has gone on six State Department junkets since 1997, with honorariums ranging from $100 to $200 per day, plus hotels and travel. “He’s been traveling primarily to Muslim countries to address the topic of Islamic life in the U.S., including the rights of Muslims in America as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution and the status of the American Islamic community,” the State Department official said. “He’s had overwhelmingly positive evaluations from our missions abroad.” … 13 posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 5:30:51 AM by piasa | To 12

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1999 : (9/11 PLOT : BIN LADEN CHOOSES AL HAZMI & KHALID AL MIHDHAR FOR KSM'S PROPOSED 9/11 HIJACKING PLOT---- See SAN DIEGO CELL {ANWAR AL AULAQI/AWLAKI [See YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDANI, 200911 FT HOOD SHOOTINGS' MAJOR HASAN]) Al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar were among the first four al-Qaida members chosen in 1999 by Osama bin Laden for the hijacking plot proposed by Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, or KSM, the Sept. 11 mastermind now in U.S. custody. ...
In general, the 19 hijackers were told to blend in while in the United States by avoiding mosques and fellow Islamic extremists. But al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar were different. "Recognizing that neither Hazmi nor Mihdhar spoke English or was familiar with Western culture, KSM instructed these operatives to seek help from the local Muslim community," ...
[Khalid Sheikh] Mohammed told the men to settle in San Diego. ------9/11 Panel Questions Two Hijackers' Help ; Sept. 11 Commission Wonders Why Two Hijackers Got Help From Two Muslim Men When in U.S. ," The Associated Press VIA ABC News Website ^ WASHINGTONSunday, June 27, 2004

JANUARY 5, 2000 : (MALAYSIA : IRAQI AHMED HIKMAT SHAKIR ESCORTS TWO OF THE FUTURE 9/11 HIJACKERS, KHALID AL MIDHAR & NAWAQ AL HAMZI {see ANWAR AL AULAQI/AWLAKI [See YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDANI, FALLS CHURCH CELL, 200911 FT HOOD SHOOTINGS' MAJOR HASAN] } THROUGH CUSTOMS PROCESS IN KUALA LUMPUR, THEN TRAVELS WITH THEM TO A HOTEL WHERE THEY MET WITH RAMZI BIN AL SHIBH OVER A PERIOD OF THREE DAYS) So Feith's memo to the Senate Intelligence Committee is best viewed as sort of a "Cliff's Notes" version of the relationship. It contains the highlights, but it is far from exhaustive. One example. The [Feith] memo contains only one paragraph on Ahmed Hikmat Shakir, the Iraqi facilitator who escorted two September 11 hijackers through customs in Kuala Lumpur. U.S. intelligence agencies have extensive reporting on his activities before and after the September 11 hijacking. That they would include only this brief overview suggests the 16-page memo, extensive as it is, just skims the surface of the reporting on Iraq-al Qaeda connections. Other intelligence reports indicate that Shakir whisked not one but two September 11 hijackers--Khalid al Midhar and Nawaq al Hamzi--through the passport and customs process upon their arrival in Kuala Lumpur on January 5, 2000. Shakir then traveled with the hijackers to the Kuala Lumpur Hotel where they met with Ramzi bin al Shibh, one of the masterminds of the September 11 plot. The meeting lasted three days. ... Shakir got his airport job through a contact at the Iraqi Embassy. (Iraq routinely used its embassies as staging grounds for its intelligence operations; in some cases, more than half of the alleged "diplomats" were intelligence operatives.) The Iraqi embassy, not his employer, controlled Shakir's schedule. - "The U.S. government's secret memo detailing cooperation between Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. ," by Stephen F. Hayes, 11/24/2003, the Weekly Standard, Volume 009, Issue 11

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FEBRUARY 2000 : (9/11 PLOT : CA : NAWAF AL HAZMI & KHALID AL MIHDHAR ARRIVE IN SAN DIEGO WHERE THEY MAKE CONTACT WITH MOHDAR ABDULLAH AT THE RABAT MOSQUE IN SUBURBAN LA MESA, CA; THIS IS THE MOSQUE AT WHICH AT THIS TIME IMAM AL AULAQI / AL AWLAKI PREACHES {see FALLS CHURCH CELL, YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDAWI } ) ------9/11 Panel Questions Two Hijackers' Help ; Sept. 11 Commission Wonders Why Two Hijackers Got Help From Two Muslim Men When in U.S. ," The Associated Press VIA ABC News Website ^ WASHINGTONSunday, June 27, 2004

2000 : (9/11 PLOT / USS COLE PLOT: CA : TWO FUTURE 9/11 HIJACKERS, NAWAF AL HAZMI & KHALID AL MIHDHAR , GET SUBSTANTIAL HELP FROM MOHDAR ABDULLAH {See YEMEN } & ANWAR AULAQI / AWLAKI {See DAR AL HIJRAH MOSQUE, FALLS CHURCH VA, VAJIHAD, NOV 2009 FT HOOD SHOOTINGS, YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDAWI} UPON ARRIVAL IN THE UNITED STATES) two hijackers got substantial help from Mohdar Abdullah and Anwar Aulaqi after settling in California in 2000. ..Abdullah, who recently was deported to Yemen, helped the hijackers get driver's licenses.
...Aulaqi, a cleric ... introduced the two hijackers, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, to other people who helped provide living arrangements in this country......Al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar also established a relationship with Aulaqi, an imam at the Rabat Mosque. Aulaqi later moved to Virginia and worshipped at the Dar al-Hijra mosque in Falls Church, Va. Early in 2001, al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar drove across the country, settled in Alexandria, Va., and began attending Dar al-Hijra. -----9/11 Panel Questions Two Hijackers' Help ; Sept. 11 Commission Wonders Why Two Hijackers Got Help From Two Muslim Men When in U.S. ," The Associated Press VIA ABC News Website ^ WASHINGTONSunday, June 27, 2004

OCTOBER 2000 : (YEMEN : USS COLE IS BOMBED---- see MALAYSIA TERROR SUMMIT, IRAQI SHAKIR AL KHAFAJI, FUTURE 9/11 HIJACKERS AL-HAZMI & AL-MIHDHAR [see SAN DIEGO CELL'S AL AWLAKI/AL AULAQI {see FALLS CHURCH CELL, FUTURE FORT HOOD SHOOTER MAJOR HASAN, YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDAWI [see UNION OF GOOD, HAMAS] }, AL MARABH {see BOSTON CELL, CHICAGO CELL}) * Raed Hijazi, a California native and a convicted and admitted terrorist, was Al-Marabh's third roommate. The I-Team has determined through a paper trail and from witnesses that Hijazi and Al-Marabh lived together in Boston, where Al-Marabh spent many of the last 15-years. Both men drove taxi cabs during a time that federal agents say Hijazi was also working on an Al Qaeda plan to attack a U.S. warship. That plot, authorities say, resulted in the assault on the USS Cole that killed 17 sailors in the year 2000. A U.S. Customs investigation has found that Al-Marabh repeatedly transferred money to Hijazi after Hijazi moved overseas. Hijazi has admitted plotting a millennium bomb attack on American and Israel revelers at the Radisson Hotel in Amman, Jordan. During his confession, authorities say he identified Chicago arrestee Nabil Al-Marabh as a bin Laden operative.--------- "Chicago's Ties to Terrorism," Chuck Goudie, ABC7 I-Team , Part 1 aired jan 31, 2002 , part 2 aired feb 1, 2002 http://abclocal.go.com/wls/news/013102_ss_tiestoterrorism.html.

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2000 late : (QARADAWI'S "UNION OF GOOD" IS FORMED ---- see HAMAS, AL ZINDANI {see YEMEN, AL AWLAKI/ AL AULAQI}, BOSTON MASS ROXBURY MOSQUE / BOSTON CELL, ALAMOUDI) The leadership of Hamas created the Union of Good in late-2000, shortly after the start of the second Intifada, in order to facilitate the transfer of funds to Hamas. The Union of Good acts as a broker for Hamas by facilitating financial transfers between a web of charitable organizations—including several organizations previously designated under E.O. 13224 for providing support to Hamas—and Hamas-controlled organizations in the West Bank and Gaza. The primary purpose of this activity is to strengthen Hamas’ political and military position in the West Bank and Gaza, including by: (i) diverting charitable donations to support Hamas members and the families of terrorist operatives; and (ii) dispensing social welfare and other charitable services on behalf of Hamas.-------------- "Treasury Designates the Union of Good," press release HP-1267, November 12, 2008, http://www.treas.gov/press/releases/hp1267.htm via 3 posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:59:22 AM by Cindy | To 1

[piasa]

Forgot this :

JANUARY 2000 : (YEMEN : PLOT TO BOMB THE USS THE SULLIVANS FAILS WHEN TERRORISTS' DINGY TAKES ON TOO MUCH WATER IN PORT OF ADEN.. part of "millennium triple plot" [see 1999 LAX BOMB PLOT, 1999 JORDAN HOTEL PLOT])

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2001 EARLY : (9/11 PLOT : FUTURE 9/11 HIJACKERS NAWAF AL HAZMI & KHALID AL MIHDHAR DRIVE CROSS COUNTRY TO ALEXANDRIA VA AND BEGIN ATTENDING THE DAR-AL-HIJRAH MOSQUE, WHERE THEIR SAN DIEGO IMAM, IMAM ANWAR AL AULAQI/AWLAKI {see FT HOOD SHOOTER MAJOR HASAN, YEMENI IMAM AL ZINDANI [see UNION OF GOOD [See AL QARADAWI, HAMAS, ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BOSTON] }, HAD NOW SET UP SHOP; HE INTRODUCES THEM TO JORDANIAN EYAD AL RABABAH) Early in 2001, al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar drove across the country, settled in Alexandria, Va., and began attending Dar al-Hijra.
The commission report cited information that Aulaqi had "extremist ties, and the circumstances surrounding his relationship with the hijackers remains suspicious. However, we have not uncovered evidence that he associated with the hijackers knowing they were terrorists."
At the Falls Church mosque, the imam introduced the hijackers to a Jordanian, Eyad al Rababah, who helped them find an apartment. ------9/11 Panel Questions Two Hijackers' Help ; Sept. 11 Commission Wonders Why Two Hijackers Got Help From Two Muslim Men When in U.S. ," The Associated Press VIA ABC News Website ^ WASHINGTONSunday, June 27, 2004

MAY 2001 : (9/11 PLOT : EYAD AL RABAHBAH ASKS AL HAZMI & AL MIHDHAR {see IMAM ANWAR AL AULAQI/AWLAKI [see FT HOOD SHOOTER MAJOR HASAN, YEMENI IMAM AL ZINDANI | see UNION OF GOOD'S AL QARADAWI, HAMAS, ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BOSTON| ] } TO MOVE WITH HIM TO CONNECTICUT; THEY END UP IN NJ WHERE THEY RENT AN APARTMENT WITH TWO OTHER AL QAEDA OPERATIVES) In May 2001, al Rababah suggested that al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar move with him to Fairfield, Conn. The three eventually traveled to Paterson, N.J., where they rented an apartment with two other al-Qaida operatives. The [2004 9/11] commission report said that despite this assistance, there is "insufficient basis" to conclude that Rababah knew that al-Hazmi and al-Mihdhar were terrorists.
----9/11 Panel Questions Two Hijackers' Help ; Sept. 11 Commission Wonders Why Two Hijackers Got Help From Two Muslim Men When in U.S. ," The Associated Press VIA ABC News Website ^ WASHINGTONSunday, June 27, 2004

[piasa]

YEMEN / al Aulaqi / Zindani timeline in progress

[piasa]

SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 : (9/11 ATTACKS -- see ANWAR AL AULAQI / AWLAKI { See FALLS CHURCH CELL, YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDAWI [See HAMAS SUPPORT GROUP "UNION OF GOOD" ] } )

2001 : (911 INVESTIGATION LEADS TO INVESTIGATION OF SAN DIEGO & IMAM AL AWLAKI / ALAULAQI { See FALLS CHURCH CELL, YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDAWI [See HAMAS SUPPORT GROUP "UNION OF GOOD" ] })... I was reading some background info on Anwar Al-Aulaqi, the Yemeni-American Al-Qaeda cleric that was corresponding with Ft Hood killer Maj. Nidal Hasan, and remembered something curious I saw several years ago. It took me a while to track it down, but a 2004 article in US News and World Report on Al-Aulaqi provided this curious tidbit about the "imam": The probe of the 9/11 attacks soon led Washington FBI agents back to San Diego, where they found that al-Awlaki...
--------Al-Qaeda imam emailing Ft Hood killer was repeatedly arrested for soliciting prostitutes, THE JAWA REPORT ^ | November 27, 2009 Friday, Posted by Barbarossa

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2002 : (AFTER 9/11: (AULAQI LEAVES THE USA FOR YEMEN { See FALLS CHURCH CELL, FT HOOD SHOOTER MAJOR HASAN, YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDANI [See HAMAS SUPPORT GROUP "UNION OF GOOD" , SAN DIEGO CELL, FALLS CHURCH CELL] }) Aulaqi, a cleric who left the United States shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, introduced the two hijackers, Nawaf al-Hazmi and Khalid al-Mihdhar, to other people who helped provide living arrangements in this country. ------9/11 Panel Questions Two Hijackers' Help - Two Hijackers Got Help From Muslim Men When in U.S., AP VIA ABC News Website ^ | The Associated Press, Sunday, June 27, 2004
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Al-Awlaki was born in New Mexico and attended Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, before moving in 2002 to... ------ Yemen strikes al-Qaida chiefs in US-backed assault," BY Ahmed al-Haj - ap, AP on Yahoo Thursday, December 24, 2009

2002 : (ISRAEL : QARADAWI'S "UNION OF GOOD" IS BANNED ----see HAMAS, YEMENI CLERIC AL ZINDANI, MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, HAMAS, ISLAMIC SOCIETY OF BOSTON/BOSTON CELL) The Union of Good was banned by Israel in 2002 (Excerpt) Read more at counterterrorismblog.org ...
---------NEFA Foundation Report - "The Union of Good: A Global Muslim Brotherhood Hamas Fundraising Network" COUNTERTERRORISM BLOG.org ^ | January 20, 2009 10:24 AM | By Evan Kohlmann Posted on Wednesday, January 21, 2009 2:56:25 AM by Cindy