Posted on 02/17/2005 6:38:50 AM PST by MisterRepublican
Billionaire financier George Soros, whose opposition to President Bush's conduct of the war on terror caused him to pour millions of dollars into the effort to defeat the president, made a substantial donation to the defense fund for radical lawyer Lynne Stewart, who last week was found guilty of giving aid to Islamic terrorists.
According to records filed with the Internal Revenue Service, Soros's foundation, the Open Society Institute, or OSI, gave $20,000 in September 2002 to the Lynne Stewart Defense Committee.
In filings with the IRS, foundation officials wrote that the purpose of the contribution was "to conduct a public education campaign around the broad civil rights implications of Lynne Stewart's indictment."
Answering questions by e-mail, Amy Weil, a spokeswoman for the Open Society Institute, said the foundation contributed to Stewart's fund because "it appeared to us at that time that there was a right-to-counsel issue worthy of our support."
Stewart's legal troubles stemmed from her defense of Sheik Omar Abdel Rahman, sometimes known as the Blind Sheikh. Rahman led an Egyptian-based terrorist organization known as the Islamic Group.
In 1996, Rahman was sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in the first attack on the World Trade Center, in 1993, and for his part in failed plots to blow up the United Nations building and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels in New York.
After his conviction, Rahman's followers threatened a series of terrorist attacks against American targets unless he were released. In 1998, the U.S. government reportedly had intelligence that Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda were plotting to hijack aircraft in the United States in order to demand freedom for Rahman and other convicted terrorists.
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Soros is a terrorist with money.
Another loss for Soros,
The sky is a little bluer today.
Where is AlamoGirl? She is the only one that can put this web of traitors together in a coherant manner.<p. This isn't just one man with lots of money. This is a NETWORK of seditious America Haters.
Revoke Soros' Green Card Now!!!
Precisely - the two of them are absolutely disgusting.
Where is Joe Mc Carthy now that we so deperately need him.
So if Soros funds the defense of Lynne Stewart and Soros also funds the largest Democrat grassroots organization, isn't it fair to say the Democrats are associated with Lynne Stewart? The Donks could always say "no, thank you" to Soros and all his money...
A malefactor of great wealth.
He's a naturalized citizen.
Not to mention Lynne Stewart is a REGISTERED DEMOCRAT.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1345040/posts
FYI Soros/Stewart (Not Martha) link.
Zero for two...
This guy is quite a piece of work, is he not. Hahah, Laura Ingraham is playing "Let's Drop the Big One." I wish we could drop it on Soros.
Amen to that!
Right now a little 'McCarthyism' (so-called), would be a "good thing".
And if this doesn't border on Sedition, I don't know what does. It has all the qualifiers under Title 18 of the US Code.
So now Howard Dean, George Soros, Howard Wolfson and a littany of other crybaby democrats should all apologize to NY GOP Chairman Steve Minarik, who has the facts.The GOP Chairman is not accountable to the democrats of this state until they register as republicans. Mr. Wolfson shouldn't lecture us on what our leadership should or shouldn't do. Remember, Lynne Stewart is a registered Democrat. You own her, not us.
Yelp! $oro$ is the root of evil.
If you start connecting the dots on the democrat landscape to all the evil in the wolrd we will be here all day and tomorrow too.
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