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* CAIR :
... CAIR was formed by three individuals from the Islamic Association for Palestine or IAP. As stated in Congressional testimony: “The first manifestation of Hamas’ presence in the United States was the creation of the Islamic Association for Palestine for North America in 1981. Founded by Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook, IAP has served as a Hamas support organization in the United States by publishing Hamas communiqués, distributing Hamas recruitment videos and hosting conferences raising monetary and popular support for Hamas.” ------ "Conversations with a Terrorist," by Joe Kaufman, FrontPageMagazine.com, 6/08/04

* IAP aka Islamic Association for Palestine :
A founder of the Texas chapter of a highly influential U.S. Islamic lobby group was found guilty of supporting terrorism.... Ghassan Elashi, along with two brothers, was convicted in Dallas yesterday [April 15, 2005] of channeling funds to a high-ranking official of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, Mousa Abu Marzook.
Elashi was a board member of the Texas chapter of the Washington, D.C.-based Council on American Islamic Relations -- the third CAIR figure to be convicted on federal terrorism charges since 9-11.
CAIR is a spin-off of the Richardson, Texas-based Islamic Association For Palestine, or IAP, which was founded by Marzook. Former FBI counterterrorism chief Oliver Revell has called the IAF "a front organization for Hamas that engages in propaganda for Islamic militants."
-------- "CAIR leader convicted on terror charges - Founding board member of Texas chapter funded Hamas," By Art Moore,