Posted on 09/27/2007 12:28:54 PM PDT by 3AngelaD
RICHMOND, Va. - A member of the state's Commission of Immigration resigned Thursday, a few hours after Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was told about online videos showing the appointee condemning Israel and advocating "the jihad way."
Kaine learned of the videos from a caller to his live monthly radio program and accepted the resignation of Dr. Esam S. Omeish about three hours later.
"Dr. Omeish is a respected physician and community leader, yet I have been made aware of certain statements he has made which concern me," Kaine said in a news release announcing the resignation.
The governor said Omeish resigned because he did not want the controversy to distract from the work of the 20-member commission appointed to study the effects of immigration and federal immigration policies on Virginia.
Omeish, who is president of the Muslim American Society and chief of the division of general surgery at INOVA Alexandria Hospital, is shown in a video on YouTube denouncing an invasion of Lebanon by the "Israeli war machine" during an Aug. 12, 2006, rally in Washington.
He also accuses Israel of genocide and massacres against Palestinians and says on the video that the "Israeli agenda" controls Congress.
In a separate, undated video, Omeish tells a crowd of Washington-area Muslims, "...you have learned the way, that you have known that the jihad way is the way to liberate your land." The video was credited to Investigative Project, a Washington-based organization that investigates radical Islamic organizations.
Omeish did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mahdi Bray, a spokesman for the MAS, said Omeish was not available. The commission met in Richmond for the first time Tuesday.
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Here it is.
Omeish, who is president of the Muslim American Society and chief of the division of general surgery at INOVA Alexandria Hospital, is shown in a video on YouTube denouncing an invasion of Lebanon by the "Israeli war machine" during an Aug. 12, 2006, rally in Washington.
Jewish and Christian patients beware...
This guy ought to be brought in for a little “questioning.”
‘Jewish and Christian patients beware..’
quoted for truth.
Another one of those moderate muslims I keep hearing about.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MODERATE MUSLIM... just a sleeper cell.
Just wait till Hillary Care gets going and lots of conservative doctors retire rather than do socialized medicine. Then you, too, will have a jihadi doctor because there will be thousands of them ready to answer Hillary’s call, just as is the case with England’s national health care now.
If questioning means waterboarding, then by all means......
Ah yes, another moderate islamist.
Ain’t that the truth. My one experience at that hospital, taking someone with a head injury to the emergency room, was a nightmare. The patient sat there bleeding for three hours, despite my constant demands that he be attended to, and when I finally went back up to the desk and make a very public screaming spectacle of myself to get their attention, they told me they had LOST HIS ADMISSION PAPERS, and were not aware he was there.
“What all you got is some video? Show me some real evidence!”
/Dpolitician
If you can get away with it say something to the effect of “This patient is having a heart attack and needs to be triaged IMMEDIATELY!”
No matter how hard they try to operate under the “moderate” cloak, Muzzies words and actions when they think they’re speaking to friendly audiences will come back to haunt them.
I hope I never have to go through that again. I have located another nearby hospital which seems to be a bit more competent, but have not dealt with it on an emergency basis and hope I never do. Given my druthers, Sibley in DC is my top choice.
no governor, this person is a terrorist.....
and you could have found out yourself before you appointed him. you look (plenty) stupid either way governor kaine.
Very bad deal. Doesn’t inspire confidence even in their elementary competence...
Kaine probably called the Muslim Democratic Association of Northern Virginia, asked them to name a nominee, took its advice and neglected to check the guy out. Truly horrible, sloppy, incompetent staff work, on top of everything else.
maybe the governor thinks, don’t check what may or may not be a terrorist.....democrat montra....no profiling.....
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