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Terrorism Expert: Karen Hughes Gave Money to Bad Guys
Newsmax ^ | August 3, 2008 | Kenneth R. Timmerman

Posted on 08/04/2008 2:21:34 PM PDT by forkinsocket

A longtime adviser and close confidant of President Bush funneled millions of dollars in U.S. government grants to radical Islamist organizations, many of whose leaders have been convicted or indicted in terrorism cases in the United States, respected terrorism expert Steven Emerson told Congress last week.

“When Ms. [Karen] Hughes was appointed as undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs, she set the tone to continue a disastrous policy of outreach with Islamist partners,” Emerson told the House International Relations Committee.

Among the recipients of the State Department grants actively championed by Hughes was Ahmed Younes, formerly an official with the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), a group that has “publicly challenged the designation of Hezbollah and Hamas as terrorist organizations” and whose leaders “have made extreme statements defending terrorist organizations,” Emerson said.

Another beneficiary of Hughes’ outreach program to American Muslims was Aly Abuzaakouk, the executive director of the American Muslim Council (AMC) and a former director of the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIHT).

The North Virginia-based IIHT “is suspected of being a pivotal cog in the Muslim Brotherhood’s high command in America," according to federal law enforcement records newly released to Emerson’s Investigative Project on Terrorism under the Freedom of Information Act.

Many of the State Department grants championed by Hughes were conducted under the Citizen Exchange Program, but went to U.S.-based Islamist groups or their leaders to sponsor overseas speaking tours.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsmax.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
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1 posted on 08/04/2008 2:21:35 PM PDT by forkinsocket
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To: forkinsocket

Maybe we should stop giving money away altogether.


2 posted on 08/04/2008 2:34:25 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: americanophile
Maybe we should stop giving money away altogether.

What a concept!

You must be a kook, loon, etc. </sarc>

3 posted on 08/04/2008 2:40:56 PM PDT by Gondring (I'll give up my right to die when hell freezes over my dead body!)
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To: forkinsocket

Thanks for posting. BTTT!


4 posted on 08/04/2008 2:43:14 PM PDT by PGalt
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To: forkinsocket

Somehow I don’t think that the whole story is being told here....


5 posted on 08/04/2008 2:44:12 PM PDT by RVN Airplane Driver ("To be born into freedom is an accident; to die in freedom is an obligation..)
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To: forkinsocket

Countdown to FReepers bashing Newsmax and calling them traitors....


6 posted on 08/04/2008 2:44:59 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (BARACK OBAMA WILL SAVE US! HE HAS RISEN!!)
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To: forkinsocket

7 posted on 08/04/2008 2:46:22 PM PDT by OB1kNOb (Choosing between McInsane and Obamapalooza is like deciding to ingest a slow or fast-acting poison.)
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To: RVN Airplane Driver

I agree. There is probably more to the story.


8 posted on 08/04/2008 3:10:56 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: nobody in particular
Karen Hughes??.....No f'in way...not a chance...
9 posted on 08/04/2008 3:13:56 PM PDT by SGCOS
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To: forkinsocket

I can believe it. From time to time I read a story about Karen Hughes’s activities in this post, and she invariably came out sounding like an absolute moron. She was simply unqualified for the job. She was ignorant of the parties involved, and therefore was probably unduly influenced by the State Department Arabists, who have long been notorious for siding with the enemy.


10 posted on 08/04/2008 3:16:08 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: forkinsocket
Outreach programs such as inviting certain leaders to visit the White House are unavoidable. The leaders might be from CAIR or whatever espousing some pretty wretched views. It is nauseating but necessary.

The word "Millions" makes this report sound sensational, but it is not.

11 posted on 08/04/2008 3:18:47 PM PDT by NutCrackerBoy
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To: americanophile

I agree. From what I have noticed, the more money we give out to people/groups/countries the more they hate us. Not to mention the fact that we usually end up financing thugs or terrorists or communist groups or what have you. If we stopped giving away money we would likely be the most loved country in the world...


12 posted on 08/04/2008 3:19:20 PM PDT by Tammy8 (Please Support and pray for our Troops, as they serve us every day.)
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To: SGCOS
There was post 9/11 line of thought that moderates be courted in the Muslim community. However, that was before we really understood the corruption and complexity of the Muslim world.

What we have really gained in Iraq is an understanding of the Middle East. There friends and enemies are determined by the highest bidder. So, everyone you try to win to your side is corrupt or will be in the future. The article is flawed in trying impose a Western viewpoint of permanent friends and incorruptible leaders.

13 posted on 08/04/2008 3:21:50 PM PDT by Wiseghy ("You want to break this army? Then break your word to it.")
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To: forkinsocket
We all ridiculed Hughes and Bush when they announced her new "job" of Chief Dhimmi of America.

It's not funny anymore.

14 posted on 08/04/2008 6:01:44 PM PDT by montag813
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