In the lower left hand corner one can see "approved by Umar Farouk..."
Posted on 12/29/2009 5:44:58 PM PST by kristinn
Keying off an article in the UK Times Online about Northwest Airlines flight 253 bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab organizing an antiwar seminar called "War on Terror Week", I did some quick research before the links get scrubbed.
From the Times:
According to isocnews.com, an online magazine for Muslim students, War on Terror Week at University College London was one of the events of the year in 2007. There was a slick video advertisement for the event, an eye-catching poster and packed lecture theatres for five days of discussions about Guantánamo Bay, allegations of torture and the subject of “Jihad v Terrorism”.
The website reported the week of talks as “informative, relevant and always entertaining — the audience got involved with a good mixture of Muslim and non-Muslim attendees asking tough questions of the speakers”. In a corner of the poster, the event is declared to have been “approved by Umar Farook, president of UCLU Islamic Society”. The speakers advertised included George Galloway, the Respect MP; Geoffrey Bindman, the human rights lawyer; and former Guantánamo Bay detainees.
The Nigerian student who organised “War on Terror Week” in January 2007 is now better known as Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the would-be suicide bomber who tried to blow up a transatlantic airliner last week.
Mr Galloway said last night that he did not attend any of the events in War on Terror Week and had no record in his parliamentary diary of any contact with UCL Islamic Society. Mr Bindman, a visiting professor at UCL, said that he could not recall the event or meeting Mr Abdulmutallab.
Little Green Footballs ran a thread about it back then and saved the promo poster:
In the lower left hand corner one can see "approved by Umar Farouk..."
Here's a larger version hosted at imageshack.us from the Ummah.com thread about War on Terror Week:
Umar and his pals at UCL Islamic Society were savvy enough to put a video up on YouTube at the UCLU channel promoting the event.
The Islamic Society's partner in War on Terror Week, UCL Union Stop the War Society, posted six pictures at their Web site from the event. Here are two:
The UCL Islamic Society was pretty excited about the event. They posted at their Web site about a big pre-WOTW night out on the town:
Night out 2 Pandoos!
Well before the intensity of the War on Terror hits us, we felt the need to organise a night out and what better way to relax and enjoy yourselves than to, chill, sit back and enjoy some good halal food! Add to that the fact that it will be discounted heavily and your in for a right treat! For £5, you'll get half a chicken, chips and a drink, and this isn't just any old chicken, it's a Pandoos chicken!
To join us as we chill ISoc style, be sure to meet us at 5pm outside Bloomsbury Theatre (Gordon Street) and we'll make our way to the infamous Brick Lane.
Date: Friday 26th January (i.e. Tonight)
Time: 5:00pm
Meeting Place: Bloomsbury Theatre
Restaurant: Pandoos (Brick Lane)
Wassalam,
UCLU Islamic Society
That a terrorist would emerge from the antiwar movement is no surprise to those who are paying attention. Obama's pal Bill Ayers went from anti-war activist to terrorist in a short time.
The modern antiwar movement in America works hand in hand with Islamic terrorists and, like the Stop the War Society, works with radical 'Islamic Societies.'
The antiwar movement has one other tie to Umar the bomber. He claims he went to Yemen to study Arabic. Funny, so did this character with Iraq Veterans Against the War:
A former U.S. Navy lieutenant has been living in Sana’a for seven months, having resigned in protest from serving in Iraq. Harvey Tharp was a full lieutenant in the U.S. Navy when he was called to serve in Iraq due to his knowledge of the Arabic language. Upon his departure from Yemen, he spoke to The Yemen Times about the moral challenges he faced, which led to the ending of his military career, and what he learned from his time spent with Yemeni people.
What will you do when you return to the U.S.?
I’m a member of the Iraq Veterans Against the War. As the only officer who has joined, I’m the highest ranked. When I was in military school, I was taught that if you find yourself completely alone in your stance, you’re probably wrong. This time, though, I don’t think I’m wrong.
I’m going to Washington, D.C. for the winter soldier hearings from March 13-16. Fifty members from the Iraq Veterans Against the War will testify to war crimes they witnessed or even participated in and I’ll be there in support.
SNIP
Why did you come to Yemen?
Due to my time in Iraq, I developed post-traumatic stress disorder, so I’m unable to work and I have some spare time. I wanted to improve my Arabic to see if I could get back into translating and I heard that the Yemeni dialect is very close to standard Arabic, as well as that it seemed like a very interesting place to visit.
SNIP
Who are you going to vote for in the upcoming U.S. presidential election?
I’m disappointed that Barack Obama – who campaigned against the war from the start – hasn’t committed to pulling troops out of Iraq immediately. However, he’s the best anti-war candidate, so I’ll vote for him.
Let me be clear, I'm not accusing Harvey Tharp of being a terrorist. I'm just pointing out that he went to Yemen, of all places, to study Arabic just like Umar the bomber. Just a coincidence that two antiwar activists go to Yemen, that's all.
P.S., here is the You Tube video by the UCL Islamic Society for Justice Week 2008. Nice of them to do it in English for us.
A true antiwar movement would condemn the actions of all parties in the war, not just the West.
It was an antiAmerican war protest.
I don’t question their patriotism, I just point out that their allegiance is to the nation of theocratic-political Islam, not whatever Western nation they may reside in.
PS it is decidedly a PRO-war act to wage jihad against 300 civilian on a jet airliner on Christmas day.
Syria, Iraq and Yemen are all bases for the socialist Baath Party most people just associate with Saddam Hussein. In Yemen the Baath Party motto is, no surprise: "Medical Treatment for All", and "Education for All."
The way I am reading the Poster..it is meant to mean we are the terror.
After being born and living in the UK, George Galoway needs to have his MP rights revoked. It is a shame how my old country allows promotion of terror in Universities where tax payers help pay the wages of both the speakers and building. Liberal heaven!
Thread bump and thank you Kristinn.
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Looks like a pegboy...
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Great idea. Post tomorrow to keep momentum up!
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This guy is white.
Just sayin’....
Posted here for archival purposes.
Note to lurkers who follow my posts:
This guy is white.
Just sayin’....
<< Mr Galloway said last night that he did not attend any of the events in War on Terror Week and had no record in his parliamentary diary of any contact with UCL Islamic Society.>>
Their website has a photo identifying him by name dated 2007.
http://www.uclunion.org/stop/gallery/stop-the-war-events-2007/index.php
The photographs appearing in the links above look like a recruiting session for jihadists.
I think we all need an “Ironic Laugh” in the face of this inevitable result of how giving Peace a change works out so very well.
So I post the John Lennon song Imagine. Enjoy the Sarcasm and the laughs.
JOHN LENNON lyrics - Imagine
Imagine there’s no heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today...
Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace...
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world...
You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one
Thank You kristinn.
BTTT
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