Posted on 11/18/2010 1:57:52 PM PST by La Lydia
Counterterror experts warn of guests at 'radicalization' confab
An upcoming Los Angeles conference designed to combat Islamic "radicalization" features a pair of "radical" Muslim leaders who have openly supported terrorists and advised American Muslims against cooperating with law enforcement.The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, the FBI and LAPD will host the event next week at a resort in Pismo Beach, Calif...
The controversial guest Muslim speakers...are leaders of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. Los Angeles-based MPAC says it is a "moderate" group, but critics charge it is a "propaganda arm" for the radical Muslim Brotherhood in America.
...the MPAC officials are scheduled to head a police workshop entitled, "Muslim American Perspective on Radicalization." One of them – MPAC programming director Edina Lekovic – in 1999 published a pro-jihad organ praising Osama bin Laden as a "freedom fighter" and urging Muslims to "defend our brother," while the other – MPAC president Salam al-Marayati – was kicked off a 1999 terrorism commission for espousing radical views.
Al-Marayati was denied a leadership post on the National Commission on Terrorism by...when it came to light that al-Marayati claimed that Hezbollah was a legitimate organization and had the right to attack Israel....
Al-Marayati has defended several terrorist suspects, even after their convictions, and has been an outspoken critic of FBI investigations in the Muslim community, claiming agents use "McCarthy-era tactics."
He has advised Muslims against informing on their brothers.
Terrorism expert Steven Emerson says al-Marayati has a history of opposing U.S. counterterrorism efforts...
"MPAC has no place at a conference focused on countering Islamic radicalization," Emerson said. "In featuring MPAC officials as speakers, the organizers confer respectability on an organization that has helped foster radicalization, not counter it."
Several U.S. officials involved in counterterrorism also expressed concerns...
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
So when the lead starts flying, the muzzie radicals will know all the cop procedures and how to get around them. Very smart.
/sarc
Will Blts will be on the menu
I smell bacon.
Yup. We won’t be defeated by islam in the traditional sense, only because the idiots here, in their zeal to be culturally sensitive can’t surrender fast enough.
The ultimate resolution of this is that we´re going to have to crush them, or they will certainly crush us.
This PC crap is a waste of time and lives.
Nothing like having the fox inside the hen house.
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