Khaled Elgindy as far as I know didn't have to do with the stock deals, but he does have deep ties to the DNC. He worked for Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, I believe, and a relative of his was a Congressman Bonior aid - remember the guy who got tossed out of the White House when a muslim group visited and who threw a tissy fit over being singled out by the secret service?
I don't blame the sercret service- the Elgindy's are real fond of Iraq. Too fond of it.
Washington ADC Joins Worldwide Campaign to End Sanctions Against Iraqi People
On June 30, members of the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee-Washington, DC. Chapter (ADC-DC) held a teach-in to end the international blockade against Iraq. The teach-in was part of a campaign by the International Action Center and other humanitarian organizations conducted in over 16 countries worldwide.
Khaled Elgindy, ADC-DC president and Jamal Abou-Ali, ADC-DC legal officer, stated that "although the U.S. media portrayed pinpoint accuracy bombing, over a billion dollars worth of damage was caused by the war. Ever since, civilians have faced disease, malnutrition and, in places, outright starvation." Although humanitarian imports are allowed by U.N. Security Resolutions 661 and 667, the resolutions are narrowly interpreted, they said, meaning that hospital beds, medical books, and even pencils are considered "non-essential" and not allowed to enter the country.
According to Abou-Ali, international law proscribes blockades such as the one against Iraq. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, U.N. General Assembly Resolution 44/215, and the Geneva Conventions (1977) specifically prohibit starvation of civilians as a method of warfare, he said.
Both speakers cited U.N. reports documenting over one million Iraqi civilian deaths since the Gulf war, half of which were children under the age of five. In 1996 UNICEF reported that 4,500 children die each month. The film, "The Children are Dying," narrated by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, graphically depicted the daily fight for survival by Iraqis when basic medicine, sufficient food, and clean drinking water are almost unavailable.
(Good ol' Clark, the notorious scumbag)
Elgindy closed by urging all of the more than 30 attendees to contact their congresspersons to help end the blockade. "The field is open for a grassroots effort to end the sanctions," said Elgindy. "This policy is being led by think tanks, not constituencies."
He worked for Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, I believe, and a relative of his was a Congressman Bonior aid - remember the guy who got tossed out of the White House when a muslim group visited and who threw a tissy fit over being singled out by the secret service?