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JUNE 21, 2001 Thursday : (IRAQ: LAUREN CANNON, LEADER OF A GROUP OF US AND UK "ACTIVISTS" VISITING IRAQ, SAYS THEY WILL TRAVEL TO TALL AFAR SOCCER FIELD SITE WHERE IRAQ CLAIMS US AND UK AIRSTRIKES KILLED 23 PEOPLE) Lauren Cannon, the leader of visiting American and British activists currently visiting Iraq, said the group will travel to Tall Afar "to see for ourselves who was behind the deaths." - "Iraq Says It Will 'Punish' Allies," By Sameer N. Yacoub, Associated Press Writer, AP, Thursday, June 21, 2001; 3:17 p.m. EDT, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010621/aponline151711_000.htm

Glenn Suddaby, U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New York, said he is not familiar with Voices in the Wilderness or any investigation of the group or its donors. "This (Help the Needy) is a fraud case that's occurred here," he said. "Funneling money to Iraq is only part of this investigation."

* Help the Needy : Islamic charity with possible terrorist ties. It is being investigated for possible "material support to terrorism," a broad category of crimes that can cover many activities, one of the FBI agents said. - "Former Idaho football player arrested as material witness in Islamic charities probe," by NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS, Associated Press , 3-18-03 *

* Help the Needy : an offshoot of the IANA, the Islamic Assembly of North America . - "Al-Kidd: 'I'm not a terrorist'," THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , Seattlepi.com , Monday, March 31, 2003

* Islamic assembly of north America aka IANA : A close affiliate of Syracuse-based Help the Needy is the Michigan-based Islamic Assembly of North America, a charity with which it shares members, officers and Web registrars. Some four months before 9/11, the assembly's sites allegedly posted death screeds that advocated suicide mega-bombings and the flying of airplanes into buildings in order to "demolish a center vital to the enemy or its military forces." - "Upstate charity tied to illegal Iraqi cash: Feds say N.Y. group laundered millions," by DOUGLAS FEIDEN, New York Daily News, April 6, 2003

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The final bunch are those that were invited by the FAU [Florida Atlantic University] Muslim Student Organization (MSO) to speak on campus. This is the same MSO that created two Islamic centers in Boca Raton, one of which houses two religious leaders that have been accused of having direct ties to terrorist organizations.
The guest lecturers included:
1. Rafil Dhafir, the past Vice Chairman of the Islamic Assembly of North America (IANA), who was convicted of raising money for terrorist organizations through an Iraqi children’s charity called Help the Needy
2. Al-Haaj Ghazi Khankan, the Executive Director of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), who is quoted as having pledged his support for the HAMAS and Hezbollah terrorist groups
3. Kathy Kelly, the co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness, who served time in a federal prison for trespassing onto the Ft. Benning military base in Georgia
4. William Baker, who has been described by many as a “neo-Nazi” for his hate-filled writings and his involvement in a white-supremacist organization
---------- "WoT ALERT: Terror U.," by Joe Kaufman, FrontPageMagazine.com, January 21, 2005