"So what if all the 911 murderers were Saudi. DO NOT LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!"
Posted on 04/01/2002 2:35:11 AM PST by kattracks
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:05:32 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
April 1, 2002 -- FEDERAL law enforcement has kicked over quite an anthill in Northern Virginia. A U.S. Treasury task force, Operation Green Quest, has been investigating the funding of Islamic terror. Raids on March 20 struck an extraordinary array of financial, charitable and ostensibly religious entities identified with Muslim and Arab concerns in this country, most of them headquartered in Northern Virginia.
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"So what if all the 911 murderers were Saudi. DO NOT LOOK BEHIND THE CURTAIN!!"
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Posted March 29, 2002
Wolf Meeting Focuses on Muslim's Anger Over Raids
By Eden Schneider
Observer Staff Writer
The Muslim community turned out in force for a town meeting with U.S. Congressman Frank R. Wolf (R-Va.) last Saturday, demanding an explanation for raids on homes and businesses last week which left the community shaken and angry.
Community leaders expressed their concerns about the March 20 raids on the offices of the International Institute of Islamic Thought in Herndon and 13 other locations in Loudoun and Fairfax counties.
Wolf's town meeting on March 23 at the Sterling library was the third this week to hear constituent's viewpoints on everything from campaign finance reform and commuter taxes to the issue of OxyContin addiction. Most of the two-hour meeting, however, was spent fielding questions about the raids from an angry but reserved audience of more than 100. "We're scared, we don't know what next,” said one man. "The Muslim community stands on very solid ground about the war on terrorism, but you are our only venue, so we ask you to go to [Attorney General John] Ashcroft and let him know, that it's not the number of people you collect, but the actual terrorists who are culled out.”
Wolf said he did not know all the facts of the raid, but vowed to investigate further and to work with the Muslim community to ensure their civil liberties are protected.
"I was the only member of Congress who spoke out for the Muslims in China,” said Wolf. "I visited Chechneya. In January, I spent two days in Afghanistan and five days in Pakistan. I've brought my pastor to your mosque. I've attempted to have an open and balanced policy.”
Members of the audience also asked for Wolf's support of the campaign finance reform bill, which would prohibit corporations or individuals from making large donations to specific candidates by routing funds through the national political parties.
"I watched what took place in the Clinton White House. The coffees for large donations, the sale of sleep overs in the Lincoln bedroom. That's why I voted for the bill,” said Wolf.
Audience members also questioned Wolf on his anti-drug policy, specifically as it relates to the highly addictive prescription drug OxyContin and the social and personal devastation caused by the addiction.
Wolf, who sponsored an informational briefing on OxyContin in Loudoun County the day before his Sterling appearance, acknowledged that theft of the drug from local pharmacies has endangered the community.
"Imagine if you or your wife has been in the Safeway in Sterling Park or the Target in Reston with your children when one of these pharmacies was robbed,” said Wolf. "We have put $2 million into the budget for prescription monitoring in this state.”
To contact Congressman Frank Wolf, call his local office at 703-709-5800 or 800-945-9653. The office is located at 13873 Park Center Road, Suite 130 in Herndon.
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Wolf said he did not know all the facts of the raid, but vowed to investigate further and to work with the Muslim community to ensure their civil liberties are protected.
Be interesting to hear what Congressman Wolf finds out. I suspect the feds had valid reasons for the raid. Knowing that this community seems to be politically wired and lawyered up, and knowing what kind of outcry would come out of it, they probably had compelling reasons.
Since Wolf has published his number, feel free to give him a holler. Also, I don't know where this guy is coming from if he voted for CFR. The Clinton people were breaking existing laws.
In some way.. has an ingenious system of deflection emerged.
Did the Saudi's "Talk" their way out of Sept 11th..or did we "Talk" them out of their dilemma for them?.
In a sense...like Pavlovs dog..are they not conditioned by our choice making..ie..they carry on business as usuall..when caught..they enter into verball dialogue..understanding that a little public "Mud" is all that will come of it.
Have the other Mid-east Arab regimes not clued into this "Windfall" mechanics.
They lie..we cover for them.
They threaten our security...we cover for them.
They ask for money and weapons..we do it..our population asks why?..and we cover for them.
Who is the master...and who is the servant?
What will our Governments say to us ..and God forbid that it should ever happen..but what will they say..if America see's bio warfare visit its shores..of 'Dirty suitcase nukes' detonated in some port via a container ship from the mid-east or the orient?
Is this our real reality..that business must come first...that doing so with 'Theatening' regimes is scalable...should a detrimental event occur..it will be discussed away.
Like King Hezekiah..who foolishly showed the Babylonian envoys all his wealth..all his state secrets.
Babylon rolled over Judah shortly thereafter..have we inadvertantly commited the same folly?
GW Bush was on TV urging Americans to leave the islamic cultists alone while the ruins were still smoldering. He's made an absolute nincompoop out of himself on this subject ever since. It wasn't a case of "we" doing any such thing, it was politicians. They're not "us" and they don't care about us.
It's only business. ----------------
"Reaction to the raids suggests the Feds inflicted serious injury on the Wahhabi lobby, the Saudi-backed extremist network that largely controls Islam in America. Officials of the targeted groups as well as their non-Muslim apologists - notably GOP operative Grover Norquist, the chief enabler of Islamic extremists seeking access to the White House - have condemned the raids as civil-rights violations."
Grover Norquist------
Grover Norquist is one of the most connected members of the new right wing movement. He has close ties to the Republican Party, large U.S. business interests, and both the subsidized and regular U.S. media. He truly represents the nexus of politics, business and media.
As President of Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), Norquist helped the Heritage Foundation write the Republican's 1994 Contract With America. Shortly thereafter, Norquist led a right wing charge to "de-fund" the left, declaring that "We will hunt [these liberal groups] down one by one and extinguish their funding sources." [from Buying a Movement].
ATR, which is a 501(c)(3) charity, describes itself as "a coalition of taxpayer groups, individuals and businesses opposed to higher taxes at both the federal and state levels. ATR organizes the TAXPAYER PROTECTION PLEDGE, which asks all candidates for federal and state office to commit themselves in writing to oppose tax increases. "
ATR is funded by the Americans for Tax Reform Foundation.
Norquist was on the campaign staff on the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Republican Platform Committees, and formerly was Executive Director of the College Republicans.
He has also worked in policy positions for other Republicans, including serving on the National Commission Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service.
Adept at media appearances, Norquist writes a monthly politics column for the American Spectator magazine, and frequently speaks at regional and state think tanks of the movement.
He is also well-connected with large scale U.S. business interests, having served as economist and chief speech writer for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (1983-1984).
We must remember that Hillarys Abdurahman Alamoudi is a relative of this Al-Amoudi!
The American Alamoudi was a part time employee of the Clinton State Department!
He also is a happy camper at the Bush White House!
All of this "Saudi Subversion" is done in plain sight,readily found by googling !
I for one am tired of the kowtowing to the bloody/nasty saudis....that is why when I bought a new car last year, I bought a VERY fuel efficient one. It was my only way to get BACK at them!!
Reaction to the raids suggests the Feds inflicted serious injury on the Wahhabi lobby, the Saudi-backed extremist network that largely controls Islam in America. Officials of the targeted groups as well as their non-Muslim apologists - notably GOP operative Grover Norquist, the chief enabler of Islamic extremists seeking access to the White House - have condemned the raids as civil-rights violations.The Saudis offered a fraudulent "peace" plan this year intended to divert attention from their involvement in the horrors of Sept. 11.
Front groups interfacing between the Wahhabi-Saudi money movers under federal suspicion and the broader American public include two institutions active in the religious field: the International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) and the Graduate School of Islamic and Social Sciences (GSISS).
He's got it down good, doesn't he? Sounds like us iin some regards, but better written. ;)
I think his talk about the Martyr's Money is the tip of the iceberg. I don't believe that a "Martyr" is necessarily a suicide bomber in the minds of the donation givers, but could be included, not reflecting well on their mentality anyway. The cover of the charities is an appeal to help whomever, but really intended to fund strife in the Caucasus and Central Asia to stop or delay competitive oil and gas production. See my comments here.
Follow the money...
Can't ignore personal corrupt aggrandizing activities too in these charity fronts, an American specialty, to wit, ripping off their own ethnicity. But recall those two charities shut down in December or January (can't remember their names.) Each had web sites indicating that they helped orphans in Chechnya, Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan, etc. It was interesting since they wholly avoided places rife with the poor, like Egypt, West Bank, Yemen, etc. I feel these American charities were fronts with an American face to get inside to these places to foment "jihad", being keeping Central Asia and the Caucasus off oil production. Profitable move by the Saudis and other OPEC beneficiaries. Highlighted by the fact that the quasi-Saudi operation "Al Qaeda" spent most of its efforts in those regions, obscured by the events of 9/11.
This ping is for the rest of you.
"Conspirators, Fanatics, Paranoids. . . Your contributions to the election of President Bush are welcome and have, for the most part, been helpful.
However, it would be advisable for those of you harboring such melodramatic psychodrama to wait until Mr. Bush actually occupies the oval office before carving the poor fellow up with your Bin Laden collaborator tales. When we have more time, we'll be happy to carve you up in return." Posted on 11/27/2000 19:57:31 PST by Spinoza
It depends. They are different threats. Iraq is developing serious weaponry. Saudi is the banker. Iran may overthrow their clerics and join the modern world (because they once were there.) If we have to take them one at a time, I give Bush credit for picking the order. I trust he will not stop short of completing the job, and as you point out Pak ans SA are on the short list.
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Not good!
You bet they are.
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