The origins of the FBI's terror-related interest in Mr. Elgindy are unclear. But it might have stemmed from a tip that was provided by angry executives from small companies who banded together to fight him for wreaking havoc on their stock by short-selling -- selling borrowed shares in hopes of turning a profit if the stock falls. After Sept. 11, these executives approached the FBI with a tip about Mr. Elgindy's possible short-selling of key industry stocks ahead of the terrorist attacks, the executives involved said. His adversaries also pointed out that Mr. Elgindy is a Muslim whose brother, Khaled Elgindy , is active in Islamic advocacy groups in Washington. Khaled Elgindy delivered humanitarian aid to Iraqis in May 1998 with a U.S. group called the International Relief Association, according to news accounts at the time.
--"McDermott, Bonior And Thompson- Did The Democrats and Their Media Allies Make A Deal with Hussein, "http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/947237/posts
It appears to have had a name change in its past. Does this name sound familiar? :
Life for Relief and Development Life for Relief and Development (formerly International Relief Association) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1993. Life for Relief and Development is dedicated to alleviating human suffering around the world regardless of race, color or cultural background. This global organization strives to offer humanitarian, health, educational, social and economic services to victims of natural disasters, wars, hunger and more through a variety of programs. -- https://www.accesscommunity.org/index.cfm?location=7.
It should:
... A nonprofit organization, Life for Relief and Development, paid McDermott's $5,510 travel expenses for the Iraq trip, according to a disclosure form filed with ... -------Aide says McDermott wasn't aware of Saddam link Seattle Times, WA - Apr 17, 2004
Now "Life for Relief and Development" is also known for one of its backers, a guy named al Khafaji whose name is one of two on the UN Oil for Food bribe list released some time ago that got the Oil for Food scandal boiling fast on ol' Kofi Annan:
* Life for Relief & Development aka LRD :
2002 fall : (BAGHDAD TRIO TRIP IS FUNDED BY A CHARITY, 'LIFE FOR RELIEF AD DEVELOPMENT,' WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN FOR LAUNDERING MONEY TO THE TERRORIST GROUP HAMAS) McDermott was one of three Congressmen who went on Saddam’s propaganda tour of Iraq in Fall 2002. The trip was funded by Life for Relief and Development (LRD), a “charity” which laundered money to terrorist group Hamas’ Jordanian operation. LRD is funded in part by Shakir Al-Khafaji, a man who did about $70 million in business with Saddam through his Falcon Trading Group company (based in South Africa). LRD’s Iraqi offices were raided by US troops last week, and the Detroit-area “charity” is suspected of funding uprisings, such as the one in Fallujah. Its officials bragged of doing so at a recent private US fundraiser.
Mr. Alkhafaji, one of two Americans named in Iraqi newspapers as a participant in Saddam’s “Oil for Food” scam, gave Congressman McDermott $5,000 in October 2002 for McDermott’s legal defense fund in a lawsuit against him…. http://www.bowlingfortruth.com/fahrenheit911/terrorists.htm 38 posted on 10/06/2004 8:10:12 PM PDT by lwd
Now who is al Khafaji?
Well, as we all know by now, he's the guy who bribed UNSCOM inspector Scott Ritter.
See my post at #11- some interesting info on the terror charity Life for Relief and Development on this important thread.
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