McKinney Cashing In With Muslim Donors
NewsMax.com ^ | 8/03/02 | Carl Limbacher and NewsMax.com Staff
Posted on 08/03/2002 11:39 AM Central by kattracks
Georgia Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney, who raised eyebrows in March when she alleged that President Bush's family had both anticipated and profited from the Sept. 11 attacks, is back on the hotseat again - with new questions emerging about her supporters.
"At least three-quarters of the $234,299 that McKinney has raised from individuals [who gave to her reelection campaign this year] is from donors with Muslim or Arab American surnames, the great majority of whom live outside her district," reported the Washington Post on Friday.
At least one McKinney donor, American Muslim Foundation Director Abdurahman Alamoudi, has publicly bragged about his ties to the terrorist organization Hamas.
Weeks after the 9-11 attacks, McKinney lobbied Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal for a $10 million donation for her district after the cash had been rejected by then-New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who was offended by bin Talal's statements linking the attacks to the U.S.'s ties to Israel.
Georgia - Some McKinney donors probed for terror ties
Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | August 3, 2002 | BILL TORPY
Posted on 08/03/2002 2:10 AM Central by HAL9000
Some McKinney donors probed for terror ties
DeKalb Democrat said unaware any donors might support terror
Rep. Cynthia McKinney's re-election campaign has accepted contributions from several people who have come under federal investigation for suspected links to Middle Eastern terrorists or have voiced support for extremist groups.
The outspoken DeKalb County Democrat, a frequent critic of U.S. Middle East policy, has long drawn Arab and Muslim financial support. Most of McKinney's individual donors listed on disclosure reports in 2001 and this year have Arabic names and live out of state.
According to a review of federal campaign disclosure records, they include:
* Abdurahman Alamoudi, leader of a Muslim organization, who during a 2000 rally outside the White House expressed support for the violent Palestinian group Hamas and for Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite party linked to bombings. The controversy surrounding his comments caused Senate candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and George W. Bush's presidential campaign to return his contributions.
* A professor who was jailed in 1998 on contempt charges for refusing to answer a grand jury's questions about alleged money-laundering links to Hamas.
* Five businessmen whose homes or businesses were searched in March during an FBI raid investigating financial links to terrorism. Another was an officer in one of the groups under investigation, according to Federal Election Commission reports.
McKinney Cashing In on Sept. 11 (why did Arabs send her big bucks on day of attacks)?
Best of the Web Today ^ | Friday, August 2, 2002 3:05 p.m. EDT | BY JAMES TARANTO
Posted on 08/02/2002 2:56 PM Central by Behind Liberal Lines
A few months ago, Rep. Cynthia McKinney of Georgia famously accused President Bush of having foreknowledge of the Sept. 11 attacks and not acting to prevent them because, as she put it, "Persons close to this administration are poised to make huge profits off America's new war."
Well, on Sept. 11 someone sure was cashing in. Blogger Scott Koenig has examined McKinney's campaign-contribution records at OpenSecrets.org. It turns out that McKinney raked in $13,850 on Sept. 11 from 22 different donors, all with Arab- or Muslim-sounding names. Blogger Jim Henley analyzes the records further and finds that Sept. 11 marked McKinney's third-biggest one-day haul since 1999. What explains the concentration of donations on that day? Henley offers some theories, of which he says these are the two most plausible:
Peace and justice forces rally to McKinney
Arab News ^ | 8/2/02 | Frances M. Beal
Posted on 08/02/2002 8:23 AM Central by CFW
AIPAC, the American Israel Political Affairs Committee is tasting blood with the defeat of Earl Hilliard in Alabama. The US Congressman had enraged the Zionist lobbying group by often voting against legislation that one-sidedly favored Israel and introducing a bill to drop sanctions against Libya and Iraq.
AIPAC is now aiming its big financial and political fangs at Cynthia McKinney from Georgia's 4th congressional district. She faces a primary runoff on August 20th, which for all intents and purposes, determines the general election with an overwhelmingly Democrat constituency. Her stance on a balanced Mid East policy and her outspoken criticism of the Israeli occupation army has enraged AIPAC and it has arranged for hundreds of thousands of dollars to be poured into her opponent's campaign coffers.
McKinney's black female opponent is a former Judge who was appointed by Sen. Zell Miller, a Georgia democrat who initially appointed this Jonetta come lately to the bench. He has joined the AIPAC chorus with an unprecedented assault on Democratic Party colleague McKinney. Thus, AIPAC is joined in this all-sided assault by the local and national apparatus of the Democratic Party because of McKinney's views on peace, human rights and civil liberties.
The McKinney Files....
various links | 04-19-02 | backhoe
Posted on 04/19/2002 11:27 AM Central by backhoe
A little "Twilight Zone" music, please...
Here's a place to start:
-this list-McKinney's Supporters--
-Some of McKinney's Supporters--
Cynthia McKinney in the Twilight Zone: Ask the victims of Robert Mugabe
-Some McKinney Contributors Support Terrorist Groups--
-Comprehensive List of Terrorists and Groups Identified Under Executive Order 13224--
house.gov: Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney(D)(GA)Gore's 'Negro Tolerance Level' has never been high
Just for fun, run a "McKinney" search with these:
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I notice you don't think Republicans should take her seat. you just want a Democrat in there who doesn't cause trouble in the Democrat party.
So why is Lieberman calling for more Palestinians to come to America? Haven't figured that out yet. Nor do I know why Lieberman threatened to filibuster ANWR. I would think he would want America to send less money to Saddam and the Saudis.
And what is this about Liberman and Levin not calling Robert Rubin to testify about the stock market crash? Have anything to do with the fact that a Saudi prince just dumped half a billion more into Citibank? This Saudi is the single largest stockholder in Citigroup, isn't he? Ruben is getting how much a month from Citigroup? A million? Two million?
While we are at it, do you know why Sandra Feldman wants Sami Al-Arian back in his South Florida classroom? The guy raised money for Hamas for crying out loud. Why does a good Democrat like Sandra want him teaching?