[Flashback] The prime-time smearing of Sami Al-Arian

Salon ^

[William McKinley]

The prime-time smearing of Sami Al-Arian,

By pandering to anti-Arab hysteria, NBC, Fox News, Media General and Clear Channel radio disgraced themselves -- and ruined an innocent professor's life.

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Thirty-seven days after the Oklahoma City miscue, Fechter's exposé landed on Page 1 of Sunday's May 28, 1995, paper. Picking up where Emerson had left off with his inflammatory 1994 documentary "Jihad in America," which argued angry Muslims at home pose a larger danger to this country than Muslim terrorists abroad, Fechter breathlessly reported that Al-Arian had raised money for Islamic groups that had killed hundreds of people around the world. In addition, Fechter wrote that World Islamic Studies Enterprises, or WISE, the USF think tank Al-Arian helped create, had associated with, and even invited to the campus, known terrorists.

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[William McKinley]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[William McKinley]

Sami Al-Arian arrested

[AppyPappy]

DOH!!!

[William McKinley]

Not just did they step in it.

They stepped in it with a FIVE PAGE LONG super-smarmy tirade. LOL

[AppyPappy]

Looks like the fleas have come home to the dog.

[livius]

What a difference a year makes! Not that I ever had any doubt about his involvement - but I think even Salon would find it hard to defend now.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

Maybe Hamas or Islamic Jihad can help bail Salon out before they go bankrupt?

I am sure all the Jew-haters and Islamocentrics will be crying today...another terrorist-supporter busted

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Behind Al-Arian's facade (founded the World and Islam Studies Enterprise at USF a decade ago)

[dighton]

Eric Boehlert gets the . . . . . uh, credit for this.

[saxxa]

BUSTED!!!!!!!!!!!!

[piasa]

This is SWEET...

Ashcroft is supposed to have a press conference on Al-Arian's indictment around 1 o'clock today

Steve Emerson was on Tampa radio today and said the indictment was over 20 pages long- quite substantial. It covers a background of terrorism going back 15 years- even before the founding of WISE

[AppyPappy]

I was going to post a picture of the burning towers but I couldn't find one.

[dinasour]

Hey Sami, maybe you can teach advanced jihad at Gitmo. At least until they hang you.

[piasa]

fyi indictment coming down on Sami Al Arian's head

[piasa]

[dennisw]

How do you say tough shitski Sami, in Arabic? The clown took a risk since he could have fled from the United States whenver he wanted.

BTW> This louse was still being paid by U of South Florida.

[piasa]

[AppyPappy]

Never forget

[mabelkitty]

Okay, that's one. It took several years, but now we have one.

Ashcroft better get off his A$$ and get the REST OF THEM THAT WE ALL KNOW ABOUT!!

Send the Salon link to O'Reilly so he can gloat!!

[Stentor]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

I can't stop smiling. I only laugh out loud at anti-war celebrities.