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Add a possible murder to this story… Obama's Connections to Sunrise Equities, Part Two RECAP: Sunrise Equities failed, leaving at least 150 investors in Chicago devastated. About $80 million of their money is missing. The Illinois Secretary of State is investigating, as is the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Sunrise’s CEO, Salman Ibrahim, was reportedly seen recently on the streets of Lahore, Pakistan. Ibrahim is said to be a Taliban sympathizer. Barack Obama has long ties to Ibrahim and Sunrise Equities, which gave him free office space in his 2004 campaign for US Senate. CHICAGO - 24 October 2008 - (The...

One of Barack Obama's staunchest local supporters, Salman Aftab, was charged with assault and battery on October 3. The violently homophobic, former insider of failed Sunrise Equities (more below) and former Democrat candidate for city council has been arrested before. (snip) The Bench has learned that Aftab was involved briefly with the Obama for Illinois campaign, when Obama was running for the Illinois State Senate in 2004. At that time, Aftab was friendly with Tariq Siddiqui, a major Obama donations bundler, and was present at Sunrise Equities' offices for the ribbon cutting of the free office space given by Sunrise...