CAIR official attended Hamas meeting

[mord]

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=57003

GLOBAL JIHAD
CAIR director attended Hamas meeting
After denial, evidence on Nihad Awad surfaces in terror-funding trial

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Posted: August 4, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern



© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com


Nihad Awad
Despite a previous denial, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations – which regards itself as the leading U.S. Muslims civil rights group – participated in a three-day summit of members of the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

The evidence surfaced at the trial of the Texas-based Islamic charity Holy Land Foundation and five of its former organizers, who are accused of supporting Hamas. Prosecutors named the Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, an unindicted co-conspirator in the case.

According to Steve Emerson's Investigative Project on Terrorism, FBI Special Agent Laura Burns testified Thursday that the "Nihad" listed in documents related to the 1993 meeting of Hamas members in Philadelphia was Nihad Awad.

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CAIR is a spinoff of the defunct Islamic Association for Palestine, or IAP, launched by Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook and former university professor Sami al-Arian, who pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy to provide services to Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Awad served as the IAP's public relations director.


Nihad Awad with then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush

Several CAIR staffers have been convicted on terrorism-related charges, and CAIR founder Omar Ahmad – also an unindicted co-conspirator in the Holy Land Foundation case – allegedly told a group of Muslims they are in America not to assimilate but to help assert Islam's rule over the country.

In 2003, Awad was confronted about the Philadelphia meeting during a deposition for a civil rights lawsuit, the Investigative Project on Terrorism noted. Initially Awad said he didn't think he attended, but when pushed, he replied, "I don't remember."

A videotape from a 1994 seminar at Miami's Barry University captured Awad acknowledging, "I am in support of the Hamas movement." CAIR officials have refused to condemn Hamas by name after it carries out a bombing attack.

The Philadelphia meeting took place just after a White House ceremony that formalized the Oslo Accords, which sought to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

FBI agents listened in on the meeting, the Investigative Project on Terrorism said, and concluded the two-dozen men present were Hamas members or supporters who sought to kill the peace accord.

The men tried to hide their true agenda, according to FBI reports, by agreeing not to use the word Hamas in private conversations.

Previously available evidence shows Awad was at the 1993 Hamas meeting, according to the Investigative Project on Terrorism. The idea for the meeting was discussed in a telephone call recorded by the FBI on Sept. 14, 1993 between Ahmad, then president of the IAP, Shukri Abu Bakr, president of the Holy Land Foundation and now on trial, and Abdelhaleem al-Ashqar, executive director of a Hamas-linked charity Al Aqsa Educational Fund.

The men mentioned "Nihad" in the conversation, referring to his work in "media." At that time, Awad was the spokesman for the IAP. Abu Bakr refers to a Dallas Morning News story that quotes "Nihad." On the day of the meeting the paper published a story that extensively quoted Awad.

Among other evidence was transcripts released in U.S. v. Marzook et. al. confirming "Nihad LNU (Last name unknown)" spoke at the Philadelphia meeting.

In March, the House Republican Conference urged House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to cancel an event hosted on Capitol Hill by CAIR, calling the group "terrorist apologists."

CAIR's regular meetings with the Justice Department and FBI have prompted complaints from case agents, who say the bureau rarely can make a move in the Muslim community without first consulting with CAIR, which sits on its advisory board.

CAIR has conducted "sensitivity" and cultural training with federal agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement and with the military. In June, a senior Department of Homeland Security official from Washington guided CAIR officials on a behind-the-scenes tour of Customs screening operations at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport in response to CAIR complaints that Muslim travelers were being unfairly delayed as they entered the U.S. from abroad.

Last year, Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., withdrew an award she gave to a local CAIR official, saying she was concerned about some statements by CAIR leaders.

CAIR says its aim is "to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding."

[newman]

"CAIR says its aim is "to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding."


 
BWAAAAAHAAAHAAAAHAAA!............and the KKK just wants to promote brotherly love!

[mord]

At least the KKK tells the truth about it's agenda

[newman]

At least the KKK tells the truth about it's agenda

That's true, Mord. One concession I will make to neo-nazis and kluckers is that they are up front. The only difference between them and the ISM, Anglican church, EU, UN and others is their honesty.

[mord]

100%true

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

CAIR attends a Hamas meeting. Newsflash of the millenium. 

[RationalThought110]

Chuck Schumer has actually referred to CAIR as an organization that supports terrorism.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

C ock Schumer only says that for the same reason he might say Hitler was mean: because there's really no choice if he wants to be credible at all. The polesmoker actually loves CAIR and loves all Muzzies.

[RationalThought110]

C ock Schumer only says that for the same reason he might say Hitler was mean: because there's really no choice if he wants to be credible at all. The polesmoker actually loves CAIR and loves all Muzzies.

     Do you have an example that shows he lied?

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

No, I didn't say he actually lied, I said he was insincere; the point was that Schumer condemned CAIR only because it is so obvious that they are terrorists that his constituents would have thought it strange if he did not.

The truth is that Schumer actually loves CAIR and all other Muslims.

[mosquewatch]

What is worse, cair, or our vermin spineless leaders that refuse too tackle the problem ? The REAL PROBLEM IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, When they get a spine, they will shut theses idiots down. But they don't care. THEY WANT THE MUSLIM VOTE.

Our  Country is going too hell. Enjoy.

[Lewinsky Stinks, Dr. Brennan Rocks]

They want Muslim oil and Muslim sodomy even more than their votes.

[RationalThought110]

What is worse, cair, or our vermin spineless leaders that refuse too tackle the problem ? The REAL PROBLEM IS IN THE WHITE HOUSE, When they get a spine, they will shut theses idiots down. But they don't care. THEY WANT THE MUSLIM VOTE.

Our  Country is going too hell. Enjoy.

Have there been any statistics of Muslim voters that show if they vote primarily for a specific political party?

[newman]

They want Muslim oil and Muslim sodomy even more than their votes.

We're ALL going to get the latter thaks to our 'leaders'!

[Ehud]

I believe his official name on JTF is Schmuck Schumer.