[1] Abukar Arman is the new special envoy to the U.S. for the Islamic Courts Union (ICU) that leads the Somali Unity government and [2] presided over bloody Sharia rule in Somalia in 2006.

Leftist/Jihadist Alliance Alert: Abukar Arman is also a [3] columnist for the Huffington Post. There he has said of the Rifqa Bary case: "It should surprise no one that this case has attracted the 'who-is-who' among the usual suspects -- the founder of paranoia fueling website JihadWatch, Robert Spencer."

Jihad Watch: Accused by the Taliban of fueling paranoia! Bumper stickers should be issued!

[4] Arman has previously numbered me among people he dubbed "provocateurs," but I think he gives me way too much credit. After all, as far as provocations go, I got nothing on the African Taliban! For other interesting sidelights on Arman, see [5] here and [6] here.

Also, Abukar Arman was (and may still be) the [7] head of the Columbus, Ohio, office of the Hamas-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). You know, CAIR, that moderate civil rights organization so beloved of the mainstream media and all too many government and law enforcement officials.

Revealing -- yet again -- of what CAIR really is, and what it is doing in the U.S.

Many thanks to Rusty over at the [8] Jawa Report for the tip.