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"Some of that money, the indictment alleges, was used to pay a lobbyist in 2004 to try to get the embattled charity off a Senate Finance Committee list of organizations suspected of being involved in supporting international terrorism."
Which lobbyist?
"Group defied sanctions, stole public money, U.S. says," by Derek Kravitz for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, with thanks to all who sent this in:
JEFFERSON CITY — Five associates of a defunct Columbia, Mo.-based Islamic charity, including a state employee, have been indicted on charges they illegally sent money to Iraq and stole public donations, the U.S. attorney's office announced Wednesday.A federal grand jury returned the indictments on Tuesday.
The documents, which charge the five men with illegally transferring money to Iraq, money laundering, theft of government funds, making false statements to federal authorities and obstructing the administration of Internal Revenue Service laws, among other things, were unsealed Wednesday after two of the defendants made their initial court appearances in Kansas City.
The 33-count indictment alleges that five associates of the Islamic American Relief Agency, or IARA-USA, sent $1.4 million in aid to Iraq from 1991 to 2003, when government-imposed sanctions were in place....
Federal authorities say the charity group used its tax-exempt status to solicit thousands of dollars in public donations. Those donations were, in turn, transferred to bank accounts in Jordan and given to Iraqis and Iraqi organizations.
The indictment says the money was used to promote "unlawful activity" but fails to explain how the money was spent. The indictment also says the charity stole about $85,000 from a $4.2 million federal grant with the U.S. Agency for International Development for relief in the African country of Mali.
Some of that money, the indictment alleges, was used to pay a lobbyist in 2004 to try to get the embattled charity off a Senate Finance Committee list of organizations suspected of being involved in supporting international terrorism.
Posted by Robert at March 8, 2007 1:24 PM
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Some of that money, the indictment alleges, was used to pay a lobbyist in 2004 to try to get the embattled charity off a Senate Finance Committee list of organizations suspected of being involved in supporting international terrorism.
Me too. And why isn't the lobbyist under arrest?
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at March 8, 2007 2:00 PM
Islamic charity = branch of the Bank of Jihad.
Posted by: ISLAMSFORLOSERS at March 8, 2007 2:14 PM
you gotta love the effort being put forth to attack terrorist financing....
...I agree with the rest...what is the name of the Lobbyist?.......and how much was he paid....
Did said lobbyist get other names removed from the list?....
Whose name is on the bank accounts in Jordan and what are the names of the Iraqi organizations?......
has anyone actually witnessed any charity in Muslims countries going to actual needs of the people?......food is delivered, but then stolen and sold on the black market. medicine is delivered , but then stolen and sold on the black market, ... I have seen no improvements in Muslim living conditions as a direct result of "Muslim Charities"....Any monies delivered seems to end up purchasing weapons and explosives....maybe free guns and explosives are Muslim charities benefits under Muslims terms...
at March 8, 2007 2:57 PM
Four point two million dollar federal grant.
People can't afford to send kids to college and our IRS extricated wages are being given to terrorists in grants in the millions.
Is time for Elvis to leave the building.
Posted by: Lame Cherry at March 8, 2007 3:40 PM
It must be time to curtail all foreign aid to countries where the government and the majority of the people are adherents to Islam. Little gets through to the ordinary peasants,[and where it does its American origin is disguised and unacknowledged]. UnPC as it may seem, only perpetual squalor combined with western propaganda through agencies like Voice of America can be a driving force for change.
Time for the government to help only our own .. not ungrateful, murdering leeches.
at March 9, 2007 4:10 AM
"Muslims may not steal from each other. In fact, Muhammad had people's hands cut off for that. But the same is not true of unbelievers. Property rights for them exist only at the discretion of their Muslim rulers. Unsubmissive infidels frequently had their property stolen from them by Muhammad's warriors, which sometimes included wives and children."
...see it is ok for them to steal from US...Islam says so....
Posted by: exsgtbrown at March 9, 2007 9:42 AM
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