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McCain Dumps Hizballah Supporter from Michigan Campaign

Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:49:23 am PST

Big LGF kudos to John McCain for dumping an open Hizballah supporter from his Michigan Finance Committee; Debbie Schlussel has the details.

Ali Jawad and his company, Armada Oil, were convicted of insurance and mail fraud in federal court and ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution and fines. Michael Mustapha Makki, Jawad’s co-defendant—also convicted—in the case, USA v. Makki et al, is a member of the Makki family, many members of which were convicted of cigarette smuggling for Hezbollah.

Several sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirm that Jawad sold cigarettes obtained from out of state and avoided paying the exorbitant Michigan cigarette tax he collected, pursuant to the scam. Although key members of law enforcement were aware of this, they were ordered by late, then-Dearborn Mayor Michael Guido not to pursue the matter and to call off their investigation. Mr. Jawad was a major donor to Guido, as was indicted Hezbollah financier and fugitive, Talal Chahine. In 2003, Jawad—originally from the Hezbollah stronghold of Nabatiya—and Chahine, together, accompanied Mayor Guido on a trip to Lebanon, for which they raised thousands of dollars. They visited the Hezbollah-controlled cities of Bint Jbeil and Qana.

Jawad is known as one of the most important agents of Hezbollah in the U.S. He is related (through his brother’s marriage) to Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah and the man Iran has designated as Nasrallah’s heir apparent, Hachem Safieddine (currently a member of the 7-member Hezbollah ruling council, the Shurah Al-Karar). The Jawad and Safieddine families have many business dealings together. Both Ali Jawad and the Safieddines own many gas stations throughout the Detroit area. Armada Oil—of which Jawad is CEO—also distributes gas to gas stations throughout the Detroit area.

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#1 rawmuse 4/29/08 10:50:12 am 0

He got one right, whaddya know!

#2 LeftJustAintRight 4/29/08 10:51:21 am 0

Only because he thinks it will bring down his numbers

#3 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir) 4/29/08 10:52:59 am 10

Obama would have had him become a senior advisor

#4 mbruce 4/29/08 10:53:21 am 0

Mi and MN, two of the coldest places , strongholds for the enemy, go figure.
I hope one of McCain's problems is just that he is a bit of a slow learner.

#5 rabidsquirrel 4/29/08 10:54:40 am 1

Better late than never, I suppose. Still, it's indicative of a vetting scheme in need of some definite process improvement.

#6 markx 4/29/08 10:55:02 am 0

It's a start.

... but McNutt will need to do more than that to win my vote.

#7 MandyManners 4/29/08 10:55:38 am 0

I read the full article so I must have missed the question of how Jawad got as involved in politics as he did.

Is there something in Michigan's drinking water?

#8 pat 4/29/08 10:56:25 am 8

I suspect Jihadis have infiltrated all of the campaigns, as have the Saudis. BTW, there are persistent rumors that some of the Obama money , individual small contribution, come from overseas residents in places like Oman and Yemen, where there are none to speak of.

#9 BabbaZee 4/29/08 10:56:39 am 0
open Hizballah supporter from his Michigan Finance Committee

Oh. Michistan.

#10 wolfie 4/29/08 10:56:58 am 6

Cigarette smuggling for Hezbollah! Hey, we might be able to turn a few moonbats into anti-jihadists w/ this story! I mean, it's one thing to blow up school children and behead infidels, but smoking? Egad!

#11 The Other Les 4/29/08 10:57:00 am 1

re: #7 MandyManners

I read the full article so I must have missed the question of how Jawad got as involved in politics as he did.

Is there something in Michigan's drinking water?

Just a lot of Hope fiends.

#12 BabbaZee 4/29/08 10:57:03 am 0

re: #8 pat


I suspect Jihadis have infiltrated all of the campaigns, as have the Saudis.


Ta Da dat

#13 JammieWearingFool 4/29/08 10:57:10 am 2

Islamophobia!

#14 LeftJustAintRight 4/29/08 10:57:37 am 1

re: #7 MandyManners

Is there something in Michigan's drinking water?


LOL
I think it has Muslim Converter Juice in it

#15 doppelganglander 4/29/08 10:58:10 am 0

Good move, Mac.

#16 cookielady 4/29/08 10:58:45 am 2

He's still just a conservative Democrat in Republican clothing.

*sigh*

#17 Dad O' Blondes 4/29/08 10:59:16 am 0

"...Makki et al, is a member of the Makki family, many members of which were convicted of cigarette smuggling for Hezbollah...

News on Fox about how cig smuggling funds terror -- there's alot of it actually.

[Link: www.foxnews.com...]

WASHINGTON — Cigarette smuggling is generating millions of dollars every year that can be reaching terrorist groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas and Al Qaeda, according to law enforcement sources. In a single case, $100,000 was sent to Hezbollah...

One other little tid bit: the first attack on the WTC in February, 1993 was funded, in part, through fraudulently redeemed coupons.

.

#18 turn 4/29/08 10:59:29 am 0

Does this mean McCain really isn't too old to start growing a pair?

/

#19 rabidsquirrel 4/29/08 10:59:58 am 0

re: #7 MandyManners

I read the full article so I must have missed the question of how Jawad got as involved in politics as he did.

Is there something in Michigan's drinking water?

As an avid Ohio State fan (and in the best traditions of Woody Hayes), I tend to refer to M******n as simply, TSUN.

TSUN = That State Up North

#20 Kenneth 4/29/08 11:01:06 am 3
"Obamageddon" is when black New York Times columnist Bob Herbert writes: "A candidate who stands haplessly by as his former spiritual guide roams the country dropping one divisive bomb after another is in very little danger of being seen by most voters as the next J.F.K. or L.B.J. The apparent helplessness of the Obama campaign in the face of the Wright onslaught contributes to the growing perception of the candidate as weak, as someone who is unwilling or unable to fight aggressively on his own behalf. Mr. Obama seems more and more like someone buffeted by events, rather than in charge of them."

Stick a fork in him. He's finished.

#21 Ma Sands 4/29/08 11:01:31 am 0

re: #4 mbruce

Mi and MN, two of the coldest places , strongholds for the enemy, go figure.
I hope one of McCain's problems is just that he is a bit of a slow learner.


How'd Minnesota get in there! ):

#22 cookielady 4/29/08 11:01:40 am 0

Did Big Mac get rid of the guy himself, or did the state organization just get wise?

#23 Kenneth 4/29/08 11:02:16 am 2

Which would you find more horrifying, if true?

A) That Barack Obama agrees with racist pastor Jeremiah Wright.

B) That Barack Obama listened to pastor Jeremiah Wright for 20 years without realizing he was a racist.

#24 yochanan 4/29/08 11:03:04 am 1

obama throws rew wright under the bus TOO LITTLE TOO LATE.
20 YEARS LATE

#25 LeftJustAintRight 4/29/08 11:03:07 am 0

re: #23 Kenneth

A

#26 loppyd 4/29/08 11:03:26 am 0

He didn't 'friend' him like the WAB?

#27 paxnhymn 4/29/08 11:03:41 am 0

re: #22 cookielady

Did Big Mac get rid of the guy himself, or did the state organization just get wise?


good question?

Beuller?

#28 The Other Les 4/29/08 11:04:46 am 0

re: #21 Ma Sands

How'd Minnesota get in there! ):

The Iron Range, The University of Minnesota, and Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis.

#29 Cygnus 4/29/08 11:04:54 am 0

re: #3 Kragar (Proud to be Kafir)

Obama would have had him become a senior advisor

"Rev" Wright would have had on staff as a deacon.

#30 Cygnus 4/29/08 11:06:26 am 0

re: #14 LeftJustAintRight

LOL
I think it has Muslim Converter Juice in it

Muslim Noni Juice - good for both your physical and spiritual health! Contact your local distributer today!

#31 dmh0667 4/29/08 11:06:50 am 0

re: #16 cookielady

He's still just a conservative Democrat in Republican clothing.

*sigh*

Yeah, which fortunately makes him waaaay to the right of B. HUSSEIN Obama and Hillary, and waaaay to the left of Osama and Ron Paul.

Does this make him a centrist?

#32 Killian Bundy 4/29/08 11:08:23 am -4

You know, not one part of that description related to Hezbollah is sourced.

/Debbie has a habit of doing that

#33 Ward Cleaver 4/29/08 11:13:21 am 2

Now he needs to get rid of that ex-Mexican government official that's on his campaign. The open-borders guy.

#34 cookielady 4/29/08 11:13:53 am 2

re: #31 dmh0667

Yeah, which fortunately makes him waaaay to the right of B. HUSSEIN Obama and Hillary, and waaaay to the left of Osama and Ron Paul.

Does this make him a centrist?

Nope. It makes him a conservative Democrat who's too gutless politically to declare himself so.

#35 LanceKates 4/29/08 11:15:19 am 0

That's fine and dandy, but how in the hell did this guy get ON McCain's campaign?

#36 LanceKates 4/29/08 11:20:02 am -1

re: #34 cookielady

Nope. It makes him a conservative Democrat who's too gutless politically to declare himself so.

Yup. I dinged you up one.

#37 kansas 4/29/08 11:24:32 am 0

Must have done this by accident.

#38 chinesearithmetic 4/29/08 11:24:53 am 2

Well done, Debbie Schlussel.

#39 sffilk 4/29/08 11:28:04 am 3

re: #38 chinesearithmetic

Well done, Debbie Schlussel.

Agreed.

#40 dschlussel 4/29/08 11:34:02 am 5

re: #32 Killian Bundy

You know, not one part of that description related to Hezbollah is sourced.

/Debbie has a habit of doing that

Normally I wouldn't respond to this, but it is such a lie.

Um, I sourced The Detroit News, where he said he supports Hezbollah. I cited the federal case, in which he and a Hezbollah guy-- whose family was convicted of cigarette smuggling for Hezbollah--were convicted. Where do you think the insurance fraud money went to?

Those are sources as my my federal and local law enforcement sources, who want to keep their jobs (and their lives).

The only person who has a habit of doing anything is you of knocking my hard work with baseless claims. Actually, the habit is bordering on obsession.

#41 Shug 4/29/08 11:36:32 am 0

Debbie,

Has Hannity apologized yet for stealing your stuff ?

#42 dhg4 4/29/08 11:46:52 am 1

Here's a nice summary of these kinds of schemes.

#43 Opinionated 4/29/08 11:54:04 am 1

What have we come to when it is news that a Presidential candidate- or just even a US Senator- disavows the support of a terrorist sympathizer.

I guess we have come to the age of Carter consorting with terrorists and Obama blind and deaf to terrorists and a Bush supporting Abbas the terrorist and State Dept seeing no terrorists behind the word Jihad.

#44 Killian Bundy 4/29/08 11:56:13 am -2

re: #40 dschlussel

Where's the Detroit news link, so we don't have to take your word for it?

/sorry, maybe you're right, but anonymous sources don't do it for me, you've been wrong before

#45 dschlussel 4/29/08 12:03:48 pm 1

re: #44 Killian Bundy

Where's the Detroit news link, so we don't have to take your word for it?

It's from 2002. Look it up yourself. Since you think I make up quotes, why don't you spend the money in the DNews archives and find it yourself? Need instructions on that and google?

/sorry, maybe you're right, but anonymous sources don't do it for me, you've been wrong before

Such as? What is wrong in this story.

Oh, and do you think I fabricated the John McCain invitation and the subsequent RNC response dumping Ali Jawad? They looked at my evidence and found it quite convincing. Unfortunately for Hezbollah, you don't work for John McCain or the RNC. Let's hope it stays that way.

#46 dschlussel 4/29/08 12:04:34 pm 0

re: #41 Shug

Debbie,

Has Hannity apologized yet for stealing your stuff ?

NOPE.

#47 Killian Bundy 4/29/08 12:16:26 pm -3

re: #45 dschlussel

Several sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity confirm . . .

members of law enforcement . . .

Detroit FBI agents told me . . .

say concerned citizens . . .

Read your blog, you do this all the time.

/unlike Charles, who backs up every assertion/fact he posts with a link to the original source

#48 Tilli 4/29/08 1:07:59 pm 0

How did he keep him on board this long?

#49 sultan_knish 4/29/08 1:09:58 pm 2

demanding sourcing from mainstream media for original reporting is somewhat backward

I don't see any credible challenges to Debbie's story here

#50 dmh0667 4/29/08 1:32:11 pm 0

re: #34 cookielady

Nope. It makes him a conservative Democrat who's too gutless politically to declare himself so.

Fair enough; I'll just put you, LanceKates, and JAFLW down as "non-votes" for McCain in November, just because...

Which makes that essentially 3 "votes" for the other two, no matter how you slice it, or debate it. Thanks for playing!

I'm sure AQ, Iran, and Hugo will appreciate the nuance of it all.

#51 Killian Bundy 4/29/08 1:32:19 pm -1

re: #49 sultan_knish

demanding sourcing from mainstream media for original reporting is somewhat backward

I don't see any credible challenges to Debbie's story here

I never demanded anything and never said it wasn't true. I just noted that it was unsourced.

/you like stories based on anonymous sources, good for you

#52 sultan_knish 4/29/08 1:53:54 pm 1

mainstream media news stories rely just as much on anonymous sourcing, they just write it as "A high level official told CBS news" or "sources within the police department say"

it's SOP

#53 Killian Bundy 4/29/08 1:59:16 pm -1

re: #52 sultan_knish

mainstream media news stories rely just as much on anonymous sourcing, they just write it as "A high level official told CBS news" or "sources within the police department say"

it's SOP

/for the most part, they don't have a history of hyperbole

#54 Killian Bundy 4/29/08 2:01:16 pm -1

re: #53 Killian Bundy

/strike>hyperbole

/rank speculation

#55 Dave the..... 4/29/08 2:35:54 pm 0

Now Keith Ellison's finance director has a picture of mass murdered Che Guevara on his wall. NRO on line is reporting it. Unfortunately I can't get the Politico link to work so don't know the details.

#56 Ma Sands 4/29/08 3:11:23 pm 0

re: #28 The Other Les

Sigh.....I know MN belongs in the list....it's just that there wasn't mention of it, that I saw, in THIS article.....


/ :)

#57 Ma Sands 4/29/08 3:14:10 pm 0

re: #55 Dave the.....

Really! That's interesting.....

He's been flying so below the radar, since election....but when one of his "newsletters" comes in the landmail, there's blat out, all the rough stuff, right there as if it belonged in a sane world..... ):

#58 Ma Sands 4/29/08 3:17:53 pm 1

re: #47 Killian Bundy

...Charles, who backs up every assertion/fact he posts with a link to the original source


Charles is extremely good at that.....my Dad the newspaper publisher would've loved him.....

#59 Eri 4/29/08 5:22:50 pm 1

"Jawad is known as one of the most important agents of Hezbollah in the U.S." Hmmm. If he was such a well known terrorist agent, why was he on McCain's finance committee in the first place? And let's get real; had this guy been on—oh, I don't know, say—Obama's finance committee and had been dumped in the exact same fashion, do you think Obama'd be getting "LGF kudos"?

#60 Jed 4/30/08 6:43:26 am 1

Yes, I give kudos to LGF and to McCain for his action. He did what he should have when the situation became known.

#61 ljmw 4/30/08 9:23:21 pm 0

hello

#62 Charles 5/01/08 12:45:07 pm 0

re: #59 Eri

"Jawad is known as one of the most important agents of Hezbollah in the U.S." Hmmm. If he was such a well known terrorist agent, why was he on McCain's finance committee in the first place? And let's get real; had this guy been on—oh, I don't know, say—Obama's finance committee and had been dumped in the exact same fashion, do you think Obama'd be getting "LGF kudos"?

You mean, instead of having his web page hidden away and the situation simply brushed under the rug, like Obama did with Hatem El-Hady?

Your shilling is becoming tedious, Eri. Definitely one of the most obvious mobies we've seen at LGF recently.

#63 Eri 5/01/08 2:40:11 pm 0

re: #62 Charles

You mean, instead of having his web page hidden away and the situation simply brushed under the rug, like Obama did with Hatem El-Hady?

Your shilling is becoming tedious, Eri. Definitely one of the most obvious mobies we've seen at LGF recently.

Yea, Charles, because McCain certainly hasn't swept anything under the rug. I mean, Debbie Schlussel has a piece on it for chrissake! Please. Are you really equating McCain's having a "known terrorist agent" on his financing committee with a terrorist sympathizer having a personal profile at my.barackobama.com?

You can see my post record, which I'm sure you've reviewed. It doesn't make me a "shill" to find this type of unabashed double standard, whoever it is being directed at, indefensible. You give John McCain "LGF kudos" for doing something you would have trashed Obama for. You badger Obama day in and day out over his associations with Rev. Wright but have not made one post about McCain's associations with John Hagee or the like. That's shilling, my friend.


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