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CAIR Official Sentenced

Thu, Nov 13, 2003 at 9:35:12 pm PST

Bassem Khafagi, former community affairs director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and founding member of the Islamic Assembly of North America, has been sentenced in his bank and visa fraud case after pleading guilty, and will be deported to Egypt: Former head of Islamic charity sentenced in fraud case.

U.S. District Judge Lawrence Zatkoff sentenced Bassem Khafagi, formerly of Ann Arbor, to 10 months of time already served in prison. Khafagi, 41, pleaded guilty Sept. 9.

Khafagi admitted during the September hearing that he passed bad checks at two banks for thousands of dollars in 2001, U.S. Attorney Jeffrey Collins said in a statement.

Collins said Khafagi also "confessed ... he made false material statements" on his nonimmigrant visa application on Nov. 8, 2000, in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

An immigration judge ordered Khafagi deported in August. He is expected to be deported soon to his native Egypt, where he is to join his wife and U.S.-born children, the Detroit Free Press reported.

Khafagi had been in custody since January, when he was arrested in a hotel near LaGuardia Airport in New York. At the time of his arrest, he was community affairs director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group based in Washington.

The FBI said Khafagi is a founding member of the Ypsilanti-based Islamic Assembly of North America, a charity that purports to promote Islam. Officials said earlier this year that they were investigating the organization for possible links to terrorism.
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1 Neo_Con  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 7:36:49pm

Ibrahim Hooper, we're coming for you next.

2 K.  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 7:41:36pm

Buh-bye. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

3 Mr. E. Train  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 7:42:18pm

NAH NAH NAH NAAAHHH... NAH NAH NAH NAHHHHH.... HEY HEY HEYYYYYY .... GOOOOOD BY !!!!!!!

I would pay a weeks wages to get video of that smarmy fart Ibrahim Hooper doing a Perp Walk !!!!!

4 gymnast  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 7:45:41pm

Need to get that guy Ishkabibil next. No thats not it Ibish, Hussein Ibish, a shitbird just waiting for to be bagged with the start of bird season. And bird season has started.

5 Teacake  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 7:47:56pm
Ibrahim Hooper, we're coming for you next.

That would be so sweet.

6 Mr. E. Train  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 7:49:32pm

Shit bird! HA ! I havent heard that in years, since my grandfather died.... heheheee

My dad said in boot when they would mess up the drill sarg. would make them march double up and down in front of barracks yelling at the top of their lungs..

"IM A SHIT BIRD !! IM A SHIT BIRD !!"

If only the same punishment could be put upon Ibrahim Hooper!

7 Tasty Beverage  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 7:52:33pm

#4 gymnast

Ibish, Hussein Ibish, a shitbird just waiting for to be bagged with the start of bird season.

I loathe that POS too. I've despised him for years. If you haven't read this before, you should:

The Insane Rubbish of Hussein Ibish

8 Jewels (aka Julian)  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 7:57:11pm

HA Fragging HA!

9 Rayra's REALLY had enough of the RoP  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 8:03:33pm

So wth was his sentence? 'Time-Served and Get the Hell Out'? LOCK HIM UP.

10 NTropy  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 8:04:48pm

So why do I have such a brick in the pit of my stomach? You know, the one that says "It won't make a difference." CAIR will still be the mouthpeice of American Muslims, right or wrong. They'll still be able to present themselves as the voice of moderation and the spokesmodels for the RoP(MA).

11 PDM  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 8:09:22pm

#9 Rayra's REALLY had enough of the RoP,

'Time-Served and Get the Hell Out'? LOCK HIM UP.

I feel the same. What does this amount to? Go do your terrorist work out in the field?
As if he couldn't get back in with his American citizen children.

12 gymnast  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 8:10:26pm

#7, Tasty Beverage. Yes I saw that back in march. At least Fox News hasn't had him on lately. On second thought they did provide a service, for the stupid clown had no idea of how unlikable he he really is. I would assume that I will read in the news that he has been beaten to death by some skateboarder with a cresant wrench because of a percieved slight. Democracy in action PoMo style.

13 jimmytheclaw  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 8:37:04pm

whats that 3 cair officials 3 down x to go i also noticed cooper hasnt been on orielly for a long time guess he couldnt hack the no spin zone

14 Rayra's REALLY had enough of the RoP  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 8:37:41pm
#11 PDM 11/13/2003 10:09PM PST
As if he couldn't get back in with his American citizen children.

Not only that, but as if he couldn't stroll across the Baja-CA border AND get a CA Driver's License the SAME DAY, or as if he couldn't get a ride across Niagara in Chretien's limo.

15 PDM  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 8:48:21pm

#14 Rayra's REALLY had enough of the RoP,

as if he couldn't get a ride across Niagara

So odd that you would say that because that is exactly where I imagined that he would come back in. And, yes, coming up from Mexico might be even easier. I feel like this creep is taking off with round-trip tickets. It's a vacation, not a sentence.

16 MikeO  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 8:54:29pm

I hope he does not forget to boil water in Cairo.

17 LightTower  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 9:02:37pm

He can just get paperwork with another partial version of his name from the Saudi instant dehydrated "just add ichor" "pastport" office and ride in style on a nice international air carrier. (Possibly not El Al, though....)

And his new identity can marry an American female, pressure her into reciting the "magic chant" and get as many little muslim babies out of her as he can in about 5 years, shlep 'em all to his old-country relatives if possible, or divorce her, then start again with yet another name.

Hey, he's entitled to 4 wives, right? So who says they can't be consecutive? And look at all the additions to the tribe he'd bring in....

I think I like the "corrupted" holy Book better....

18 jimmytheclaw  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 9:31:08pm

i'm still waiting for the zionist controlled united puppet state to be accused of assisting the cia and mossad to booby trap korans and water bottles for sheeple going on their haj to pay homage to the moongod

/rant mode off

19 Rayra's REALLY had enough of the RoP  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 10:51:27pm

PDM & All, here's his first stop upon his return - Homeland Security worker charged with selling immigration papers. Note the period of his offenses - "Since December 2002... ". Bastard.

20 ploome  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 11:06:29pm

ululululululul

21 ploome  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 11:15:50pm

do you notice, all these people are pleading guilty?

accepting a lesser plea, so as not to be tried for something more serious?

I wonder what they really have on some of these scum being (thankfully) hauled outta here?

22 ploome  Thu, Nov 13, 2003 11:33:32pm

[Link: www.washingtoninstitute.org...]

For example, Omar Ahmed, cofounder of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) -- an organization that has received significant funding from Saudi Arabia -- also helped found the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP) in cooperation with Mousa Abu Marzouk, a Hamas leader and Specially Designated Terrorist.

IAP, a Hamas front organization, was the first to publish the Hamas charter in English.

Given this background, CAIR's pro-Hamas and pro-Hizballah positions should come as no surprise; the group regularly rises to the defense of terrorist suspects and openly supports terrorist groups.

For example, in 1994, CAIR leader Nihad Awad, a former IAP employee, stated, "I am in support of the Hamas movement."

More recently, CAIR employee Randall "Ismail" Royer was indicted for his role in a northern Virginia jihad network that had trained in Pakistani terrorist camps affiliated with Lashkar-e-Taiba in the hopes of fighting Indian forces in Kashmir.

Two other CAIR officials have been arrested since September 11, 2001.

On December 18, 2002, Ghassan Elashi, founding board member of CAIR's Texas branch, was arrested by federal authorities on a number of charges, including conspiracy, money laundering, trafficking in illegal exports, making false statements on export declarations, and dealing in the property of a designated terrorist.

Elashi also served as chairman of the Holy Land Foundation (a Hamas front group shut down by federal authorities in December 2001) and vice president of Infocom (whose offices were raided by U.S. investigators one week before the September 11 attacks).

In January 2003, Bassem Khafagi, who served as CAIR's community affairs director, was arrested in New York for his alleged role in the Islamic Assembly of North America, a Saudi-funded group currently under investigation for recruiting terrorists and "instigating acts of violence and terrorism."

feh

23 dennisw  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 1:18:54am

I have a bad feeling that one day his American born spawn will come back here to plague us. Their citizenship should have been revoked since daddy was trying to destroy America

24 just thinkin'  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 3:20:41am

Maybe Dougie Hooper is actually an FBI agent. I believe that he is has a law degree.
Wouldn't that be a hoot.

25 ISLAM SUCKS  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 4:52:18am

This is a loss. I agree with what has been written above. He can now feel free to stroll back into the states, undocumented, via the north or the south. Thanks to our idiot neighbors, and negligent federal government. I mean for fucks sake, securing our borders is one of the only things are fed is truly tasked with, but they are spending more time busting Tommy Chong for selling glass then they are spending on securing the fucking borders. I just have to wonder what is going to happen to the federal gov as we know it, if muslims murder us again, having entered through one of our unsecured points of entry. Well, our children might all die, but at least they’ll be safe from terrorist bongs!

26 John B  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 5:28:48am

If this happened in Canada and he was ordered deported, the piece of scum would simply claim refugee status and appeal the deportation for years. Can this process happen as easily in the U.S.? I'm curious.

27 Karski  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 5:36:58am

#12 gymnast

Actually, Fat Bastard was on Day Side just a few weeks ago.

I'm looking forward to the day when the press wakes up and a show host says:

In our on-going series of discussions here at Day Side on the threat of islamofascism to Western Civilization, we have with us today Dr. Daniel Pipes. Daniel Pipes is director of the Middle East Forum, a member of the presidentially-appointed board of the U.S. Institute of Peace, and a prize-winning columnist for the New York Post and The Jerusalem Post.

We looked for a muslim community representative to present his side of the story, but unfortunately we couldn't find any with no ties to terrorists. Our usual guests, Ibrahim Hooper, Nihad Awad, and Hussein Ibish are currently serving 20 year jail terms under the provisions of the 1918 Sedition Act which states in relevant part:

SECTION 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements, . . . or incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct . . . the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, or . . . shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States . . . or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully . . . urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production . . . or advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both....

Dr. Pipes, could you give us an overview of the origins of militant islam and ...

28 gymnast  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 6:43:57am

#27, Karski. Surperb.

29 Big Dan  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 8:03:24am

I see this working the same as the opening to "The Flintstones" cartoon: Fred drops the (sabre-tooth) cat outside the door, then the cat just jumps right back in through the window. The cat then dumps Fred out and he can't get back in.

That wasn't supposed to be real, right?

30 Karski  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 8:03:56am

#28 gymnast

Well, if you enjoyed that, maybe you’ll appreciate another little fantasy of mine:


Muslim Exclusion Act
109th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1

An act to execute certain stipulations relating to Muslims.

Preamble. Whereas, in the opinion of the Government of the United States the coming of Muslims to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof:

Therefore,

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That from and after the expiration of thirty days next after the passage of this act, and until the expiration of one hundred years next after the passage of this act, the coming of Muslims to the United States be, and the same is hereby, suspended; and during such suspension it shall not be lawful for any Muslim to come, or, having so come after the expiration of said thirty days, to remain within the United States.

SEC. 2. That the master of any vessel who shall knowingly bring within the United States on such vessel, and land or permit to be landed, any Muslim, from any foreign port or place, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars for each and every such Muslim so brought, and may be also imprisoned for a term not exceeding ten years.

SEC. 3. That every vessel whose master shall knowingly violate any of the provisions of this act shall be deemed forfeited to the United States, and shall be liable to seizure and condemnation on any district of the United States into which such vessel may enter or in which she may be found.

SEC. 4. That any person who shall knowingly bring into or cause to be brought into the United States by land, air, or sea, or who shall knowingly aid or abet the same, or aid or abet the landing in the United States from any vessel of any Muslim, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, on conviction thereof, be fined in a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars, and imprisoned for a term not exceeding twenty years.

SEC. 5. Any Muslim found unlawfully within the United States shall be caused to be removed therefrom to the country from whence he came, by direction of the United States, after being brought before some justice, judge, or commissioner of a court of the United States and found to be one not lawfully entitled to be or remain in the United States.

SEC. 6. That hereafter no State court or court of the United States shall admit Muslims to citizenship; and all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed.

SEC. 7. That hereafter the construction of mosques, madrassas and other such places of Muslim worship and education shall immediately be halted and the land upon which such structures were to have been built shall be placed on public auction.

SEC. 8. That hereafter Muslim proselytization anywhere in the United States of America shall be prohibited.

SEC. 9. Muslim chaplains serving in the armed forces shall be granted honorable discharges 30 days after passage of this act. Muslim chaplains shall be dismissed from any prison work in which they may have been engaged.

31 DaninCorbett  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 8:11:50am

I'm with #9, #11 and the others above. This a-hole should not have been set free. This is as suicidal as Israel's releasing the prisoners.

32 anubis_soundwave  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 8:53:42am

#30: only two problems with that.

1. Establishment Clause/First Amendment right to religion.

2. American proselytes. (white, black, chinese, mexican....)

The first could be done if we could establish Islam as a dangerous cult, but the second is nigh impossible(due to rights listed in #1). And believe me, I want afrimericans(my own people, per se) as far away from Islam as possible.

However, if there's a plan to implement these laws that won't infringe on the rights of law-abiding muslims like Muhhamad Ali, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, et al; then I could accept it.

As much as I loathe Islam, I cannot sacrifice freedom of religious choice.

33 William  Fri, Nov 14, 2003 7:44:11pm

Note: this is an Associated Press article.

The leftist Guardian has this same AP report, but omits the following paragraph (which appears between the third and fifth paragraphs in the article Charles links to):


Collins said Khafagi also "confessed ... he made false material statements" on his nonimmigrant visa application on Nov. 8, 2000, in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

(above text verbatim)

Don't like facts, just airbrush them out!
 


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