MARCH 2004
Terrorism Awareness Project
A Periodic Newsletter Updating the
Chicago Connection to International Terrorism
The Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish United Fund of Metropolitan Chicago
Focus on Chicago
Connections
Three Local Groups
Lose Tax-Exempt Status
Benevolence International Foundation
(BIF), Holy Land Foundation (HLF) and
Global Relief Foundation (GRF) - all based
in the Chicago area - were the first and so
far the only groups impacted by a new law
(effective
11/11/03) suspending the tax-exempt status
of non-profits
designated as supporting terrorism. This
new law both
prevents contributors from deducting
donations from their federal income taxes and requires the
groups themselves to begin paying federal income tax. Though
the three groups had their assets frozen 12/01, some
withdrawals were approved for select payments (legal fees and
other vendors) and new contributions remained tax deductible.
Supreme Court Rejects GRF’s Appeal;
Man Admits Smuggling Funds for GRF
In a lawsuit that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Global Relief
Foundation (GRF) argued that the government, by freezing their
assets 12/01 for alleged support of Al Qaeda and Osama bin
Laden, put them out of business without proof it was funneling
money to terrorists.
On 11/10/03 the Supreme Court refused to hear GRF’s appeal
of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals’ ruling against the
Bridgeview, Ill. group.
In another GRF-connected case, a New Jersey man, Alaa AlSaadawi, was convicted 7/03 of plotting to smuggle about
$650,000 out of the country. $20, $50 and $100 bills were
found by U.S. Customs agents inside boxes of crackers, baby
wipes and cereal carried within his father’s suitcase.
Al-Saadawi, charged with being a key GRF fundraiser, told
investigators he gave $10,000 to a GRF member in a bathroom
stall at O’Hare Airport because he was “scared of gangsters” in
Chicago. Al-Saadawi admitted he “was recruited by the
presiding officers of GRF to travel around the U.S. giving
speeches and raising money on their behalf.”
On 12/11/03, Al-Saadawi was given the maximum sentence:
over five years.
Daily Southtown
Salah Subpoenaed
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CHICAGO
ATTORNEY SUING ALLEGED LOCAL
HAMAS SUPPORTERS — PAGE 5
According to his attorney, Bridgeview, Ill.
resident Mohammed Salah, a U.S.
Specially Designated Terrorist, was
subpoenaed by a federal grand jury 11/03.
Salah, arrested in Israel in 1993,
confessed there to being a Hamas
operative. He returned to the U.S. in
1997 after being released from prison
Salah
and in 1998 his assets were frozen as
part of an investigation into the Quranic Literacy Institute
(QLI), an Oak Lawn, Ill. group that employed him. A grand jury
impaneled two years ago did not issue any indictments,
reportedly because of key witness Sharif Alwan’s refusal to
testify against Salah. (Alwan was deported 8/03, following a
two-year prison term for his non-cooperation.) That case
remains open.
A 1998 FBI affidavit asserts the two men organized an
explosives training camp for Hamas in Wisconsin that “included
mixing poisons, development of chemical weapons, and
preparing remote control explosive devices.” The affidavit said
Salah gave a Hamas member more than $48,000 to buy
weapons for use in attacks and suggested to Hamas leader Musa
Abu Marzouk, then living in the U.S., that Palestinian
negotiator Sari Nusseibeh be assassinated for promoting peace
with Israel.
His attorney claims that Salah was close to a settlement with
the U.S. on his frozen assets, but that those talks ended
abruptly after 9/11. His attorney says the government is still
investigating Salah.
Salah, allowed a living stipend from his frozen bank account,
needs special U.S. Treasury Department authorization to
conduct financial transactions and is prohibited from earning
income in the U.S. However, for almost a decade he taught
computing at Olive Harvey College and was a substitute teacher
at a Chicago Public School. After a June 2003 ABC-TV News
investigation and national broadcast that revealed his illegal
employment, the schools fired him for failing to reveal his Israeli
conviction on his employment application.
Suspected Hamas Activist Out on Bond
Although granted immunity from prosecution, Abdelhallem
Ashqar was charged 9/03 with criminal contempt for refusing to
talk to a Chicago impaneled federal grand jury investigating
Hamas. While in custody Ashqar launched a hunger strike and
was force-fed at a Chicago hospital. It was the second time he
waged a hunger strike: in 1998 he spent 6 months in a New York
prison for refusing to talk to a grand jury investigating terrorism.
Focus on Chicago Connections
Washington Post
Out on Bond - continued form page 1
His lawyer claimed Ashqar would end
his hunger strike if released on bond.
A U.S. Magistrate Judge set bond
11/3/03, backed by $874,000 in
property put up by his supporters.
Ashqar is now under house arrest
in Virginia.
Al-Marri, a Bradley University graduate student arrested in
late 2001, was charged with running a credit-card scam to
fund Al-Qaeda. The FBI asserts al-Marri had direct ties to
Osama bin Laden, 9/11 hijacker Mohammed Atta and alleged
9/11 money man Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawawi.
The “circuit” reportedly begins with the terrorists entering
the U.S. in San Francisco and L.A., proceeding to Phoenix and
Denver, followed by Peoria and Champaign and finally, for
some, onto New York City.
Prosecutors are interested in Ashqar’s
ties to Mousa Abu Marzouk, head of
Hamas’ political wing. His attorney
Ashqar
admits Ashqar knew Marzouk, but
“not well” years ago when Ashqar was at Gaza University.
Rafeeq Jaber, president of the Islamic Association of Palestine
(IAP), a group Marzouk helped found and bankroll, posted
his Oak Lawn home as security for Ashqar’s bail.
Peoria’s sheriff commented that Peoria and Champaign serve
as ideal hosts for terrorists: each has a university with many
Middle Eastern students, enabling Al-Qaeda operatives to
blend more easily into these tight-knit communities.
As Al-Arian and Chicago Co-Defendants Await
Trial, Al-Arian Hires New Defense Attorneys;
Documents Destroyed by Court Clerks
UMAA Leader Appeals to U.S. Supreme Court
Sabri Samirah, president of the United Muslim Americans
Association (UMAA) and former president of the Islamic
Association for Palestine (IAP), appealed his immigration case
to the U.S. Supreme Court 1/28/04. During a layover at
Ireland’s Shannon Airport while returning from a visit to his
native Jordan in 01/03, immigration officials prevented him
from continuing onto the U.S. Designating him a “national
security risk,” the U.S. Attorney General revoked his “advance
parole” that allowed him to leave the country before his
application for permanent residency was approved. A district
court upheld Samirah’s appeal, arguing that he should be
allowed to return to the U.S. for the sole purpose of attending
his own hearing. But then the Seventh Circuit court reversed
that decision, ruling that the judicial branch cannot overturn
the Attorney General’s national security determination.
Sami Al-Arian, the former University of South Florida
professor awaiting trial for raising money for terrorists,
dismissed his court appointed attorneys 7/03, and after giving
up on representing himself, has hired two new defense
lawyers. Al-Arian is on trial with three co-defendants,
including Chicagoans Ghassan Ballut and Hatim Naji Fariz.
During hearings 1/04, Al-Arian’s lawyers asked U.S. District
Judge James Moody to dismiss four major counts against him,
arguing that he was exercising his free speech and association
rights, and drew comparisons between his case and the
prosecution of U.S. Communists in the 1950s and antiapartheid activists in South Africa.
Meanwhile Ballut, now on a national “do not fly” list, was
stopped 1/22/04 at Midway Airport trying to board a flight to
Tampa for one of his hearings.
Samirah’s classification as a “national security risk” is
reportedly connected to his leadership of both UMAA and
IAP. The U.S. labeled Hamas a terrorist organization in 1996
and former law enforcement officials and investigative
journalists have described IAP as a “front group for Hamas”
pointing to, amongst other things, IAP’s publishing and
disseminating the Hamas charter. IAP has numerous links to
UMAA, a political action committee that endorses and
contributes to political candidates in Illinois: the two groups
shared office space and leadership and often co-sponsored
programs and issued joint statements.
In the early 1990s, Ballut and Fariz served as president of the
Martyr Izzedine al-Qassam Mosque (also known as the
Chicago Islamic Center), which Al-Arian helped create on
West 63rd Street on Chicago’s south side.
Recently, a U.S. magistrate revealed that documents
approving a 1995 search of Al-Arian’s home, office, and the
Islamic Committee for Palestine (ICP) think tank with which
he was associated, were accidentally destroyed by court
clerks. Al-Arian’s new attorney argues that this should
prevent any evidence garnered from the search from being
admitted at trial. Prosecutors counter that the documents
were unsealed in the mid-1990s and therefore copies may
exist which would make it hard for defense attorneys to
exclude as evidence.
Peoria Journal-Star:
City Described as
Part of Terrorist Circuit
Associated Press
Former Peoria resident Ali Saleh
Kahlah al-Marri, imprisoned as an
enemy combatant, was part of what
the FBI describes as a nationwide
seven-city “circuit” that included
Peoria and Champaign, the Peoria
Journal Star reported 12/28/03.
Al-Arian has been accused of using a think-tank at the
University of South Florida and a charity to raise funds for the
Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terrorist designated organization.
al-Marri
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News from the
Nation’s Capital
Dilemma Over Frozen Assets
Three years after the government froze assets belonging to three
Chicago-area, self-described Muslim charities — HLF, BIF, and
GRF — there is debate over what to do with such assets.
Bill, Awaiting Presidential
Signature, Creates Unit
to Block Terror Funds
Salam Al-Marayati, Executive Director of the Muslim Public
Affairs Council, argued that the charities and their donors
should designate another charity to allocate the frozen assets.
Juan Zarate, the Treasury Department’s deputy assistant
secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes, indicated a
willingness to explore that option.
On 12/2/03 Congress sent President Bush legislation (HR 2417)
creating a new intelligence unit focused solely on combating the
funding of terrorism. How much authority the Treasury
Department’s proposed Office of Intelligence and Analysis will
have remains unclear.
Attorneys and other advocates for terror victims oppose the
new proposal, urging the assets go toward current and future
victims’ needs and potential legal settlements. Reflecting
similar concerns in Congress, Senator Richard Shelby is
planning hearings in the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban
Affairs Committee.
This initiative immediately preceded the Senate Finance
Committee questioning the Treasury Department’s Office of
Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) ability to block terrorist money,
citing examples of its failing to freeze the assets of identified
terrorist financiers.
In the meantime, lawyers for HLF, BIF, and GRF have
submitted bills for $3 million, much of which has already been
paid from the frozen assets.
Senators cited OFAC for sloppy record keeping, not providing
required information to Congress, and reliance on mere
voluntary compliance by banks to impose sanctions against
suspected terrorists. Although an internal investigation
recommended OFAC to ensure the banks’ compliance, the
agency has not taken steps to do so.
Kahane Chai Redesignated
as Foreign Terrorist Organization
The U.S. renewed the designation of 26 groups — including
Kahane Chai — as foreign terrorist organizations. The
original certification, set to expire 10/3/03, made it illegal to
provide them material support, requires U.S. financial
institutions to freeze their assets, and denies visas to their
foreign representatives.
As part of its investigation of ties between tax-exempt
organizations and terrorist groups the Senate Finance
Committee requested 1/16/04 the IRS forward confidential tax
and financial records, including donor lists, for dozens of
Muslim charities. Documents were requested for several
Chicago area groups: GRF, BIF, HLF, and IAP.
Under the category of “aliases,” the government also now
includes websites of these groups on its list of “foreign
terrorist organizations.”
The request marks a rare and unusually broad use of the Finance
Committee’s power to obtain private financial records held by
the government, and raises the possibility that individual
contributors could be subjected to Senate scrutiny.
Though it is illegal to provide money or other material support
to the designated websites, the State Department acknowledges
it isn’t clear how this would work in practice, in part because
blocking access to the websites, if only for technical reasons,
may not be possible.
Study Finds Terrorism Prosecutions Often Fizzle
A study by Syracuse University’s Transactional Records Access
Clearinghouse released 12/7/03 found that the Justice
Department has sharply increased prosecution of terrorismrelated cases since 9/11, but many fizzled and few produced
significant prison time.
Across the Country
Founder of American
Muslim Council Indicted
According to government records, investigators referred
about 6,400 people for criminal charges involving terror in
the two years after the attacks, but less than 1/3 actually were
charged and only 879 were convicted. The median prison
sentence was 14 days and only five people were sentenced to
20 years or more.
The Justice Department says that the lack of lengthy prison
terms in many cases can be explained by the effort by
prosecutors to stop would-be terrorists long before they are
ready to attack, often charging them with lesser offenses, such
as identity theft, document fraud and immigration violations.
Alamoudi, stopped 8/03 in London
with $340,000 in cash, pled innocent.
Asserting that, “there is a risk and
danger of flight,” U.S. District Court
Judge Claude Hilton ordered him held
without bail.
Critics seized on the study’s findings to question whether the
government has been overstating both the terrorist threat and
the success of its anti-terrorism efforts.
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L.A. Times
Abdurahman Alamoudi, the
founder of the American Muslim
Council and one of the most prominent American Muslim
activists, was indicted 10/23/03 in Virginia for money
laundering and illegal financial
dealings with Libya. Although not
indicted on any terrorist related
charges, Federal prosecutors have
portrayed him as a terrorist supporter.
Alamoudi
Across the Country
Founder Indicted - continued form page 3
fundraiser for Hezbollah, operating both in Lebanon and the
U.S., which he entered illegally via Mexico.
A federal affidavit claims Alamoudi had financial links to AlQaeda and Hamas and suggests that he was involved in a
complex web of organizations designed to raise money through
charities to fund terrorism. One such organization was the
Jordan-based Humanitarian Appeal International, which the
FBI claims is tied to both Hamas and HLF.
Kourani has been in custody since 5/3/03, and pled guilty to a
separate charge of harboring an illegal immigrant. Prosecutors
alleged that the house-sharing arrangement was part of a
continuing scheme to smuggle illegal immigrants from Lebanon
to the U.S. through Mexico. He was sentenced to 6 months in
that case and was set to be released 12/31/03. A federal
immigration judge also ordered him deported.
Ohio Imam Indicted; Terror
Links Cited
Associated Press
Fawaz
Mohammed
Damrah,
Cleveland’s leading Imam, was arrested
1/13/04 for alleged naturalization
fraud for failing to disclose his
affiliation with Palestinian Islamic
Jihad – a U.S.-designated terrorist
organization –when he applied for
citizenship in 1993.
If convicted of aiding Hezbollah, Kourani faces a maximum
penalty of 15 years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine.
Detroit Terror Case Revisited
A Detroit judge is reviewing the verdict in a high-profile case
involving four defendants – Abdel-Ilah Elmardoudi, Karim
Koubriti, Ahmed Hannan and Farouk Ali-Haimoud – found
guilty 6/03 of conspiracy to provide material support for
terrorism and document fraud. An emergency hearing 12/12/03,
called in response to the Justice Department divulging it failed
to turn over evidence that might have helped the defense, has
delayed sentencing. The prosecutor was removed 1/04, the head
of Detroit’s FBI’s office has been temporarily recalled to
Washington, and the names of government informants in the
case were leaked to the media.
Damrah
Damrah is an unindicted coconspirator in the terrorism case against former University of
South Florida Professor Sami Al-Arian. According to an FBI
affidavit, a 1991 videotape shows Damrah soliciting donations
for the Islamic Committee for Palestine, which he describes as
“the active arm of the Islamic Jihad movement in Palestine,’’
explaining that for “security reasons,’’ only the initials “ICP”
are used.
Speaking months later at what has been reported to have been
a Chicago venue, Damrah now acknowledges and expresses
regret for urging followers to direct “all the rifles at the first
and last enemy of the Islamic nation and that is the sons of
monkeys and pigs, the Jews.”
U.S. District Judge Gerald Rosen, ruling the new evidence
“should have been turned over,” is considering defense’s motion
for a new trial.
Damrah acknowledges helping HLF — whose assets were frozen
12/01 for allegedly supporting Hamas - by raising money at his
mosque as recently as spring 2001.
The final two defendants – Patrice Ford and Jeffrey Battle – in
an alleged Portland, Ore. terrorist cell pled guilty 10/16/03,
agreeing to serve 18 years for plotting to wage war against U.S.
troops in Afghanistan. Four others pled guilty earlier and one
remains at large.
Final Two of Seven
Oregon Defendants Plead Guilty
Damrah pled not guilty, posted his $160,000 house as bond, and
was released. His trial is delayed until March 31 while
prosecutors gather classified documents.
Final Member of Virginia
Jihad Network Sentenced
If convicted, he faces a maximum five-year prison sentence,
being stripped of his citizenship, and possibly deported.
Even after being praised by prosecutors for his cooperation, a
judge ruled 12/17/03 federal sentencing guidelines mandated that
Mohammed Aatique – the last member of a “Virginia Jihad
network” – be jailed for over ten years.
Damrah claims that he no longer shares the radical views he
once espoused, views that only came to light post 9/11.
Other members of the network received sentences ranging from
11 years to four months. A federal grand jury charged the
network conspired to fight with the Pakistani-based Lashkar-eTayyaba, designated as a foreign terrorist group by the U.S. that
is trying to drive India from Kashmir. According to the
indictment, the men purchased weapons and ammunition and
trained at local firing ranges and by playing paintball games.
Detroit News
Michigan Man Charged
with Aiding Hezbollah
A federal grand jury in Detroit indicted
Mahmoud Youssef Kourani for
conspiracy to provide material support
to Hezbollah, a Designated Foreign
Terrorist
Organization.
The
indictment, issued under seal 11/19/03,
was unsealed 1/15/04.
Judge orders Hamas to pay $116 million
A federal judge in Providence, R.I., ordered Hamas to pay
$116 million for the deaths of an American citizen and his
Israeli wife in a 1996 drive-by shooting in Israel. Family
members sued under the 1991 Anti-Terrorism Act allowing
relatives of American victims of overseas terrorism to seek
damages in U.S. courts.
Between 1997 and May 2003, Kourani
allegedly conspired with his brother
Haidar – Hezbollah’s Chief of Military
Security — and others in providing material support to
Hezbollah. Mahmoud was a member, fighter, recruiter and
Kourani
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Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CHICAGO ATTORNEY
SUING ALLEGED HAMAS SUPPORTERS
David Boim
In May 2000 the family of
David Boim, a 17-year-old
American student killed by
Hamas in 1996, filed a suit
against US organizations –
including several from Chicago
– accusing them of supporting
Hamas. JCRC spoke recently
with Stephen Landes, a lawyer
with the firm Wildman,
Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP,
who represents David Boim’s
parents in the lawsuit. The case
is scheduled to open April 2004.
supported Hamas. The defendants claim to be supporting
clinics and food kitchens. In truth, these “charities” are the
Hamas “da’wa,” the “call” to an overarching apparatus that
supports the terrorist network. The “charities” give the
terrorists day jobs. The defendants admit supporting the
families of “martyrs,” in effect providing incentive and
rewards for suicide terrorism.
What are the relevant statutes?
Beginning in 1992, Congress passed anti-terrorism laws that
give United States citizens who are victims of terror anywhere
in the world a civil remedy against those who commit murder
or assault. Boim is the first case brought under the statutes.
What is the likelihood of success?
It is always difficult to predict the outcome of litigation,
particularly with a statute that has never been used before.
This is the first time the law has been used to sue individuals
in this country who raise money that support terrorists.
Ultimately a jury will decide. The evidence shows clear links
between the defendants and Hamas-supported institutions
that provide the structure for terrorism. We can also prove
that these defendants have had long-standing relationships
with Hamas activists and have long known of Hamas’
terrorist activities.
Who was David Boim? What happened to him?
David Boim, a U.S. citizen, was 17-years-old in May 1996
when he was killed by terrorists in the West Bank. David was
at a bus stop near his Israeli Yeshiva in Beit El when a car
drove past, shooting at David and his classmates standing
nearby. The two killers were members of Hamas; one later
carried out a suicide bombing in Jerusalem and the other was
“imprisoned” by the Palestinian Authority but his
whereabouts are currently uncertain.
What precedents are you relying on?
Who are you are you suing and why?
Boim is becoming the precedent, not in just setting a legal
standard, but in establishing the fact that organizations that
may perform charitable functions cannot separate themselves
from terrorist elements integral to the larger structure. The
case has foreshadowed significant current Congressional and
Department of Justice investigations. The Holy Land
Foundation claims that Boim prompted the government to
shut down its operations and seize its assets. IAP has publicly
appealed for funds because the litigation is taking a
significant toll on its activities. The general Muslim
community has reportedly backed away from supporting
these types of organizations for fear of being identified with
terrorists. Boim has raised the level of public and government
awareness of the network of terrorist support groups in the
U.S. The Sept. 6, 2003 decision by the European Union to
seize funds of certain Hamas-oriented charities also validates
what has been argued in Boim.
On behalf of Stanley and Joyce Boim, David’s parents, we are
suing those who enabled the perpetrators to kill David Boim namely the organizations and individuals in the U.S. that
collected funds and provided other support for Hamas in the
years preceding May 1996. These groups and their leaders
have held themselves out as Islamic welfare and civil rights
organizations and activists. In fact they are the major Hamas
fronts and supporters in the United States. The defendants
include The Holy Land Foundation for Relief and
Development [HLF], the nation’s largest self-described Islamic
“charity;” Islamic Association for Palestine [IAP], “the largest
Palestinian grass roots organization” noted for publishing and
disseminating the Hamas charter, calling its members “to
Jihad” and bringing suicide bombing advocates to speak at its
national conventions; Mousa Abu Marzook, the admitted
political head of Hamas who was deported from the United
States and is now believed to be living in Syria; and,
Mohammed Salah, a Chicago resident who is the former
military head of Hamas and spent time in an Israeli jail for
admittedly organizing and funding Hamas activities.
How is this a groundbreaking case?
There was great skepticism when the case was filed in May
2000. Not only is the statute untested but so too is the theory
that giving support short of actually paying for the weapon
that killed David Boim should result in liability. The
defendants made that very argument in their failed attempt to
dismiss the lawsuit.
How are you following the money trail?
Through discovery we have been able to demonstrate that
funds raised by these organizations and individuals directly
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EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH CHICAGO ATTORNEY
SUING ALLEGED HAMAS SUPPORTERS, CONTINUED
Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP
Our law firm, Wildman, Harrold, Allen & Dixon, LLP,
responded positively without hesitation to the opportunity to
represent the Boims and give this anti-terrorism statute
meaning. Wildman has a tradition of taking on novel cases.
We are privileged to have such worthy clients.
Does this case have any particular
significance/meaning to you in comparison
to your other cases?
David Boim’s parents, Joyce and Stanley
In January 2001, Judge George Lindberg denied defendants’
motions to dismiss but allowed an immediate appeal. Briefs
were filed and the case was set to be argued on Sept. 25, 2001.
Then came 9/11. The Court of Appeals, realizing the
importance and novelty of the issues they were being asked to
decide-remember this is the first private action under the
statute-asked the Department of Justice to file an amicus
brief. The DOJ supported our argument that any organization
that contributes to a terrorist organization with knowledge
that it engages in terrorism is an aider-and-abettor of the
terrorism and liable for damages.
The Court of Appeals, in an opinion written by Judge Ilana
Rovner, accepted the Boims’ argument in a landmark decision
issued June 5, 2002. The case is subsequently making
headlines across the nation and setting a precedent for
other victims.
How did you and your law firm
get involved in this case?
The impetus for the case came from our co-counsel, Nathan
Lewin, a noted constitutional law expert in Washington, D.C.
I have worked previously with Nat on a number of cases and
while we were excited when he asked us to join in the effort,
we understood that this would be a significant undertaking.
The case is significant for many reasons. Beyond the fact that
lawyers relish the opportunity to “make new law, “ here we
have the unique opportunity to apply our professional skills
as part of the national effort to fight terrorism. And, when
you meet clients such as the Boims, you see first hand how
terror devastates a family.
The case is sobering. We sit across a table and take testimony
from people who direct a national “Jihadist” movement. They
are implacable enemies of Israel who openly advocate its
replacement with an Islamic state. Their intentions are not
limited to Israel. These organizations reflexively advocate on
behalf of those charged in the U.S. as being part of
international terrorism. They openly support the culture that
allows Hamas to nurture suicide bombers in Israel. We face a
common threat.
President Bush recently said, “We have made clear the
doctrine which says, if you harbor a terrorist, if you feed a
terrorist, if you hide a terrorist, you’re just as guilty as the
terrorist.” Boim is part of that effort.
Finally, like JCRC, we monitor closely the domestic war
against terrorism. We are very impressed by the substantial
enforcement efforts of the Justice Department. The
government - including the U.S. Attorney’s office and FBI in
Chicago - has taken significant action against groups who
have supported terrorism. They deserve the commendation
and support of all Illinois citizens.
The Chicago Connection to International Terrorism makes for an excellent program topic.
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