CAIR IMPLICATED IN FEDERAL PROBE

Washington, DC (TLS). A federal investigation into ties between Muslim groups in America and overseas terrorists has implicated, among others, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The federal probe names CAIR as a co-conspirator in the illegal support of the terrorist Palestinian group, HAMAS.

Federal prosecutors have implicated three U.S. Islamic groups with conspiring to support Hamas--CAIR, the Islamic Society of North America, and the North American Islamic Trust.

To refresh your memory a bit about CAIR, remember that it was CAIR that forced the City of Los Angeles to remove a billboard stating that Osama bin Laden was a terrorist, because, as CAIR put it, it is 'offensive to Muslims.'

CAIR helped elect the very first Muslim to national office, Keith Ellison, D-MN, who insisted on using the Koran to take his oath of office.

More recently, CAIR issued a 'directive' to news agencies in the U.S. in the wake of the Fort Dix Six terrorist plot, instructing them not to refer to the perpetrators as 'Muslim.' Each of the perpetrators were, indeed, Muslim.

And let us not forget that CAIR meets on a regular basis with members of the Democratic Party in Washington concerning bolstering the image and influence of Islam in America. These are the people, for example, who insist that the nation cease to profile terrorists for the fear that they will be correctly identified as 'Muslim'

CAIR has a long history of dubious operations, often providing financial support for terrorist operations overseas. It is good to see that they are finally on the hot seat. Perhaps their legal hot water will prevent them from continuing their mode of operation of late, that of suing citizens into silence merely because they identified potential terrorists.

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