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001/06 January 2, 2006



Anti-CAIR New Year’s Message

     Since April of 2003, Anti-CAIR, (ACAIR) has closely followed what we believe to be the un-American activities of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), an Islamic hate group attempting to pass itself off as a simple “Muslim Civil Rights” group. CAIR, which was birthed from the dishonorable Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) and has connections to the notorious Hamas terror group, has rarely supported the people of North America in the battle against Islamic terrorism.

     Indeed, numerous CAIR officials have been arrested, convicted, and are currently serving time on Islamic terrorism charges.  In addition, CAIR has lent its public voice to defend even the most infamous Muslim terrorists and will most likely continue to do so in future.  To put it bluntly, CAIR is an embarrassment to all North Americans, Muslim or otherwise.

     In closing the year, ACAIR would like to point out some of the more egregious acts undertaken by CAIR that we haven't addressed before now. 

     Specifically:

     CAIR recently filed a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request for all government records related to President Bush’s order authorizing wiretaps of communications between Americans and al-Qaida suspects located overseas without a court order.

     Nihad Awad, CAIR’s executive director and the former Public Relations Director for the Islamic Association of Palestine (IAP) had this to say:

     “…wiretapping policy is not only an apparent violation of existing law, it also gives carte blanche
for spying, without legal oversight, on any American.  Such wide-ranging and unrestricted powers are
an invitation to abuse of constitutional rights and freedoms, and should be of concern to everyone in
a society based on respect for the law."

     As usual, this former spokesman for an Islamic terrorist group provides absolutely no evidence to support his argument.  The government made it clear that the program was only concerned with Americans contacting al-Qaida suspects abroad.

     This is a statement Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick made in 1994 before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:

"the Department of Justice believes, and the case law supports,  that the president has inherent authority
to conduct warrantless physical searches for foreign intelligence purposes and that the president may,
as he has done, delegate this authority to the attorney general."

     The words of a Clinton appointee are particularly interesting when we consider that the Clinton administration did almost nothing to defend the United States domestically or internationally against Islamic terrorism in its eight years in office.

     It is even more interesting when we consider that CAIR has made absolutely no objection to this Clinton statement…which is essentially hot air, but yet chooses now to attack the policies of a president who has shut down the hot air machine in favor of action.  One is left wondering if CAIR is more concerned now that we finally have a policy to actively engage Muslim terrorists rather than just talk about it as in the past.

     As a “Muslim Civil Rights” group, most Americans would believe that CAIR would support a program that weeds out Muslim terrorists.  That CAIR does not support a program to protect all Americans from terrorism conducted in the name of Islam speaks volumes about CAIR’s connection to Islamic terrorist groups.

     North Americans are left to wonder: Does CAIR have a problem with the United States going after terrorists, or just the terrorists that happen to be Muslim?

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     CAIR has filed another Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) request over the government’s policy of monitoring for radiation in the United States:

     Specifically, CAIR is asking for:

"Records concerning the authority of President Bush to delegate or personally authorize
surveillance without obtaining a court order as required by FISA, comprehensive lists and
addresses of the over a hundred Muslim sites (including mosques, organizations, businesses,
warehouses and homes) in Washington D.C., Chicago, Detroit, New York, Las Vegas and
Seattle which have been targeted for radiological surveillance by this top secret program."

     But something is missing from CAIR’s outrage.  Where is the evidence that the “searches” were illegal?  ACAIR finds it hard to believe that driving around town in a van equipped to detect radiation is somehow an “illegal search” whether conducted by the government or anyone else.  If we follow CAIR’s distorted logic, any American in possession of a simple Geiger counter is potentially in violation of some law that only CAIR is aware of because that device might actually…detect radiation!

     CAIR provides no direct evidence that anyone’s rights were offended by the program.  No, CAIR is upset because the government is taking the Islamic terrorists threats to attack our country with nuclear devices seriously.  Wouldn't CAIR like to know if an Islamic terrorist planted a nuclear device in their headquarters basement? 

     CAIR’s National Legal Director, Arsalan Iftikhar had this to say:

“We are concerned that, under this secretive program, our government has overstepped
constitutional bounds by intruding on private property without any probable cause or valid court
orders…the targeting of so many Islamic homes, businesses and mosques will inevitably create
the impression that American Muslims are considered suspect solely because of their faith.”

     ACAIR would like to know which School of Law Iftikhar graduated from and in which state(s) he is licensed to practice law.

     Iftikhar accuses the government of illegally entering private property and targeting Islamic properties without acknowledging this reality:  The government is looking for terrorists intent on killing us.  The fact that the majority of these terrorists happen to be Muslim is a factor that any intelligent counter-terror agent must take into consideration. 

     When Catholics begin to threaten our country with nuclear weapons, we will expect our government to monitor Catholic churches ...

     When North American Muslims throw off the shackles of hate and intolerance and stand united with the rest of North America in repudiating Islamic terrorism, we can all expect the government to stop monitoring Muslim properties…and not one second before.

     The only other option is to sacrifice security on the alter of political correctness and hope that the enemy doesn’t take advantage.  As 9-11 clearly demonstrated, “hope”, not backed with “will” is a weak defense and makes for poor policy.

     What is CAIR doing to help rid our country of Islamic terrorists and those who support them?  Papering the country in FOIA requests, suing people, and screaming “Islamophobia” is getting just a bit tiring, isn’t it?
 
     When will we see CAIR actually do something to help the country battle Islamic terrorism?

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     The Wall Street Journal (WSJ.com) recently carried an article on the need for Muslims and non-Muslims to unite to defeat radical Islam. The article, by Abdurrahman Wahid, former president of Indonesia, presents a realistic recap of the problem of Islamic extremism and suggests methods to defeat radical Islam.  He states:

"Imagine the impact of a single nuclear bomb detonated in New York, London,
Paris, Sydney or L.A.! What about two or three? The entire edifice of modern civilization is
built on economic and technological foundations that terrorists hope to collapse with nuclear
attacks like so many fishing huts in the wake of a tsunami."

     Why is it that responsible news organizations are able to find reasonable Muslims to speak honestly about the problems of radical Islam and irresponsible news groups rely on a former spokesman for an Islamic terror group and a man who said about his organization, “CAIR does not support these groups publicly” when asked about CAIR’s support for Islamic terror groups?


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     ACAIR would like to thank all those who took the time to write us and share their thoughts.  We’ve doubled our subscribers in the past year and we believe that more North Americans are reaching the correct conclusions about CAIR’s activities.



Andrew Whitehead
Director
Anti-CAIR (ACAIR)
ajwhitehead@anti-cair-net.org
www.anti-cair-net.org



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