Terrorists and the Swing Vote

[Bonnie]

www.townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/printmm20041027.shtml

The right to vote is precious, the politicians preach. Our democracy hangs in the balance, the pundits screech.

yes, but if we all value the sanctity of the voting process so highly, why is it that I've never once been asked to produce indentifcation of any kind in the 16 years I've been a voter, from Ohio to California to Washinton state to Maryland?

And why is it that we can't protect our elections form people who have no right to vote, no right to be here, and no right to undermine our safety or sovereignty?

While unhinged Democrats spread fear about the alleged discriminitory disenfranchisement of American citizens, they have supported indiscriminate enfranchisement of untols numbers of foreign outlaws--including suspected alqaeda operatives and terrorist sympathizers.

Last week, the Columus (Ohio) Dispatch reported that illegal alien Nuradin Abdi--the suspected shopping mall bomb plotter form Somalia--was registered to vote in the battleground state of Ohio by the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), a left-wing activist group. Also on the Ohio voting rolls: convcited al Qaeda agent Iyman Faris, who planned to sabotage the Brooklyn Bridge and has entered the country fraudulently form Pakistan on a student visa.
In the battleground state of Florida, indicted terror suspect Sami Al-Arian illegally cast his balot in a Tampa referendum in 1994 while his citizenship application was pending. He claimed the unlawful vote was the result of a "misunderstanding." State oficials declined to prosecute.You've heard about those satirical "10 out of 10 terrorists agree: Anybody But Bush" bumper stickers? There may be more truth to them than you think. John Fund, author of "Stealing Election: How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy," reports that at least eight of the 19 Sept.11 hijackers were eligible to vote in Virginia or Florida while they plotted to kill Americans.

What's to stop the next foreign terrorists plotter from casting a tainted ballot in the nation he has sworn to destroy? Not much. According to the Franklin County Board of Elections, the Dispatch reports, the office simply "takes a person's word, that they're (sic) a U.S. citizen."...........................more

 

[Avatar4321]

Any idea what party the hijackers were registered in?

 

[Bonnie]

Any idea what party the hijackers were registered in?

Avatar that was a toungue in cheek question right??

 

[nakedemperor]

Bonnie-- your color-coded posts are SO much easier on the eyes than those bold-face 84375384757435-pt font ones.

I think the problem here is two-fold; first, the registration system is, obviously, extremely flawed, and in need of a country-wide overhaul. Second, I think we need to come down harder on those who attempt to add false/inelligible names to the rolls, on both sides of the line. That being said, there's probably more illegal registration going on on the left this time around, because of the hatred some leftists have for the president.

 

[Bonnie]

Bonnie-- your color-coded posts are SO much easier on the eyes than those bold-face 84375384757435-pt font ones.

I think the problem here is two-fold; first, the registration system is, obviously, extremely flawed, and in need of a country-wide overhaul. Second, I think we need to come down harder on those who attempt to add false/inelligible names to the rolls, on both sides of the line. That being said, there's probably more illegal registration going on on the left this time around, because of the hatred some leftists have for the president.

Well NE once again you have proven that you may be liberal, but you are honest when the occasion arises.....

 

[nakedemperor]

Well NE once again you have proven that you may be liberal, but you are honest when the occasion arises.....

Lead by example, that's what Brian Boitano would do!

 

[no1tovote4]

Lead by example, that's what Brian Boitano would do!

:rotflmao:

I prefer the song Blame Canada!

 

[Annie]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050516/ap_on_re_us/terrorism_trial

Ex-Professor's Terror Trial Set to Begin By VICKIE CHACHERE, Associated Press Writer
9 minutes ago

Ten years ago, American student Alisa Flatow boarded a bus headed to a Gaza Strip beach resort for a much needed break from her studies.

At the Israeli settlement of Kfar Darom, a young man sat in a van loaded with explosives. As the bus approached, he steered his rolling bomb at it with ferocious speed and slammed into the bus' side. Eight people — seven Israelis and Flatow — died in the April 9, 1995, terrorist attack.

Now her parents are looking for justice half a world away in Tampa, where a former computer science professor and three others are going on trial on charges they helped fund the terrorist group that carried out the bombing. Jury selection begins Monday.

Sami Al-Arian, a University of South Florida professor and nationally known Palestinian rights activist, was already secretly under investigation by FBI foreign intelligence agents at the time of the bombing.

Al-Arian had established an Islamic academic think tank, a school, a mosque and a charity for Palestinian children — but authorities were questioning whether the true mission of Al-Arian's work was to finance terrorist attacks in Israel.

In a 53-count indictment, Al-Arian, Sameeh Hammoudeh, Hatim Naji Fariz and Ghassan Zayed Ballut are accused of racketeering, conspiracy and providing material support to terrorists. Five other men have been indicted but are still at large.

The men face life in prison if convicted of charges they used Al-Arian's think tank and charity as fundraising fronts for the Palestinian Islamic Jihad.

"These people, they have no respect for life," said Alisa Flatow's father, Stephen Flatow of West Orange, N.J. "They will continue to pick on innocent people just to accomplish their means. That's why this trial is so important. You have to send a message."

Al-Arian is alternately viewed as a crusader for Palestinian rights who is being persecuted for his unpopular views and as a terrorist who hid behind a veil of legitimacy while secretly financing deadly attacks thousands of miles away.

"Much of what people are saying about Sami Al-Arian could have been said likewise about Nelson Mandela," attorney William Moffitt said.

"Now Nelson Mandela is a hero for having supported his people. Sami Al-Arian is a villain for being the voice of the Palestinian people. There aren't really a lot of voices in this country who have spoken favorably for the Palestinian people."

Prosecutors contend there is direct evidence of Al-Arian's involvement with actual attacks. The indictment alleges that in 1993, Al-Arian sent four wire transfers of nearly $2,000 each to the relatives of four convicted Islamic Jihad terrorists who had been convicted of the murder of three Israelis.

They point to video from the early 1990s in which a fiery Al-Arian shouts "Death to Israel" or when he shared the stage with Sheik Omar Abdul Rahman, the blind Egyptian cleric convicted for his role in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

Al-Arian's attorneys question how a supposedly dangerous terrorist financier could have gained access to the White House and met with Presidents Clinton and Bush.

Nearly two dozen other prominent political and government leaders from both parties — Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton and Trent Lott, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and House Speaker Dennis Hastert among them — are reported by Al-Arian's attorneys to have had contact with him.

If Al-Arian "is supposedly this awful terrorist, how did he get so close to these people is a really interesting question," Moffitt said. He declined to elaborate on Al-Arian's prominent connections, calling them a key component of the defense.

The prosecution said more important than his well-placed contacts are the shadowy figures with whom Al-Arian did business.

Chief among them is Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, one of the five indicted co-conspirators who has not yet been arrested. Al-Arian brought Shallah to the University of South Florida to run the think tank, the World and Islam Studies Enterprise. Shallah abruptly left Tampa in mid-1995 and resurfaced in Damascus as the Islamic Jihad's new leader.

Stephen Flatow, who has been subpoenaed to testify, said he was not told until 2003 that agents believed there was a connection between Al-Arian and the bombing that killed his daughter.

"I felt very, very good our government was finally standing up for Americans who are killed by other Americans on the other side of the world," he said. "If someone is going to provide the means to commit a crime, you are just as guilty as the person who pulled the plunger. If anything, these guys are cowards."