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| Muslim Student Threatens Former Terrorist's Life at Air Force Academy Event |
| 2008-02-09 |
| Former terrorists Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem and Zak Anani addressed cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, during their annual political forum. They shared their experiences as terrorists and helped cadets understand the Islamic fundamentalist mind set. During the event a Jordanian college student, identified as Omar Khalifa of Metro International, approached Kamal Saleem and spoke to him in Arabic, "you are an enemy of Islam and you must die." The incident was reported to Military Police, who investigated Khalifa's threat. "The men receive threats of this nature all of time and we take each one very seriously," said Keith Davies, Executive Director of the Shoebat Foundation. "That is why each of the men live in seclusion." Numerous media outlets (New York Times, the Associated Press, The Colorado Springs Gazette, the Rocky Mountain News) did not report on the former terrorists' message, but instead focused on the [inaccurate] media statements distributed by CAIR (Council for American Islamic Relations), in an all-out campaign to discredit the speakers credentials and background. "We have all been told that Islam has been hijacked by extremists,” said Walid Shoebat. "Yet CAIR, who professes to be ‘Moderate Muslims’ are the Three Ex Terrorists biggest critics, and pull out all stops to try and keep out voices from being heard. I beg to ask the question; if CAIR is indeed moderate as they claim, then WHY are they not supporting our campaign against 'extremists? If they are sincerely against the Fundamentalist Muslim agenda why do they appose us?" According to the Air Force Academy's public affairs office CAIR spokesman, Ibrahim Hooper, contacted them numerous times criticizing the scheduling of the three men, and requesting an opportunity to have a CAIR representative share with cadets information about the Islamic faith. The Academy informed Hooper that the event was not about religion, but about terrorism, and he denied CAIR's request. Each of the men can document their stories and identities. Shoebat has spoken at more than 50 events, including many prestigious organizations and venues. He has also addressed audiences at numerous government agencies, who always scrutinize his credentials and background, and they have cleared him each and every time. He has spoken at the National Constitution Center, Columbia, Stanford and Harvard universities, the Department of Homeland Security, and the FBI Academy, to name only a few. The advisory board of the Walid Shoebat Foundation is comprised of Generals and other senior officers from the U.S. Military. |
| Posted by:Anonymoose |
| #15 No peeking, Nimble! Decorum is the Rantburg standard! |
| Posted by: Omung Squank9908 2008-02-09 23:09 |
| #14 Damn straight, Nimble Spemble. I even show my ankles for a moment. ;-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-02-09 21:55 |
| #13 And she dances a mean tarantella on the table top. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-02-09 21:12 |
| #12 That's ok, Hupoque the Anonymous2184. I have the advantage of you in longevity at Rantburg (or not -- so many old hands have taken Fred's clever anonymizer names that with my porous memory I've completely lost track of them. Sorry, guys!) and the lack of a paying day job to distract me. It was Fortran I on punch cards that done me in, coupled with a complete inability to accept the possibility that my logically thought out work could possibly need debugging. Ah, well. I'm much better at my true calling of following Mr. Wife's career halfway round the world and back again, pouring tea for them who appreciates it, and studying here at Rantburg University. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-02-09 20:46 |
| #11 She just forgot to do a smiley thingy. She did indeed. ;-) |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-02-09 19:30 |
| #10 TW__I see I'm behind the curve. I also understand your comments about computer education. I should have flunked a course in Fortran for the IBM360, Lo, these many years ago, but the computer lost my course registration, and I've been banging on keyboards ever since... 8p |
| Posted by: Hupoque the Anonymous2184 2008-02-09 19:20 |
| #9 Indeed, Hupoque the Anonymous2184. And dear lotp is an officer's wife, for her sins. She just forgot to do a smiley thingy. Even crackerjack programmers forget sometimes, based on the ones I've seen here at Rantburg. Goodness knows I forget often enough, but then when I took CS113 the second time I got an F, neatly beating out the D I'd got the first time, and thus proving conclusively I wasn't meant to be a computer jockey. Quite unlike 50% of my siblings, who smile gently at me at the oddest times. (As do some of the denizens here, but we'll not talk about that!) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-02-09 19:09 |
| #8 Lotp__ Perhaps Besoeker was speaking from the enlisted's point of view?. |
| Posted by: Hupoque the Anonymous2184 2008-02-09 18:58 |
| #7 Finally! Moderate Islam speaks out...and it's pretty much what we expected. I think that whole argument can go away now. |
| Posted by: Rex Mundi 2008-02-09 11:05 |
| #6 The Academy informed Hooper that the event was not about religion, but about terrorism, and he denied CAIR's request. So the next time CAIR wants to interpose themselves, feed 'em the same line. When they admit they're terrorists, then they can participate! |
| Posted by: Bobby 2008-02-09 09:38 |
| #5 Kindly expand on that a little Besoeker. I don't quite follow .... |
| Posted by: lotp 2008-02-09 09:17 |
| #4 The advisory board of the Walid Shoebat Foundation is comprised of Generals and other senior officers from the U.S. Military. Clintons or not, now I know we're doomed. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2008-02-09 04:09 |
| #3 What would happen if an American threatened a terrorist sympathizer in the same way? It would be freaking front-page news throughout the entire world. But this, nothing. Surprise, surprise. |
| Posted by: gromky 2008-02-09 01:08 |
| #2 I'm just glad the student wasn't a cadet. |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-02-09 00:59 |
| #1 The Jordanian lad will be expelled from his college and the U.S., right? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-02-09 00:09 |