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	<title>FrontPage Magazine &#187; Ahmed Bedier</title>
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		<title>Al-Awlaki Mosque, Hamas Supporter Refuse to Excommunicate Boko Haram</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2014 15:40:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Daniel Greenfield]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Islam is not the problem,” said a Hamas supporter.]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://weaselzippers.us/185888-u-s-muslim-groups-say-they-wont-move-to-excommunicate-boko-haram/">Least shocking news ever</a>.</p>
<blockquote><p>U.S. Islamic leaders won’t try to formally excommunicate the Islamist Boko Haram group unless they can meet with its leadership to debate the religious legitimacy of its actions, a spokesman for a leading mosque told The Daily Caller.</p></blockquote>
<p>I thought there was nothing to debate. It&#8217;s not Islam. But now a debate is needed.</p>
<blockquote><p>“There is a great reluctance to excommunicate someone by extension. … It would be like convicting someone in absentia,” said Imam Johari Abdul-Malik, the spokesman for the “Home of the Migrants” mosque, or Dar Al Hijrah mosque, in Falls Church Va.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.investigativeproject.org/case/417">Dar Al Hijrah </a>has quite a history and links to the 9/11 hijackers. It was Anwar Al-Awlaki&#8217;s mosque before he fled to take a more official role in Al Qaeda. There&#8217;s a long, long list of terrorist links in that mosque.</p>
<p>But now they&#8217;ve seized on a gimmick about not excommunicating a terrorist group in absentia.</p>
<blockquote><p>“Islam is not the problem,” said Ahmed Bedier, a Florida-based Islamic advocate. “We’re tired of people coming on television and asking where does this ideology come from,” Bedier said. “Well, this ideology comes from nowhere,” he insisted.</p></blockquote>
<p>Nowhere. Absolutely nowhere.</p>
<p>You might say it comes out of thin air. <a href="http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/individualProfile.asp?indid=2377">Ahmed Bedier</a> certainly doesn&#8217;t<a href="http://creepingsharia.wordpress.com/2013/07/05/ahmed-bediers-al-qaeda-family-stain-removal/"> know where it comes</a> from. Not a clue.</p>
<blockquote><p>Bedier has had ties to radical Islam since at least 2002, when he was the Outreach Director for the Islamic Society of Pinellas County (Florida), a mosque whose website features material calling for violence against Jews.</p>
<p>Also in February 2003, the Tampa-based terrorist and former University of South Florida professor Sami al-Arian was taken into custody by the FBI &#8212; indicted for his leadership role within Palestinian Islamic Jihad. Bedier became Al-Arian&#8217;s “unofficial spokesman,”</p>
<p>Bedier left CAIR in May 2008. On December 30, 2008, he joined hundreds of demonstrators in a pro-Hamas rally in Tampa. Organized in large part by the Muslim American Society, the event featured signs that read “End Zionism” and “Zionism is Cancer; Radiate It.”</p>
<p>Today, Ahmed Bedier is a Florida events coordinator for Islamic Relief (IR). In May 2006, Israel labeled IR a front for Hamas, after arresting the group’s Gaza program manager, Ayaz Ali, for providing “funds and assistance to various Hamas institutions and organizations.” Ali admitted that he had cooperated with local Hamas operatives.</p>
<p>In 1999, Islamic Relief collected and sent more than $6 million to Chechen rebels with ties to al-Qaeda. The same year, IR received $50,000 from Human Concern International (HCI), a charity that the U.S. Department of Treasury described as a “bin Laden front.”</p></blockquote>
<p>Nothing to do with Islam. Not a thing. Stop asking already. Ahmed knows nothing.</p>
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		<title>Tampa Terror Radio</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2014 04:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Kaufman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmed Bedier: promoter of Jew-hate and terrorist activity. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mj.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-223950" alt="FBI Arrests" src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/mj-279x350.jpg" width="279" height="350" /></a>For the past nine years, a radio show has been broadcast out of Tampa Bay, Florida every Friday representing the viewpoints of radical Islamists. The subjects on the show, ironically called ‘True Talk,’ almost always revolve around two subjects: extreme hatred of Israel and/or support for those associated with terrorism.</p>
<p>During the month of March, different anti-Israel and terror-related content made its way over the airwaves with the blessing of one of the show’s co-hosts, Ahmed Bedier.</p>
<p>On March 14th, over half of Bedier’s radio show consisted of a recorded speech given by Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi discussing strides being made by the boycott movement against Israel. Khalidi has previously been identified in different news reports as “a PLO spokesman” and “a director of the Palestinian press agency, Wafa” (Wikalat al-Anba al-Filastinija), which Khalidi himself has described as “the PLO’s news agency.”</p>
<p>According to the U.S. Anti-Terrorism Act of 1987, signed into law by then-President Ronald Reagan, “The PLO and its constituent groups have taken credit for, and been implicated in, the murders of dozens of American citizens abroad… [T]he Congress determines that the PLO and its affiliates are a terrorist organization and a threat to the interests of the United States, its allies, and to international law…”</p>
<p>Bedier took calls in response to Khalidi’s speech, while lauding him as a “Middle East scholar.”</p>
<p>The previous week, on March 7th, Bedier had as a guest on the show the mother of convicted terrorist Ziyad Yaghi. According to the indictment against him, “the multiple defendants in the case,” Yaghi included, “prepared themselves to engage in violent acts and were willing to die as martyrs. They also offered training in weapons and financing and helped arrange overseas travel and contacts so others could wage violent acts overseas.” Yaghi was convicted on all counts and was sentenced to 31+ years in prison. He and his fellow co-conspirators lost their appeal.</p>
<p>According to his mom, Laila, Ziyad did nothing wrong. She called him a “goofy young man… a young man having fun.” She said that his only crime in the eyes of the prosecutors was that he was a Muslim.</p>
<p>Bedier agreed with the racism angle. But even if Yaghi was a terrorist, for Bedier it was not a problem, because<i> </i>Yaghi<i> didn’t actually carry out any violence</i>. He said it was “shocking” that Yaghi was arrested before he actually did anything. He asked, “What kind of jihad and terrorism did these guys commit?&#8230; Did they commit any violence? Did they kill anybody? Did they hurt anyone? Did they shoot anyone?” Bedier called it a “preemptive prosecution” or arresting a terrorist before the crime takes place. What he failed to understand was that a conspiracy to commit terrorism<i> is a crime in itself</i>. For Bedier, it’s just a case of Freedom of Speech.</p>
<p>The ringleader of the group was Daniel Patrick Boyd a.k.a. Saifullah (“Sword of Allah”). Boyd, a convert to Islam, received training in terrorist camps in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Boyd recruited and trained others to go overseas and undertake violent jihad. He had discussed attacking the Quantico, Virginia Marine Corps base, while in possession of a large arsenal of firearms. He pled guilty to one count of conspiring to “provide material support to terrorists” and one count of conspiring to “murder, kidnap, maim and injure persons in a foreign country.”</p>
<p>Yaghi’s mom said, much as her feelings towards her son, that she didn’t think Boyd “did anything wrong.” She said he was coerced by his lawyers into pleading guilty. Bedier, on the other hand, parodied Boyd as a Duck Dynasty wannabe, who probably just liked to go hunting.</p>
<p>One of the subjects brought up during Bedier’s interview of Laila Yaghi was that of Ziyad Yaghi’s intention to get married overseas, a subject that came up during the trial. Laila made light of this saying that Muslims get married at a young age, and Bedier flippantly asked if intending to get married was “against the law.” However, this subject in reality dealt with a conversation that Ziyad Yaghi had with Daniel Boyd, where Ziyad was discussing his intention to become “married” to the battlefield in jihad. Either Laila Yaghi was totally in the dark about her son’s militant plans or she was covering up for him.</p>
<p>While these things may seem to be merely show material for the station’s listeners, for Bedier it’s much more than that, as he himself has been directly involved with groups and individuals connected to terrorism.</p>
<p>Bedier was the Executive Director of the Tampa office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). CAIR has been named by the U.S. Justice Department as a co-conspirator for two federal trials dealing with the financing of millions of dollars to Hamas. CAIR was using its national website to raise money for the main group on trial, the Holy Land Foundation (HLF), which along with its leadership was found guilty on all charges.</p>
<p>During his tenure with CAIR, Bedier became a spokesman for Sami al-Arian, a co-founder and North American leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). In discussing the al-Arian case on a local Tampa TV news show, Bedier stated that, “before 1995, there was nothing immoral” about associating with PIJ. Prior to 1995, PIJ took credit for five terrorist attacks, which included a suicide bombing. The attacks resulted in the murders of eight innocent individuals.</p>
<p>Bedier has been a representative, as well, for Islamic Relief (IR). In 2006, Israel labeled IR a front for Hamas, after arresting the group’s Gaza program manager for providing “funds and assistance to various Hamas institutions and organizations.” In 1999, IR gave millions of dollars to and received tens of thousands of dollars from groups associated with al-Qaeda. Bedier is still involved with IR, attending a fundraiser for the group as recently as last month.</p>
<p>Bedier has (or more appropriately had) his own association with al-Qaeda, as his brother, Amir, was a devoted follower of Osama bin Laden. Last August, Ahmed accompanied Amir, who Ahmed has exalted as a “hero,” to a Muslim Brotherhood demonstration in Cairo against Egyptian leader Abdel Fattah el-Sisi. This was days before Amir was shot and killed at the same location by the Egyptian military in a disbursement action against terrorists. Ahmed helped with the dead bodies, the next morning.</p>
<p>On a regular basis, Ahmed Bedier uses his radio program, found on WMNF 88.5 FM Tampa, to provide a forum for radicals, including himself, who wish to spout hatred and/or protect those associated with terrorist activity.</p>
<p>The show and Bedier’s actions outside the show are evils in our democratic society that need to be exposed.</p>
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		<title>Ahmed Bedier’s al-Qaeda Family Stain Removal</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Joe Kaufman]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahmed and his brother Amir delete web pages pointing to their love affair with terror. ]]></description>
				<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/amir.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-193253" alt="amir" src="http://cdn.frontpagemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/amir-313x350.jpg" width="313" height="350" /></a>On December 5, 2012, Amir Bedier, a Cairo accountant, was shot in the face outside the Egyptian presidential palace. His older brother, Ahmed, a Muslim activist from Florida, lauded him as a hero for risking his life to help others. Unfortunately for him, the man he was spinning as a hero is a follower of Osama bin Laden. When the <a href="http://frontpagemag.com/2013/joe-kaufman/ahmed-bediers-egyptian-family-jihad/">information about this was exposed</a>, within days, the two moved to delete the evidence. Yet, thanks to computer screenshots of the offenses and a need for the public to be educated on the matter, the information lives on.</p>
<p>Both Amir Bedier and Ahmed Bedier spent at least part of their childhoods in the United States. While their father worked on his PhD at the University of Oregon in Corvallis, the siblings stayed in the area going to local schools. Amir’s photo is shown on Corvallis’ <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7oxoc9jygnyeu6k/Adams_Elementary_School_Amir_Bedier.jpg">Adams Elementary School graduating class of 1986 – 1987</a>. Ahmed’s name is found on a web page devoted to swim team record-holders for Corvallis High School (He set his record in 1989).</p>
<p>The atmosphere in Corvallis, Oregon was as far from radical Islam as possible. According to Sperling’s Best Places, only <a href="http://www.bestplaces.net/religion/city/oregon/corvallis">.36% of the population of Corvallis practices Islam</a> today. As Bedier brother Osama Bedier quipped about <i>his</i> early life in Corvallis, “I felt like the only Egyptian there.”</p>
<p>The lack of a significant Islamic infrastructure did not stop Ahmed and Amir Bedier from becoming radicalized in the future, however.</p>
<p>After a stint as Outreach Director of a radical mosque, the <a href="http://archive.frontpagemag.com/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=6125">Islamic Society of Pinellas County</a>, Ahmed Bedier became involved with the terror-related group CAIR.</p>
<p>CAIR or the Council on American-Islamic Relations was created as a division of global Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzook’s American Palestine Committee. In 2007 and 2008, CAIR was named by the U.S. Justice Department as a party to the financing of millions of dollars to Hamas. CAIR had <a href="http://www.americansagainsthate.org/cw/hlf&amp;grf_cw.htm">used its national website to raise funds</a> for the Hamas charity Holy Land Foundation (HLF) and the al-Qaeda charity Global Relief Foundation (GRF). Bedier served as the Communications Director of CAIR-Florida and the Executive Director of CAIR-Tampa.</p>
<p>As he began his career with CAIR, Ahmed Bedier would as well become the unofficial <a href="http://www.americansagainsthate.org/releases/PR-BedierPIJ.htm">spokesman for terrorist Sami al-Arian</a>. Al-Arian had co-founded and was the North American leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), an organization that targets Israeli civilians with suicide and rocket attacks and has also been responsible for the deaths of Americans. After a long, drawn-out trial, al-Arian was sentenced to prison for his involvement in the terror group.</p>
<p>Today, Ahmed Bedier is a <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/og5fqamzw1bvfsr/Ahmed_Bedier_Islamic_Relief.jpg">Florida events coordinator for Islamic Relief</a> (IR). In May 2006, Israel labeled IR a front for Hamas, after arresting the group’s Gaza program manager, Ayaz Ali, for providing “funds and assistance to various Hamas institutions and organizations.” Ali admitted that he had cooperated with local Hamas operatives.</p>
<p>In 1999, Islamic Relief collected and sent more than $6 million to Chechen rebels with ties to al-Qaeda. The same year, IR received $50,000 from Human Concern International (HCI), a charity that the U.S. Department of Treasury described as a “bin Laden front.” Shortly after the September 11 attacks, IR was investigated by the Treasury Department as a “<a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2001/nov/04/news/mn-79/2">possible source of funding for al-Qaeda</a> and other terrorist organizations.”</p>
<p>Last December, his brother Amir Bedier was shot in the face outside the executive office of ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak. It was an area where many clashes between police and anti-Mubarak rioters had taken place.</p>
<p>Ahmed Bedier, who had flown to Egypt to join in the revolution against Mubarak, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/39mwa71xuas8kc5/Amir_Bedier_shot_bullet_Ahmed_Bedier.jpg">created a graphic of the incident</a>, containing a photo of a smiling Amir, an x-ray of the bullet that was lodged in his neck, and an illustration of a person depicting where the bullet entered and where it now remains.</p>
<p>Along with the graphic, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/39mwa71xuas8kc5/Amir_Bedier_shot_bullet_Ahmed_Bedier.jpg">Ahmed praised his brother</a>, writing, “Last night my younger brother Amir was shot in the head outside the presidential palace… He went there, not to protest, but to help the injured… When we asked him who he thinks shot him, he did not blame opponents or supporters of [Mohamed] Morsi… WHEN THE MEDIA CAME TO INTERVIEW HIMTODAY AT THE HOSPITAL, because he was the only critically shot but survived, he refused to see them. Because he does not want the media to use his story to fuel more hate. Amir represents the good people of Egypt, the heroes. I’m proud of him…”</p>
<p>Another brother, Ashraf Bedier, posted a gruesome picture of Amir looking near-dead with blood flowing from his eye, calling him the “<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/7xsn4yk0na458sm/Ashraf_Bedier_Amir_Bedier_shot_bullet.jpg">most peaceful person U’ll meet</a>.”</p>
<p>The kind words from his brothers were put into question, when, relating to the injury, another member of the family, Reham Bedeer, <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/1nef5r4mt1j9anv/Reham_Bedeer_Amir_Bedier_Lord_forgive_him.jpg">sought forgiveness for Amir</a> for something he had done and may have <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/yqhphcxd3qirt41/Reham_Bedeer_Amir_Bedier_shot_bullet.jpg">believed he committed an act of “evil.”</a></p>
<p>It turns out Amir Bedier – the man who Ahmed called a “hero” and Ashraf described as “peaceful” – has a lot to be forgiven for, as he has been a public supporter of al-Qaeda.</p>
<p>At least, <i>he was public about it.</i> <b>Now, the web page where the information was located is gone.</b></p>
<p>In May 2013, Amir Bedier <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/c8l94n7o27dpraz/Amir_Bedier_Osama_bin_Laden_Abdullah_Azzam.jpg">posted photos of Osama bin Laden and his mentor, Abdullah Azzam</a>, on his Facebook page. He used one of the photos of bin Laden and, later, the photo of Azzam as his Facebook profile picture.</p>
<p>His Facebook friends included many of the members of his family as well as individuals who <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/8esi4fnjo9g05q1/Amir_Bedier_friend_Mohamed_Arafa_Hitler.jpg">posted offensive pictures of Adolf Hitler</a> and, like Amir, photos of al-Qaeda leaders.</p>
<p>Three days after this author put out a story regarding this information for <i>FrontPage Magazine,</i> titled ‘All in the Islamist-CAIR Family,’ Amir Bedier’s entire Facebook site was deleted. It now has been replaced with the following note: “<a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/5y27hdgoisck6fn/Deleted_Facebook_Amir_Bedier.jpg">Sorry, this page isn’t available</a>. The link you followed may be broken, or the page may have been removed.”</p>
<p>The precise reason why he removed his Facebook page is unknown. It may have been due to pressure from the family. Maybe it was out of concern about him being prevented from international travel. He has lived in Saint Petersburg, Florida, where his brother Ahmed makes his home. Or possibly it was for business considerations. <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/an306tgr3nwdwti/LinkedIn_Amir_Bedier_OEX_Outsourcing_CCA_Firm.jpg">According to Amir’s LinkedIn page</a>, he is currently associated with two corporations located in Cairo, OEX Outsourcing Experts and CCA Firm: Consultants &amp; Chartered Accountants. Bedier claims to be a “Partner” at both.</p>
<p>Amir wasn’t the only one to delete information. Ahmed Bedier <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/74af5dll7l1no1a/Deleted_Facebook_Ahmed_Bedier.jpg">deleted the graphic he created</a> for his brother.</p>
<p>Regardless of why the Bedier brothers destroyed this evidence, the public has a right to know its contents. This is to protect current members of society from those who would look to do them harm, and it should serve as a wake-up call to future generations about Islamist intentions.</p>
<p>For the Bedier brothers, their mission to corrupt future generations has begun, as witnessed recently when Ahmed Bedier <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/s/4yppw3xhxm92xjt/Ahmed_Bedier_son_Palestine_brainwashing.jpg">dressed his young son, Malek, in extremist Palestinian garb</a> and protested side-by-side with him. He called it “on the job training” – working hard to see that the radical Bedier legacy lives on.</p>
<p><i>Joe Kaufman is an expert in the fields of counter-terrorism, foreign affairs and energy independence for America. He has been featured on all major cable networks, including Fox News, CNN, MSNBC, CNBC and C-SPAN. Kaufman has served as a consultant to different government agencies, and he has been instrumental in getting U.S.-based terrorist charities shut down and terror-related individuals put behind bars. Exactly one month prior to the September 11 attacks, Kaufman predicted the attacks by stating that the 1993 World Trade Center bombing was not an aberration and that it would happen again.<br />
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<p><i>Beila Rabinowitz, director of Militant Islam Monitor, contributed to this report.</i></p>
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		<title>CAIR’s Fort Hood Hijacking</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[An Army soldier stationed at Fort Hood gets involved with radical Muslim groups.]]></description>
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<p>Army Specialist Zachari Klawonn is upset. He claims that there is a campaign of hate aimed at him coming from his fellow soldiers. He says that he is especially upset at them referring to him as “terrorist.” Yet, if this truly upsets him as much as he contends it does, how can he then reconcile his turning to groups <em>associated with terrorism,</em> specifically CAIR and its Florida political front, UVA?</p>
<p>Klawonn has a disturbing duality about him. While he dons Army green camos adorned by the Stars and Stripes, prior to relocating from his Fort  Hood digs, in his barracks prominently hung a black and white checkered keffiyeh, a symbol of anti-Western violence.</p>
<p>It is this duality that currently rules his life.</p>
<p>Klawonn, a 20-year-old Muslim, is intensely proud of his heritage. He flaunts his Islamic roots to a point which some could consider provocative. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/gallery/2010/03/23/GA2010032304398.html">On his wall, next to his keffiyeh</a>, was placed a 5’ x 3’ Moroccan flag. As well, his room contained a Qur’an (draped by his ‘dog tags’) and prayer rug, visible to all.</p>
<p>For Klawonn, his strong attachment to his religion was both a blessing and a curse – a curse because, according to him, others target him for it, calling him horribly offensive names. This was especially the case, following the massacre that took place at Fort  Hood perpetrated by fellow Muslim soldier Nidal Malik Hasan.</p>
<p>On November 5, 2009, Hasan, an Army psychiatrist, opened fire at a soldier processing center (Soldier Readiness Facility), murdering 13 and injuring over 30 others. The victims of the attack were getting ready to be deployed overseas. At the time, Hasan, himself, was soon to be deployed to Afghanistan.</p>
<p>Hasan was shot four times and apprehended. Two other suspects were taken into custody and later released.</p>
<p>According to the <em>Washington Post,</em> in an <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032303766.html">article about Klawonn’s alleged troubles</a>, Klawonn was heading to the scene of the shooting, when the shooting commenced. It states, “Klawonn was there, too… His unit had just returned from Korea and was headed to the site of the shootings, a soldier processing center, when the killing began.”</p>
<p>According to the piece, Klawonn was “pressed” to explain the “brutal act and extremist philosophy” of Hasan. Klawonn said that, while he did not “sympathize” with Hassan, he “secretly felt an understanding of at least some of the pressures Hasan faced.” According to reports, Hasan faced a similar type of treatment Klawonn is alleging himself.</p>
<p>Klawonn stated, “[W]hen I read about the discrimination he experienced, I have to say, I can believe it. It doesn&#8217;t excuse what he did, but it explains maybe a tiny part of it. He was a high-ranking officer. A major. At that level, you demand respect…”</p>
<p>Since he enlisted, Klawonn has personally filed a number of complaints with his commanders about what he perceives as intolerant acts against him. He says that one of the toughest things he has had to endure is his fellow soldiers referring to him as “terrorist.” This is dubious, however, as Klawonn has begun to associate himself with groups connected to terrorism.</p>
<p>One of these groups is CAIR or the Council on American-Islamic Relations.</p>
<p>CAIR was founded by Hamas operatives in June 1994, and from 2007 through 2008, CAIR was named by the U.S. Justice Department a party to the financing of millions of dollars to Hamas.</p>
<p>Klawonn solicited CAIR to write a letter on his behalf to Defense Secretary Robert Gates, complaining of the Army’s treatment of him.</p>
<p>Another group Klawonn has gotten involved with is United Voices for America (UVA), an organization headed by the former Executive Director of CAIR-Tampa and former “unofficial spokesman” for convicted terrorist Sami al-Arian, Ahmed Bedier.</p>
<p>Klawonn, at the behest of his mother, Mina, attended one of UVA’s events this past March 11th. His mom had “collapsed in tears,” when she found out that he had joined the U.S. millitary, and his friends and mosque associates were more than concerned that he was “going to kill fellow Muslims,” so it was probably important to all of them for Klawonn to get involved in a radical Muslim group like UVA.</p>
<p>The event was titled Muslim Capitol Day, and it took place in Tallahassee,  Florida. According to UVA, the purpose of it was to lobby the state legislature on such universal issues as education reform and stimulation of the economy, but overshadowing those alleged objectives were two separate <a href="../2010/03/24/assault-at-muslim-capitol-day-2/">assaults that were carried out during Muslim Capitol Day</a> by one of UVA’s members, Bassem Alhalabi.</p>
<p>Alhalabi, who had previously been found guilty of shipping U.S. military equipment to Syria, was charged with one count of battery. A warrant was issued for Alhalabi’s arrest on March 19th, and on March 22nd, he was taken into custody by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.</p>
<p>Ironically, just as in the case of Klawonn being on his way to the soldier processing center when the Hasan massacre began, <a href="http://www.americansagainsthate.org/Zachari_Klawonn_and_Bassem_Alhalabi.html">Klawonn was photographed next to Alhalabi</a> at a UVA luncheon held shortly before <em>Alhalabi’s attacks</em> took place.</p>
<p>Of course, these things might be nothing more than mere coincidences – cases of being at the wrong place at the wrong time – but his recent experiences in high school were nothing of the sort.</p>
<p>In 2008, Klawonn wrote and performed rap songs with a group of teens from his hometown, Bradenton,  Florida, which, according to a district spokesperson, <a href="http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20080606/NEWS/806060407?Title=No-grad-stage-for-racy-rapper">“threatened bodily harm”</a> and contained “mention of weapons.” One of the lyrics discussed “taking a knife” to a school administrator. Disciplinary action was taken against many of the participants.</p>
<p>Klawonn’s friends who were involved in making these songs were from Braden  River  High School, the school that Klawonn was expelled from one year earlier, after police discovered a gun in the car he was driving on campus.</p>
<p>All of this is a concern, as, according to the <em>Washington Post,</em> Klawonn is “at the top [of his unit] in weapons qualifications and is the only one in his battalion to be invited to try out for the Special Forces.” Furthermore, Klawonn suffers from bouts of depression and has had to see a psychiatrist at least six times since enlisting.</p>
<p>No doubt, all of this must give his superiors pause. Indeed, his Fort  Hood commanders have stated that he fits a “similar mold” to terrorist Nidal Hasan.</p>
<p>Now, Klawonn says that he will devote the remaining two years he has committed to the Army to fight for the rights of Muslims in the military. That seems like a dangerous proposition, given his activity with pro-terror organizations. In the very least, CAIR and UVA will use him as a pawn to do lasting harm to the military.</p>
<p>Of course, no one wishes to discuss the worst case scenario…</p>
<p><em>Joe Kaufman is the Chairman of Americans Against Hate, the founder of </em><em>CAIR</em><em> Watch, and the spokesman for Young Zionists.</em></p>
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<p><em>Beila Rabinowitz is the Director of Militant Islam Monitor.</em></p>
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		<title>Assault at Muslim Capitol Day</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A member of a “mainstream” Muslim group physically attacks me.]]></description>
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<p>If Ahmed Bedier’s United Voices for America (UVA) was a peaceful organization, with the series of events which occurred earlier this month, you wouldn’t have known it. On the day termed by the group “Muslim Capitol Day,” one of UVA’s members, Bassem Alhalabi, attacked two individuals, this author included. A warrant was issued in his name, culminating in his arrest. This, among other things, leaves into question the true intentions of the UVA.</p>
<p>United Voices for America – United Voices for short – was the brainchild of the former Executive Director of the Tampa chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Tampa), Ahmed Bedier. According to Bedier, UVA was created to lobby Florida’s legislature on such issues as education reform, health care reform, and stimulation of the economy. Given Bedier’s long history of extremist activity, though, one would need to be skeptical about such motives.</p>
<p>Bedier began working for CAIR in February 2003, the same month that Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) leader Sami al-Arian was arrested by the FBI. This was no mere coincidence. Bedier was just coming off a stint as Outreach Director of a radical mosque, the <a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=6125">Islamic Society of Pinellas County</a> (ISPC), and CAIR needed someone in the Tampa Bay area to defend al-Arian, one of the founders of CAIR’s parent organization, the Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP). Bedier fit the bill.</p>
<p>As “unofficial spokesman” for al-Arian, Bedier held press conferences for al-Arian; he spoke at rallies for al-Arian; he organized the showing of a puff film belittling the government’s case against al-Arian; he defended al-Arian in the media; and he allowed the radio show he co-hosts, <em>True Talk,</em> to be used as a forum for al-Arian’s Islamic Jihad colleagues to speak and spew their hatred for Israel and the United States.</p>
<p>Besides shilling for al-Arian’s cohorts, Bedier has also <a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=34026">used his radio show to promote Hezbollah</a>. In July 2006, during Israel’s war in Lebanon, all three of Bedier’s radio show guests lauded Hezbollah, describing the terrorist group with such terms as “heroic.”</p>
<p>In May 2008, one year after the U.S. Justice Department named Bedier’s group, CAIR, a co-conspirator in the financing of millions of dollars to Hamas, he announced on his radio show that he was leaving CAIR and starting a new group. That group was UVA.</p>
<p>On Thursday, March 11, 2010, Bedier took his “lobby” group to Tallahassee for its 2nd Annual Florida Muslim Capitol Day. But while the group claimed that it was in town to discuss issues of importance to all Floridians, the event was overshadowed by two assaults that were perpetrated by one of UVA’s members, the first of which was an attack on this author.</p>
<p>I flew up to Tallahassee to join a group of concerned leaders, who were speaking out about Bedier and UVA. Over the years, I had written extensively about Bedier and his terrorist ties, so it was important for me to attend. While I was there, I had the pleasure of giving a PowerPoint presentation about Bedier at a government briefing held in the city’s IMAX Theater.</p>
<p>Following a meeting with a government official, our group found itself in the Rotunda (lobby) of the Capitol Building. While there, I thought I had recognized someone I had written about in the past, Bassem Abdo Alhalabi.</p>
<p>Alhalabi is an Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department of Florida Atlantic University (FAU). He arrived at FAU in August 1996.</p>
<p>Prior to that, he had been an <a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=32348">assistant to Sami al-Arian at the University of South Florida</a> (USF), at a time when al-Arian was creating a Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist network within the Tampa suburb of Temple Terrace. Alhalabi co-authored materials with al-Arian and used al-Arian as a reference, when he later applied for a position at FAU.</p>
<p>Apart from being a university professor, Alhalabi is also a director and co-founder of the Islamic Center of Boca Raton (ICBR), a radical mosque that has ties to several terrorist-related individuals.</p>
<p>One of the co-founders of the mosque, Syed Khawer Ahmad, at the time an FAU student, was the creator of and webmaster for the official website of the Islamic Association, a.k.a. Islamic Society, the social services apparatus of Hamas in Gaza. The <a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=2637">former imam of the mosque</a>, Ibrahim Dremali, was placed on the federal no-fly list. And a member of the mosque, Rafiq Sabir, was convicted in May 2007 of providing material support to al-Qaeda.</p>
<p>The man who appeared to be Alhalabi was speaking to another individual, and so I got closer to take a picture with my camera. Evidentially, I was correct about his identity, as Alhalabi recognized me as well, and he soon made his way over to me.</p>
<p>Alhalabi put his finger in my face and asked me if I knew who he was. “Do you know who I am?” When I answered in the affirmative, he forcefully grabbed my arm, stated “I need to talk to you,” and began pulling me towards the hallway of the Rotunda. I said to him “Let go of me,” but he refused. Alhalabi just kept asking me loudly, “Why do you keep writing about me?”</p>
<p>I began shouting for Mark Campbell, the cameraman who I was with just minutes before all of this took place. I wanted him to get evidence of the assault on film. Mark came, but Alhalabi released me before Mark could get the camera rolling. Thankfully, another individual got a photo of Alhalabi grabbing my arm.</p>
<p>When it looked like things were getting too heated and Alhalabi could do something beyond the aggression he had already exhibited, his UVA colleague jumped in and ushered Alhalabi away.</p>
<p>I filed a police report and stated my wishes to press charges. Accompanying me were the witness with the photograph and the cameraman.</p>
<p>One of the officers, who had questioned Alhalabi, said that Alhalabi stated he had not touched anyone. It was a lie, as the photo (and potential Rotunda surveillance footage) proved, and later he would be charged by the Capitol police with battery.</p>
<p>Campbell left to get ready to attend UVA’s next event.</p>
<p>When we arrived in Tallahassee, our group had been told that we were allowed to be present at UVA’s events and we were, as well, allowed to videotape them. We were even told we could ask questions, as long as we acted in a respectful manner and did not make any attempt to disrupt anything.</p>
<p>I balked at going, as I felt I had already <em>had</em> <em>enough excitement for one day.</em></p>
<p>It was about an hour following the attack on me, and Campbell was inside UVA’s event. With the camera running, he caught Alhalabi walking by. Alhalabi spotted him out of the corner of his eye and did a ‘double take,’ realizing that Campbell had been the individual accompanying me earlier.</p>
<p>Alhalabi then quickly moved to the side of Campbell and put a blue UVA folder filled with papers in front of the camera lens to stop Campbell from taping. A few moments later, Alhalabi violently lunged for and grabbed Campbell’s camera, jerking it, whilst startling a young Muslima standing next to him. The police seized Alhalabi, just as he appeared to be motioning to hit Campbell with his folder.</p>
<p>The entire scene was caught on tape.</p>
<p>Campbell, as I had done earlier, filed a police report and stated his intention to press charges. And once again, the police charged Alhalabi with battery – his second charge in one day – in one hour.</p>
<p>On Friday, March 19th, a <a href="http://www.americansagainsthate.org/press_releases/PR-Bassem_Alhalabi_2.php">warrant was issued in Alhalabi’s name</a> for his attack on me. The charge concerning the attack on Campbell is still pending.</p>
<p>According to an official from the Leon County State Attorney’s office, Alhalabi was given the choice of either turning himself in or being subject to arrest. Alhalabi chose the latter, and was <a href="http://www.americansagainsthate.org/Bassem_Alhalabi_Battery.html">apprehended in Boca Raton on Monday, March 22nd</a>, by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s office. He spent the day behind bars and was released on March 23rd, at 2:15 in the morning, after paying the bond that was set at $500.</p>
<p>This was not the first time Alhalabi found himself on the other side of the law. In June 2003, he was found guilty of illegally shipping a $13,000 military-grade thermal imaging device to Syria, a state sponsor of terrorism.</p>
<p>Alhalabi’s violent actions and sinister pursuits show that he, no doubt, is a threat to society. Indeed, these things are indicative of the organization he has come to represent, UVA, a group that has as its leader, Bedier, someone who has a similar terrorist-related past, someone who proclaimed at UVA’s 2009 Tallahassee event, <a href="http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=34474">“We want the government to fear us.”</a></p>
<p>UVA uses political lobbying as a cover for bullying and intimidation, and in the case of myself and Mr. Campbell, violence. It claims to be a peaceful group with concerns about such important issues as education and health care, but the reality is that it is nothing but a dangerous ruse – a radical Islamic front – dressed in an innocuous name, using innocuous language.</p>
<p>While United Voices for America has met with some of Florida’s Representatives, the vast majority have thankfully kept away, in part as a result of information provided to them by people such as this author. With emissaries like Bassem Alhalabi and Ahmed Bedier, it is not hard to understand why the group would be shunned.</p>
<p><em>Joe Kaufman is the Chairman of </em><a href="http://www.americansagainsthate.org/"><em>Americans Against Hate</em></a><em>, the founder of </em><a href="http://www.cairwatch.org/"><em>CAIR Watch</em></a><em>, and the spokesman for </em><a href="http://www.youngzionists.org/"><em>Young Zionists</em></a><em>.</em></p>
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<p><em>Beila Rabinowitz, the Director of </em><a href="http://www.militantislammonitor.org/"><em>Militant Islam Monitor</em></a><em>, contributed to this report.</em></p>
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<p>Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Tom Trento, Director of the <a href="http://www.floridasecuritycouncil.org/index.html">Florida Security Council</a>. He is leading a coalition of pro-American, pro-Israel, counter-jihad organizations to expose former CAIR operative Ahmed Bedier and his new front group, <em>United Voices for America</em>, at Muslim Capitol Day, March 11, 2010, in Tallahassee Fl.</p>
<p><strong>FP:</strong> Tom Trento, welcome back to Frontpage Interview.</p>
<p>So you are organizing a rally, “<a href="http://www.floridasecuritycouncil.org/progressive_islam/progressive_islam.html">America On Guard, against Muslim Capitol Day</a>,” in Tallahassee Florida, March 10–11, 2010.</p>
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<p>First, what exactly is Muslim Capitol Day?<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Trento</strong><strong>:</strong> Thanks Jamie.</p>
<p>According to its creators, Muslim Capitol Day is a time for Muslims from all over Florida to travel to Tallahassee to learn how the government works and to lobby their legislators on issues important to Muslims. Its purpose, we are told, is to guide a supposed neglected, minority group to finally participate in their government and to have a say in making laws.</p>
<p>In other words, Muslim Capitol Day can either be viewed in two ways:</p>
<p>[1] As one completely ridiculous political scam.</p>
<p>or</p>
<p>[2] As a brilliant tactical move by a Muslim Brotherhood leader to insinuate Sharia law into the state of Florida.</p>
<p>In reality, Muslim Capitol Day equals both.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>FP:</strong> Elaborate please.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Trento</strong><strong>:</strong> For observant Muslims, those who keep the Qur’an, follow extra-Quranic orthodox teachings and model themselves after Mohammed, therefore it is <em>incumbent</em> upon them to work toward replacing the US Constitution with the comprehensive system of Islamic jurisprudence known as Sharia law. In parts of the globe, like Iraq and Afghanistan, the observant Muslims are attempting just such a social transition through a hot jihad &#8212; using bombs and bullets.  Ironically, here in the United States, indeed in Florida, the observant Muslims are using commonly acceptable tactics like the local political process to introduce Muslim law to the Florida law makers and to the citizens. This is the cultural jihad at work right before the eyes of the uninformed, unsuspecting and unprepared.</p>
<p>In that sense, Muslim Capitol Day is a brilliant stealth move by former CAIR (Council on American Islamic Relations) operative, Ahmed Bedier and his warmed over CAIR front group, United Voices for America.<strong> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>FP:</strong> How is Ahmed Bedier orchestrating a brilliant stealth campaign?<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Trento</strong><strong>:</strong> Bedier is using a classic Trojan Horse ploy rolling into Tallahassee on heads of the elected officials, who for the most part are clueless about Sharia law, authoritative Islam and all the bad stuff that is inside that deadly horse. Bedier likes to produce a first-class show, all spiffy and looking good, so that there a visual acceptance of his Trojan Horse. Moreover he likes to frame his group of 100 Muslims as a dispossessed, disadvantaged minority, simply striving for acceptance and wanting to learn how to be good American citizens.  But many believe this Muslim Brotherhood “made man”, Ahmed Bedier, has a more sinister plan in store for the good citizens of Florida.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>FP:</strong> Wait a minute, a critic could ask: what’s wrong with any group wanting to learn more about their government and get more involved?  Isn’t that a basic America right?<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Trento</strong><strong>:</strong> The stealth part of Bedier’s political charade is the external, the outside, the beauty of that majestic Horse, standing <em>inside</em> the gates of Tallahassee. The jihad part of his charade is the belief system of United Voices, what is inside their heads, their philosophy, their political objectives. Most politicians see Bedier’s Muslims as potential votes. Most progressive liberals see Bedier’s Muslims as an “underclass” to protect from the “Muslim-haters.” Those of us involved in the American On Guard campaign, see Bedier as a documented terrorist-sympathizer who is using this group, some willingly some ignorantly, for his theo-political  purposes of advancing Islam in Florida and America.</p>
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<p>We get it. We’ve connected the Bedier dots, we’re not fooled and we will confront and expose Mr. Bedier  and his anti-American, anti-Israel, pro-HAMAS beliefs. Do Bedier and his Muslims have the right to do what they are doing?  Of course they do. And we have the right to rip that Trojan Horse wide open and let everyone seen the virus contained within, Sharia law. Yes we do.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>FP:</strong> How do you intend on doing that?<strong> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>Trento</strong><strong>:</strong> We will accomplish our goals for Muslim Day through several methodologies:<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>[1] National Security Briefing: </strong>To all Florida state officials on Wednesday March 10, the day before Bedier’s Muslim Day party. This pre-emptive high-level Briefing features our good friend Mr. Dave Gaubatz, former federal agent, author of the new best-seller book, <em>Muslim Mafia</em>, an expose on the inner working of the seditious organization, CAIR. We figured if CAIR is coming to Tallahassee on Muslim Day, what a great time for Dave Gaubatz to tell the state Representatives all about this wonderful civil rights group.</p>
<p>Also on the program is Nonie Darwish, Muslim apostate and founding member of <em>Former Muslims United.</em> Nonie will present the results of an extensive survey she and Jerry Gordon conducted to see if Bedier and his Muslims will go on record as supporting a Muslim’s right to leave Islam, without any consequences whatsoever. I think the Florida legislators may be in for a surprise when they find out if Bedier and his group sign this document.</p>
<p>Another Briefer to note is the father of Todd Beamer, Mr. David Beamer. As you know, Todd Beamer was the first known offensive activist of September  11, 2001, as Flight 93 was taken over by Muslim terrorists and Todd gave that famous call to action, “Let’s roll.” Mr. Beamer, a powerful and eloquent speaker, carries on in the memory of his son by taking the fight to the bad guys. This top-level Briefing has about ten more experts in various fields of counter-terrorism, investigation and education, all related to exposing political Islam as a system that is destructive to Florida and the Nation.  This will be an amazingly powerful event.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>[2] Press Conference: </strong>March 11, on State Capitol grounds. Our Presser features some of the speakers from the Briefing, but will include significant leaders from the Tea Party movement from all over the state of Florida. This is a development that I was not expecting, but fully understand. Once the Tea Party Patriots understood that a Muslim Brotherhood leader was messing with the US Constitution, well, all I can say is, don’t stand in the way of a Tea Party Patriot  when they want to defend their Constitution. These folks don’t like President Obama screwing with that sacred document, let alone a shifty character like Ahmed Bedier. The Tea Party Americans will be with us in force.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>[3]</strong> <strong>Pro-American Rally: </strong>Immediately following our Presser, we will have a Rally celebrating the uniqueness of the American experiment and the miraculous building of this great country. We do not apologize for America’s greatness as we understand human nature is such that the best will always be criticized by those who are weak. Therefore, we reject America-bashers out of hand. Notwithstanding  President Obama’s protestations to the contrary, we categorically disallow any notion that Islam has anything to do with the founding or development of the United   States of America. Ironically, it is because of our Judeo-Christian worldview and heritage, and our belief in a personal God, that has lead us to be a bastion of human rights, free speech and freedom of religion. Clearly, these political principles are in contradistinction to totalitarian Islam and the political dream of Ahmed Bedier.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>[4] Mr. Bedier, answer the damn question: </strong>We are going to pressure<strong> </strong>Bedier to finally answer a couple of very serious and revealing questions he has either refused to answer or danced around in a cavalier manner.</p>
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<p>So far, Bedier has not given a definitive answer to whether or not he condemns HAMAS, the designated foreign terrorist organization that wants to destroy Israel. The <em>America On Guard</em> team will prepare the state legislators, officials, and other concerned citizens to ask Bedier and his followers some powerful challenge questions and hopefully get a damn answer.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>FP:</strong> And how will you go about this?<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>Trento</strong><strong>: </strong>We’ll do this through several avenues:<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>[1] Visit The Representatives: </strong>Just as Bedier’s proxies are directed to visit their Representatives, our  folks will also visit the Representatives, to make sure they get the intelligence data we have prepared on Bedier, the Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR and many of the <em>United Voices</em> leaders. Our goal is to make sure no Bedier piece of propaganda goes unanswered, so that the Florida Representatives can make informed decisions as to whether they listen to anything Bedier has to offer.<strong> </strong></p>
<p><strong>[2] United Voices Events</strong>: Bedier’s group has a series of formal programs scheduled for state officials. Our folks will attend these open public meetings on state property to monitor and record exactly what is said by Bedier and <em>United Voices</em> leaders. We will use any Islamist statements to educate America about Bedier’s hidden agenda.<strong> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>[3] FSC Documentary:</strong> Another one of our projects is the production of a Muslim Capitol Day documentary designed to alert all of America to Bedier and his slick Sharia law marketing campaign in Florida. We have some good intelligence that Bedier and the Muslim Brotherhood are planning on having Muslim Capitol Days in other states, if they can create a successful one here in Florida. Our documentary should make the expansion of “Bedier Day,” very difficult to any state that truly cares about the US Constitution.<strong> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>FP:</strong> This is quite an effort on your part. How do you do this and what help are you getting?<strong> </strong></p>
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<p><strong>Trento</strong><strong>:</strong> Yes Jamie, there is a lot to do here and there is no way I can do any of this alone. I am a small part of an amazing team that is committed to protecting America. Our approach is simple, as we work with like-minded organizations to build a very influential coalition. One of the Florida Security Council’s activist partners is none other than Brigitte Gabriel’s powerhouse, ACT for America. In particular, the Jacksonville Chapter lead by Randy McDaniels and the Orlando chapter lead by Alan Kornman, assisted by Stacy, have been instrumental in the organization and execution of <em>America On Guard</em> Campaign. Joining these warriors is the dean of intelligence gathering, the esteemed, Mr. Jerry Gordon, well known counter-jihad writer and analyst of the New English Review. Rounding out the A-Team, is “Doc,” Swier, “CJ,” and J-Mark, with his unstoppable camera!  Unlike Bedier and his Muslim Brotherhood we do not get any Saudi petro-terrorism dollars, so we rely on good Americans who see the value of our work. Yes, we need donations.<strong></strong></p>
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<p><strong>FP:</strong> What can someone do who wants to stand with you in your <em>America On Guard Rally</em>?<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>Trento</strong><strong>:</strong> We are at war. Jihadists worldwide want to kill Jews, Christians, Americans, Hindus and basically everyone who does not accept Islam as God’s religion. Myriad of Muslims want to kill our way of life and political system and replace it with the Qur’an. We are a small group of very serious, very competent Americans who are On Guard against any Muslim wanting to destroy or replace the Constitution with any religious book, particularly a book like the Qur’an. Therefore if someone wants to step out and be involved with us, we welcome them with open arms and will stand with them, should-to-shoulder, in this epic ideological battle. All they need to do is to go to the <a href="http://www.floridasecuritycouncil.org/">FloridaSecurityCouncil.org</a> and SIGN UP. That is the first BIG step.<strong></strong></p>
<p><strong>FP:</strong> Tom Trento, thank you for joining us and I hope you’ll get a big turn-out at the <em><a href="http://www.floridasecuritycouncil.org/progressive_islam/progressive_islam.html">America On Guard Rally</a>.</em></p>
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