Friday, September 25, 2009

THIS POST CONTAINS ERRONEOUS OR UNSUBSTANTIATED INFORMATION - Obama appoints a radical Muslim to top position in the Department of Home Security

UPDATE: I posted this yesterday. Our fellow contributor Epaminondas points out that there is no actual documentary evidence that Alikhan ever supported Hezbollah.

Therefore, I believe it was wrong for me to post this, and I apologize to Mr. Alikhan. Consider this a retraction. I will not throw it down the memory hole by simply removing it from the blog, because I consider that to be a cowardly maneuver.

I made a mistake, and I will man up and admit it.

From Vlad Tepes:

Vincent Gioia
BrookesNews.Com

Monday 21 September 2009

Vincent GioiaPurported non Muslim Barack Hussein Obama made a presidential appointment of Muslim Los Angeles Deputy Mayor Arif Alikhan for a top job at the federal Department of Homeland Security. In his new job Arif Alikhan will be Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy Development at the Department of Homeland Security. Alikhan has been Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles — in charge of public safety for the city. Why Muslim Alikhan at the Department of Homeland Security you might ask? DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said Alikhan’s “broad and impressive array of experience in national security, emergency preparedness and counterterrorism will make him an asset —yes, but on behalf of the US or Muslims? I am not sure what she is talking about and she probably doesn’t know either. IndiaWest.com

Alikhan says a big part of his job will be fostering communication between agencies. Alikhan, like Obama, also wants to help improve America’s image with Muslims around the world. He will now set policy on security at the highest levels of the federal government. But what policies has the new Assistant Secretary embraced? During his years in Los Angeles, Alikhan was responsible for derailing the Police Department’s plan to monitor activities within the Los Angeles Muslim community, where numerous radical mosques and madrassas existed, and where some of the 9/11 hijackers had received support from local residents.

Alikhan is strongly anti-Israel; he has referred to the terrorist organization Hezbollah as a “liberation movement. Hezbollah is on the US official terrorist list while being an affiliate of the Muslim Public Affairs Council. Alikhan also opposed President George W. Bush’s prosecution of the war on Islamic terror. In 2007 Alikhan was instrumental in removing the Muslim terror tracking plan in LA. The Muslim ‘Mapping’ Plan of the Los Angeles Police Department is now “dead on arrival according to Chief William Bratton. “It is over and not just put on the side, said Chief Bratton in a meeting with the Muslim leadership of Southern California at that time. The meeting was moderated by Arif Alikhan.

Chief Bratton acknowledged the hurt and offense caused to Muslims and agreed to send a letter to the Muslim community announcing the official termination of the ‘mapping’ plan.

A major reason for the termination of the ‘mapping’ plan was the Muslim community’s vociferous opposition and active civic engagement in making themselves heard beyond Los Angeles. Muslim organizations demonstrated a strong unity of purpose and message on the issue of ‘mapping’ that led to a position of strength for Muslims in the meeting. Those involved in the initial phases of this controversy were the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California and the Council on American-Islamic Relations CAIR, the Muslim Public Affairs arm.

Muslim Democrats welcomed Alikhan’s appointment at a banquet/fundraiser for the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California recently where the first speaker was Arif Alikhan, a devout Sunni and the son of Pakistani immigrants, Spiegel Online. Other speakers included Professor Agha Saeed of the American Muslim Task Force (AMT) who spoke about “the struggle of the Muslim Community against the pervasive atmosphere of Islamophobia and hatred in the aftermath of 9/11.. It was a struggle against the tide — a very strong tide — to prevent Muslims in America from being marginalized and silenced.

Professor Saeed issued five demands from Muslims to the Department of Justice. These demands included a cessation to the infiltration by spies of mosques and an end to the introduction of agents provocateur. In addition there was to be a cessation of attempts to undermine Muslim groups such as the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR). Un-indicted co-conspirator CAIR was thrilled at the appointment: US4Arabs

Last week, Napolitano swore in Damascus-born Kareem Shora, the American-Arab Ani-Discrimination Committee (ADC)’s national executive director, to a position on the Homeland Security Advisory Council, an outside-the-department group of national security experts that advises the Secretary. Shora is the first Arab rights advocate on the panel. Shora has with ties to terror backers (Obama taps Muslim for top job at federal DHS)

One may wonder how does an obscure (but Democrat) bureaucrat and devout Muslim come to the position of Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles — in charge of public safety for the city and now becomes Assistant Secretary to DHS under purported non-Muslim Democrat President Barack Hussein Obama?

Vincent Gioia is a retired patent attorney living in Palm Desert, California. His articles may be read at www.vincentgioia.com and he may be contacted at gioia@gte.net.

18 comments:

Reliapundit said...

obama is on the other side

Epaminondas said...

It doesn't matter if he is or not if his actions result in the same end.

The first thing that comes to mind when I see the headline is the 100th Infantry Battalion of the 442nd infantry which is about as good as it gets.

And then you read the statements this person has made.

He fits right in. He has also refused to denounce HAMAS.

NO WONDER the people now running the democratic party are trying to scare everyone off speaking their mind on any subject.

Those people are a danger to the republic

Epaminondas said...

However, look here

Ashworth was no genius, but...

Which bring the question .. can anyone find the actual original quote in which he makes his remarks about Hezballah? Or his refusal to denounce either HAMAS or hezballah?

revereridesagain said...

Nope, I'm with Reliapundit on this. At the very least, Obama is on the other side from all real patriots and supporters of freedom and capitalism. What other "other side" matters?

Christine said...

All i will say is, the proof is in the pudding.

Pastorius said...

Epa,
You're right. I don't think there is any evidence connecting him directly to Hezbollah or Hamas. I think he worked in some capacity alongside the Muslim American Society, which is, of course, an extension of the Muslim Brotherhood.

I'll have to do more research.

It could be that this post is just wrong.

Epaminondas said...

I can't find the originals. I can find references that he did say this, but when or where remains a mystery ... too much like purported comments by people like Ariel Sharon.

If he did say Hezballah is a liberation movement then everyone involved in moving this fellow up the ladder should be run out of town, but I really would like to find the actual incident.

I cannot

Anonymous said...

Just because you cannot find certain things on the net, does not mean that the have not existed

I have had this problem before that some things just dissapear

One example. The present indonesia president said that he would not take action against Laskar jihad because their actions where not criminial.

I know I read it and put it up on a forum a few years ago, but to find it now is impossible.

Anonymous said...

So Epa do not dismiss it just because you cannot find it

Anonymous said...

"Alikhan, like Obama, also wants to help improve America’s image with Muslims around the world"

I don't know about past support for hamass or lezbolah but that quote above is plenty damning enough. Plenty.

Less fruitcake concern about "image" and more airlocking of Cylons please, Mr. Precident.

Rebellious Kafir said...

"Alikhan is strongly anti-Israel; he has referred to the terrorist organization Hezbollah as a “liberation movement."

Thats pretty much all I need to know.

Epaminondas said...

Shiva I am trying to distinguish between ASSERTIONS and FACTS.

@In Marty's Image ..yah we've all seen that ..WHERE IS THE QUOTE FROM?
WHEN?


What is the difference between assertions made about Palin's family and assertions like this? Don;t you think a million left wing blogs put up crap and passed it around until 3 stations down the road it seem s as fact because it's around?

Think, use reason, if we accept the unprovable because of our own preconceived notions, this is PREJUDICE : from MW.com : : an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge

I am not and don't want to see this site lumped in with others that simply accept the reverse of Dan Rather.

I do not DISMISS this. I usually have no more than five minutes of work to find the original.

I cannot do this in this case.

WHY NOT?

Christine said...

You are correct Epa. I did some heavy searching. All I could find was

13 days prior to his appointment by Napolitano, Alikhan joined the Muslim Public Affairs Council, or MPAC, for a special fundraiser called "Be the Change" to support what the group calls its innovative leadership development programs.

No links to statements made by him.

Pastorius said...

Yes, to be clear, Shiva, this is an integrity issue. It could be true that Alikhan said those things. But, we have no proof. Epa is right on this.

Christine's info about Alikhan joining MPAC, well, that something. I don't know what to say about it. Did he join MPAC, or did he just appear with MPAC?

If I am not mistaken, MPAC was birthed out of the Muslim Brotherhood, right?

Anonymous said...

You should leave the retraction and take down the post. I am sure it is archived somewhere, if someone wants to read it.

The retraction and apology are sufficient to evidence your integrity, IMO.

Knowingly leaving false information up could be a little confusing to new readers.

Pastorius said...

Epa,
You said: I am not and don't want to see this site lumped in with others that simply accept the reverse of Dan Rather.


I say: Thank you. I really appreciate it.

Pastorius said...

Anonymous,
If I take the post down, then people in our movement, and others who visit this website will not know specifically what I am retracting.

Look, if I make a mistake, I've gotta be honest about it.

I made a big fucking mistake here. Egg all over my face.

:)

Epaminondas said...

I don't see this as a big mistake ..we are not getting paid as professional journalists .. and I've done the same AHAH!

We published something and we've reviewed it critically like adults and we have questions.

That should remain up.

Good for u pasto