February 13, 2004
A Picture is worth....
I suspect that w's handler's simply told him to pose with the man that
Investigators say... is the North American chief of Islamic Palestinian Jihad and that the Holy Land Foundation is a front for Hamas.Well, the above picture was taken in early 2000 and Al-Arian hadn't been indicted yet. But he also had not contributed any money to bush...so why were Mr and Mrs w all smiles here?
Saffuri dissolved NMBA in May 1998. Since leaving the AMC, he has severed public ties with his former friends and colleagues, joining forces instead with conservative activist Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform.Anything for a vote.....Together with Norquist, he established the Islamic Institute in 1998 with seed money provided in part by donors in Saudi Arabia and by the Government of Qatar.
During the 2000 election campaign, Saffuri became the head of Muslim Outreach for the Bush-Cheney campaign, and orchestrated a meeting between Governor George W. Bush and Al-Arian during a campaign stopover in south Florida.
Via Joe Fish.
