Only in America

[Flynn]

USA Senator Funds Terrorism.

Splashed across the world comes news of American Senator Siljander who has been indicted on forty two counts of terrorism related charges. Siljander was giving tax payer and charity money to Al Qaeda and the Taliban at a time that G W Bush was accusing Iraq of hiding Weapons of Mass Destruction.

Lets not forget Siljander was lining his own pockets too !

Americans should have looked amongst their own elected officials to find who was funding terrorist organisations instead of invading Iraq.




Quote Blogger news.

Former Republican Congressman Mark Deli Siljander Indicted As Terrorist
January 16th, 2008 by psburton

WASHINGTON — Former Republican congressman and delegate to the United Nations Mark Deli Siljander was indicted Wednesday as a member of a terrorist fundraising ring. The ring is alleged to have sent more than $130,000 to al-Qaida and Taliban supporter Culbudden Hekmaytar. A terrorist who has threatened both U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.
The former Michigan congressman, Stands accused of money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for lying to senators about an Islamic charity that authorities claim was in fact secretly funding terrorists.
The entire 42-count indictment, was unsealed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., And accuses the Islamic American Relief Agency of paying Siljander $50,000 for his lobbying efforts. Money that it turns out, was stolen from the Agency for International Development.
Siljander served two terms in the House and was later appointed by then President Reagan to serve as a delegate to the United Nations in 1987. Mr. Siljander could not reached for comment and his attorney in Kansas City, JR Hobbs, had no immediate comment for the media.
The charges reflect a long-running investigation into the charity’s activities, originally based in Columbia, Mo., It was designated by the Treasury Department as a fundraising shill for terrorists in 2004. The government claims I.A.R.A employed a man who served as a fundraising aide to no less then Osama bin Laden.
The formal charges allege the I.A.R.A sent approximately $130,000 to Gulbuddin Hekmaytar, a man designated as a global terrorist. Records show cash was deposited to bank accounts in Peshawar, Pakistan between 2003 and 2004, and listed as funds for an orphanage located in buildings that turned out to be owned by Hekmaytar.
Hekmaytar is an Afghan mujahedeen leader who engaged in terrorist attacks for al-Qaida and the Taliban publicly vowing to wage a holy war against the United States and international peace keeping forces.
The charges “paint a troubling picture of an American charity organization” that “engaged in transactions for the benefit of terrorists” and “conspired with a former United States congressman” to “convert stolen federal funds into payments for his advocacy,” Assistant Attorney General Kenneth Wainstein remarked in public comments on the indictments.
Even more disturbing are the public records that indicate it was Siljander who established the Washington D.C consulting agency “Global Strategies” which employed several former republican House and Senate members, who left or were voted out of office. Former house and senate members retain special privileges of accessing current elected officials and areas of the capitol off limits to the general public and media





It will be interesting to see how many more USA elected officials were, or still are conspiring with America’s enemies.

[squirt]

yeah, well, hindsight's 20/20 lol

[BountyHunter]

Tomorrow's debate will be interesting. All are invited to hear Flynn tell is something bad about Australia and something good about America for a change.

[Flynn]

I'll let someone else copy this thread and create a new one off the back of it, if you want " only in Australia ".

It is so easy to find a different American screw up every day, the one today happened to be providing funds to the enemy which they converted to bullets and killed American troops.

Australians don't get out their loud hailers to tell the world we are better than anyone else that's America's job !

This story is worth discussing /debating and so will any other news item I choose to post here.

[Iceman]

Headlines

Flynn bashes America again

[Flynn]

The thread title is " Only in America ", that was my first thought when I heard what Siljander has been indicted for.

My comments are not bashing America, I am merely pointing out that America's system of justice and government is not as perfect as some people would have the rest of the world beleive.

[Iceman]

Flynn, you never fail to point out any black mark that you can find on anything in America. Our country is not perfect and I doubt that your little island is either..

[AutumnRain]

his point is that most of the world doesnt do around telling other countries how things should be done, how fantastic they are, in such a manner as the USA does.. so when things do go wrong, as the case is here, then its on a grander scale...

kinda like the popular kid at school who shouted for years about how great she was, only to have to thrown in her face when she was caught being a liar and a cheat.. same thing just different scale..

[Iceman]

I suppose it makes anyone feel better about their own country if they can run down another. Mr. Flynn must have forgotten the 40's when Australia was so worried about a Japanese attack that they were begging the U.S. to be their ally and protector. Do you only like us when you need us?

[sybarite]

Originally Posted by Flynn

The thread title is " Only in America ", that was my first thought when I heard what Siljander has been indicted for.

My comments are not bashing America, I am merely pointing out that America's system of justice and government is not as perfect as some people would have the rest of the world beleive.

SIGH, I don't recall anyone in debate saying America is perfect. We do the best that we can with the system that we have. Too many people that are not Americans compare the common person to either our politicians or Hollywood T.V. The average American is is basically hard working, trying to make ends meet, dealing with a government that is no longer for it's people.
I, for one, pray that we can all get along no matter what country we are from.