Hillary = Pro-Arafat...
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Friday October 27, 2000; 4:54 PM EDT
Hillary Caught in Pro-Arafat Fund-Raising Cover-Up
Senate candidate Hillary Clinton claims she
didn't know until Wednesday that a June 13 fund
raiser she attended in Boston was sponsored by
the American Muslim Alliance, a group that
supports the kind of violence currently being
perpetrated against Israel by minions of Yasser
Arafat.
And when she found out about the AMA's
sponsorship, she says, she decided to return
their $50,000 in campaign contributions
immediately.
But though Mrs. Clinton claims that the identity
of the event's hosts had been concealed from
her, NewsMax.com has learned the Muslim group in
charge of the fund raiser was entirely open
about its role. Indeed, the AMA even boasted
about the success of the occasion on the group's
Web site the very day of the event.
Their report, headlined "AMA Massachusetts Holds
Fundraiser for First Lady Hillary Clinton,"
suggests it would have been all but impossible
for Mrs. Clinton not to know that the AMA was
her benefactor.
"Boston, June 13, 2000 - The American Muslim
Alliance Massachusetts chapter held a successful
fund-raiser for First Lady Hillary Clinton at
the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston on June 13, 2000.
The reception was attended by nearly 100
American Muslim leaders and activists. After an
informal introduction and photo shoot with Mrs.
Clinton, members of the community had the
opportunity to meet with the senatorial
candidate on a one-on-one basis."
If the first lady didn't learn about the AMA's
involvement from her up close and personal
"one-on-one" contact with the event's guests,
then remarks from the dais certainly should have
tipped her off, since the AMA was specifically
identified as the host.
"Mr. Farooq Ansari, former president and one of
the co-founders of the AMA Massachusetts
chapter, was the Master of Ceremonies. On behalf
of AMA and the Muslim community, Mr. Ansari
welcomed First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton."
And Hillary clearly understood that her hosts
were concerned the U.S. war on terrorism might
be too harsh.
In her speech, "Mrs. Clinton vowed to pursue
fairness and justice in the issue of secret
evidence and the Anti-Terrorism Act," the AMA
Web report notes.
Then there's the $1,000 contribution the first
lady accepted (then returned this week) from
Abdurahman Alamoudi, the American Muslim Council
official who attended the Boston event. "We are
the ones who went to the White House and
defended what is called Hamas," the New York
Daily News says Alamoudi once boasted.
Federal Election Commission records show
Alamoudi actually contributed the money on May
25, less than two weeks after Mrs. Clinton
attended another suspicious fund raiser, an
event her campaign went to great lengths to keep
secret.
The May 12 event where Alamoudi apparently
pledged to contribute the $1,000 was held at the
Washington, D.C., mansion of Hani Masri, a
business associate and confidante of Yasser
Arafat.
On May 26 the Jewish Forward reported:
"The event, which sources said raised more than
$50,000, was closed to the press, which wouldn't
have known about the event anyway, since it
wasn't listed on Mrs. Clinton's public
schedule."
In the same report the Forward revealed:
"The president of the Middle Eastern Media
Research Institute, Yigal Carmon, said of Mr.
Masri, 'I am not sure this is the best ally a
candidate for the U.S. Senate should choose,'
especially for someone running in New York, with
its substantial number of Jewish voters. MEMRI
has done extensive research on the Masri
family's control of the Palestinian Development
Investment Co. and its ties to Mr. Arafat."
Beyond trying to cover up her fund raising with
Arafat sympathizers, Mrs. Clinton may have even
attempted to hide Alamoudi's American Muslim
Council ties. Her campaign's FEC filing actually
lists Alamoudi's employer as "The American
Museum Council."
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