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To: FJB who wrote (3790)	1/6/2007 2:51:14 PM
From: Proud_Infidel	Read Replies (1) of 20106

Sen. Boxer rescinds award to Islamic activist(updated info) LATIMES ^ \| 01/06/07 \| Ashraf Khalil latimes.com Sen. Barbara Boxer has rescinded an award her office gave to a Sacramento Islamic activist after criticism that the group he represents — the Council on American-Islamic Relations — holds extremist views and has ties to international terrorist organizations. "I'm saying the four words that every elected official hates to say: 'I made a mistake,' " the California Democrat said in a telephone interview Friday. "I hope they won't believe that I did this to hurt the Muslim community…. We just have to be more careful when we reach out." The U.S. senator's office rescinded a "certificate of achievement" awarded in November to Basim Elkarra, head of the council's Sacramento office. The rare public reversal follows charges from right-wing activists that Boxer was courting Muslim extremists by associating with the group. (Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ....

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