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To: aladin who wrote (112595)	8/24/2003 9:24:10 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Respond to of 281500

" So you have joined the David Duke club "............. NOPE! But it looks like your beloved hero Bush has : Religious groups condemn expected appointment to Peace Institute LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON - An array of Arab, religious and Muslim groups Thursday denounced the expected appointment of outspoken Middle East scholar Daniel Pipes to a U.S. government-funded peace think tank. The groups accused Pipes of being a racist, anti-Islam extremist whose appointment to the U.S. Institute of Peace would be akin to naming former Ku Klux Klan figure David Duke to a civil liberties post. And they vowed to strike back at President Bush on Election Day if he goes ahead with the appointment. Bush is expected to bypass the Senate confirmation process and appoint Pipes, who is head of the Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum, during the August recess. Last month, Senate Democrats voiced strong objections to the appointment, postponing a committee vote on it. Opponents Thursday said the nomination would negate Bush's efforts to reach out to the Muslim community after the terrorist attacks. C. Welton Gaddy, president of the Interfaith Alliance, said the nomination "strikes at the very heart of the notion that America is a place where religious diversity is valued." Pipes' supporters say he is a prominent scholar whose warnings about militant Islam were borne out by the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "It's one thing to disagree with a person's point of view, but it's offensive and disgusting to compare him with David Duke," said Anti-Defamation League National Director Abraham Foxman. Pipes, he said, "is not a bigot, not a racist, and not anti-Arab." The White House declined to comment. But sources close to the matter confirmed earlier this week that the appointment was expected during the recess. The Institute of Peace was initially conceived in the aftermath of the Vietnam War as a counterbalance to the influence of the U.S. military schools. It has evolved into a centrist foreign policy think tank. And now evolved into another right-wing-nut stink tank. You're off ignore for now John. Please continue to live up to my expectations.<GGG>>