Sen. Barack Obama's Chicago church reprinted a manifesto by Hamas that
defended terrorism as legitimate resistance, refused to recognize the
right
of Israel to exist and compared the terror group's official charter -
which
calls for the murder of Jews - to America's Declaration of Independence.
The Hamas piece was published on the "Pastor's Page" of the Trinity United
Church of Christ newsletter reserved for Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., whose
anti-American, anti-Israel remarks landed Obama in hot water, prompting
the
presidential candidate to deliver a major race speech earlier this
week.[...]
In his July 22, 2007, church bulletin, Wright reprinted an article by
Mousa
Abu Marzook, identified in the newsletter as a "deputy of the political
bureau of Hamas." A photo image of the newsletter was captured and posted
today by the business blog BizzyBlog. The Hamas piece was first published
by
the Los Angeles Times, garnering the newspaper much criticism.
According to senior Israeli security officials, Marzook, who resides in
Syria alongside Hamas chieftain Khaled Meshaal, is considered the "brains"
behind Hamas, designing much of the terror group's policies and ideology.
Israel possesses what it says is a large volume of specific evidence that
Marzook has been directly involved in calling for or planning scores of
Hamas terrorist offensives, including deadly suicide bombings. He was also
accused of attempting to set up a Hamas network in the U.S.
Marzook's original piece was titled, "Hamas' stand" but was re-titled "A
Fresh View of the Palestinian Struggle" by Obama's church
newsletter.[emphasis mine] The newsletter also referred to Hamas as the
"Islamic Resistance Movement," and added in its introduction that Marzook
was addressing Hamas' goals for "all of Palestine."
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"I understand MSNBC has suspended Mr. Imus," Obama told ABC News, "but I
would also say that there's nobody on my staff who would still be working
for me if they made a comment like that about anybody of any ethnic group.
And I would hope that NBC ends up having that same attitude."
April 11 2007 B.Hussein Obama
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