Re: Iranians Targetted By FBI


lanman wrote:
> On 4 Aug 2005 12:46:24 -0700, Victor.Purinton@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> >Sirknight67 wrote:
> >> IRANIANS FEAR FBI SEES THEM AS TARGETS
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Nathaniel Hoffman; Contra Costa Times, 8/4/05
> >>
> >> http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/world/12300652.htm
> >>
> >> SAN FRANCISCO - About seven months ago an Iranian-American called the
> >> American Civil Liberties Union to report that an FBI agent had phoned for an
> >> interview.
> >>
> >> The agent mentioned she was part of the "Iran desk," said ACLU Arab, Muslim
> >> and South Asian advocate Dalia Hashad.
> >>
> >> That tip and, since October, an increasing number of calls for legal advice
> >> from Iranian-Americans sent up red flags for a coalition of civil rights
> >> organizations monitoring the treatment of Muslims and natives of two dozen
> >> countries in North Africa, the Middle East and South Asia.
> >>
> >> Iranians are increasingly seeking aid after being questioned by the FBI, put
> >> on government watch lists and losing their jobs or security clearances.
> >>
> >> "Over the past year or so there are increasing numbers of Iranian-Americans
> >> who are being discriminated against across the board," Hashad said Wednesday
> >> at a news conference at the offices of the National Legal Sanctuary for
> >> Community Advancement.
> >
> >It's painful to see what's happening to Muslims in the US, but is it
> >realistic to expect no change in the American social and political
> >climate when groups of Muslims around the world have made it clear that
> >they want to harm us and put an end to our way of life? When they have
> >made it clear that they will operate posing as civilians? When they
> >have made it clear that they will exploit every weakness in our system
> >stemming from the openness of our society? When they have made it
> >clear that their primary tactic is to inflict maximum civilian
> >casualties? When we hear, over and over again, Muslims expressing the
> >sentiment that their loyalty is to Islam first and their host nation
> >second? When we hear, over and over and over and over and over again
> >that Islam must be the ultimate authority on Earth?
> >
> >Muslims in the US should be furious at al Qaeda and other such groups,
> >and they should express that anger loudly and clearly.
> >
> >Burn bin Laden in effigy at the local mosque.
> >
> >Renounce Islamic supremacy.
>
> And therein lies one of the biggest problems of allowing Muslims into
> western society. Since the Koran will not permit them to "out" a
> terrorist in their midst, all Muslims ultimately have to be
> mistrusted. Since they are not loyal to their host countries, and
> since they are not willing to stop terrorism being committed by their
> Muslim brothers in their host countries, they are anti-western and
> defacto terrorist supporters.

By that logic at least half the kids in an American high school are
defacto drug dealer supporters.

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