Re: [iwar] [fc:teve.Emerson.is.a."Jewish.Fanatic".(Propaganda.countering.his.reporting)]

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Subject: Re: [iwar] [fc:teve.Emerson.is.a."Jewish.Fanatic".(Propaganda.countering.his.reporting)]
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Who knows what Steve Emerson's affiliations are?  More to the point, he's just
been wrong too many times to be considered reliable.  The way he's been wrong
does indicate a certain bias, which needs to be considered with -any- source.
MW

On Tue, 16 Oct 2001, Fred Cohen wrote:

> [MK Note: The desperation of those attempting to white wash terrorism
> is clearly displayed by this ad hominum attack on Steve Emerson. Steve
> is a good investigative journalist whose views are disturbing to
> Islamic apologists due to his truthful and insightful contents.
> Radical Islamic groups such as CAIR has attempted unsuccessfully for
> many years to silence him with false and misleading statements. ]
>                      [AsharqAlawsatOct16,01.jpg]
> 
>                       Tuesday, October 16, 2001
>               Steven Emerson out to wreck Arab-US ties
>        By Jamal Khashoggi, Asharq Alawsat, Jedda, Saudi Arabia
> 
>  JEDDAH, 16 October — If the American administration has indeed given
> Steven Emerson the authority to identify terrorists and their
> supporters in Arab countries, there can be no doubt that it will
> worsen relations between the United States and the Arab and Islamic
> world.
> The man is a Jewish fanatic. He does nothing to hide either his enmity
> toward Muslims or his anti-Islam smear campaign. He is the type of a
> man who coolly tells people who know nothing about Islam that "Muslims
> wear a red headcover because they have a bloody mentality."
> He told this to the American media when he produced a documentary on
> "Jihad in America," which was transmitted and financed by a cultural
> station supported by the US government and funded by donations, not
> advertising. The program drew strong protest from Muslims both within
> and outside the United States for its totally negative portrayal of
> Islam and Muslims, without limiting the criticism to his alleged
> culprits.
> Emerson’s credibility was questioned soon after the Oklahoma bombing,
> as he appeared on television to say that Muslims were behind it. He
> was giving details of the crime at a time when the investigations were
> in the initial stages. The whole hue and cry against Muslims suddenly
> stopped, however, when it was announced that an American fanatic had
> been responsible.
> He, nevertheless, continued to collect information on Islamists with
> the support of a number of pro-Israeli Congressmen and special
> Congress panels and American research centers. He also presented
> studies and analyses on "the danger posed by Islam."
> With the Sept. 11 terror attacks, Emerson is back in the limelight
> again. He introduces himself as an expert on terrorism and has close
> relations with officials in the American administration.
> This shows that he was behind some of the information which the US
> Treasury Department used to prepare a list of 39 individuals and
> groups who it is alleged are linked to Osama Bin Laden and his
> Al-Qaeda organization.
> The new list was not based on strict criteria, unlike the previous
> list which was limited to those individuals and organizations actually
> linked with Al-Qaeda — including those who appeared with Bin Laden or
> those who made statements or fatwas or abducted Americans or carried
> out terrorist operations against US interests.
> The new list is based on suspicions, a method endorsed and perfected
> by Emerson. He did this with the support of Congress after looking at
> various books, speeches, Friday prayer sermons, intelligence reports
> and whatever appeared in Arabic newspapers and magazines.
> He is an expert on joining the dots and filling the gaps by way of his
> analytical "expertise." Consequently, the new list included names who
> have no connection whatsoever with Bin Laden. One example is Yassin
> Abdullah Al-Qadi, a prominent businessman in Jeddah, who is well-known
> among business circles within and outside the Kingdom.
> The method of analysis adopted by people like Emerson will have
> catastrophic results and lead the United States into an unending
> crisis in its foreign relations. The inclusion on the list of the
> Rabita Trust, which supports the Bihari refugees, is a clear example
> of this mix-up. The trust works with the knowledge and acceptance of
> the Pakistani government. Its honorary president is Pervez Musharraf.
> It seems that the link which Emerson found is the presence of Wael
> Hamza Jelaidan among the top officials of the charitable organization.
> Emerson described Jelaidan as a founding member of Al-Qaeda and head
> of its logistical operations, so he could be targeted in the air
> attacks.
> But the fact is that Jelaidan was an active relief worker in
> Afghanistan throughout the second half of the 1980s and again during a
> later, short period. He was also temporarily head of the Saudi Red
> Crescent Society and the Muslim World League there. He had strong
> relations with leaders of the various Afghan factions, in his capacity
> as an official in charge of distributing largescale Saudi relief aid
> to Afghan refugees. He had also established relations with then
> Pakistani President Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq and his successor former Prime
> Minister Nawaz Sharif.
> Jelaidan was one of the three people during that period who
> represented Arabs assigned to Afghanistan and Peshawar. The other two
> were the late Abdullah Azzam and Osama Bin Laden. It is well known
> that Azzam and Jelaidan disagreed on the formation of Al-Qaeda, as
> they were sure that enthusiastic youths would be uncontrollable once
> they returned to their native countries. Therefore, their duty should
> be restricted to Afghanistan’s operations, which were limited to aid
> and military, in tandem with the Afghan Mujahedeen.
> In fact, the writer of this article was present at a meeting that
> consisted of the three leaders, when they were discussing the
> viability of separating and forming an independent front for the Arab
> fighters. This is exactly what Bin Laden was looking for. But Azzam
> and Jelaidan had a different idea. They believed the Arab-Afghans
> would serve the Afghan cause much better if they were distributed on
> different fronts headed by Afghan leaders. This would be welcomed more
> by Afghanistan’s leaders, they thought.
> However, Jelaidan is known for his roles in arms transportation and
> distribution and that is why Emerson is confident that Jelaidan is
> well connected to Al-Qaeda and believes he was the logistics man. In
> fact, Jelaidan’s mission was larger than what is believed as he used
> to serve on many fronts and it is known that Bin Laden thought about
> the formation of Al-Qaeda only in 1992.
> US intelligence and the Pakistani security apparatus have more details
> about the activities of Jelaidan, as the Americans then were the main
> suppliers of arms through the Pakistanis. However, Peshawar was the
> main depot for smuggling arms into Afghanistan and other bordering
> points and with the help of Azzam, Jelaidan was able to smuggle arms
> not only into central Afghanistan but further into the northern part.
> The recipients of smuggled arms and weapons were many, including Ahmad
> Shah Masood, who become famous as a result of Azzam’s propaganda.
> Afterwards, Masood became as famous as Gulbuddin Hekmatyar and Abdul
> Rasoul Sayyaf in his own right.
> In fact, Jelaidan after 1990 left Bin Laden, as they no longer had
> much in common. Then Bin Laden established his own front that
> consisted of his Egyptian friends from the Jihad organization. At that
> time, Azzam was killed along with two of his sons. We still don’t have
> a clue who killed him. However, many wanted Azzam dead, including
> Afghanistan’s communist intelligence apparatus and others who opposed
> the establishment of Hamas (which became a reality by 1988). Hamas is
> meant to be a branch of the Muslim Brotherhood in Palestine and the
> role of Azzam in establishing Hamas cannot be ignored. Nonetheless,
> there were rumors that Hekmatyar had a role in the murder of Azzam due
> to his annoyance at the rise of his enemy Masood, with whom he was
> being pressed to compromise.
> Other rumors were directed at the Egyptians for their role in the
> murder of Azzam. It is true that Azzam was not comfortable with the
> Egyptians, as he used to say that they did not come to Afghanistan for
> support but to serve their own interests. Moreover, the Egyptians
> there never attended Friday prayers that were lead by Sheikh Azzam -
> despite his high-ranking position among the Arabs.
> Anyway, Jelaidan thereafter confined his operations toward aid and
> joined the Muslim World League, moving between Islamabad and Peshawar.
> 
> I remember on one occasion he told me that "Peshawar is a desolate
> place after the murder of Azzam." The last significant role Jelaidan
> played was a liaison between the warring Hekmatyar and Masood in
> Kabul, along with other Muslim leaders. When he felt that his liaison
> attempts were of no use to stop the warring parties, Jelaidan left
> Afghanistan at the end of 1992.
> Thereafter, Jelaidan settled in his home, Saudi Arabia, engaged in
> commercial activities. He then joined the aid operations to Bosnia,
> where he supervised temporarily the Saudi Aid Committee, the largest
> aid organization then in Bosnia. During this period Jelaidan was away
> from the Arab Mujahedeen, and it seems that his first experience with
> them had not been encouraging. This was also because of the spread of
> violence in many Arab countries, which was attributed to Arab-Afghans.
> 
> However, security forces have never harassed Jelaidan since he settled
> back down in the Kingdom. Nor have they abroad. This is evident by the
> post he assumed as the supervisor of the Muslim World League
> endowments. Therefore, it is unclear why the League’s endowments were
> blacklisted or whether that is due to Jelaidan or other reasons.
> Jelaidan has confirmed that the Pakistani government has ordered the
> auditing of his financial statements and registers before the US
> blacklisting. The officials in charge of this trust have expressed
> their desire to cooperate with the US investigators. Also, the
> Americans know that officials in the Pakistani government, including
> the finance minister, are supervising its activities.
> Denying the recent Washington Post report alleging that the trust and
> Jelaidan had links with Al-Qaeda, Jelaidan said: "I want to emphasize
> that there is no connection between the Rabita Trust for Repatriation
> of Stranded Pakistanis or myself with Al-Qaeda or Osama Bin Laden. The
> news story was completely baseless."
> The members of the trust included Pakistan’s ministers of finance and
> interior, Prince Talal ibn Abdul Aziz, secretary-generals of the
> Muslim World League and the International Islamic Relief Organization
> and President of the Council of Saudi Chamber of Commerce.
> "Being the secretary-general of the Rabita Trust, I strongly condemn
> such irresponsible news coverage which was released without
> confirmation or any investigation. The fund received by the Rabita
> Trust is very limited and transparent. We therefore invite all the
> concerned authorities to check the accounts of the trust thoroughly
> and find out the truth," Jelaidan said in a press statement.
> Is the charge against Jelaidan a new invention of Emerson, who called
> Sheikh Yusuf Al-Qaradawi a terrorist and succeeded in blocking his
> visa to the US more than a year ago? The charge against pilots of
> Saudi Arabian Airlines, which were later dropped, could also have been
> Emerson’s inventions. Or are there other American schemes at work?
> We should be prepared for a smear campaign, which aims to widen the
> gulf of mistrust between Arabs and Muslims on the one hand and the
> West and the United States on the other.
> 
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