[iwar] [fc:CAIR:.FOILED.BOMBINGS.INCITED.BY.ANTI-MUSLIM."SMEAR.CAMPAIGN"]

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CAIR wrote:

In the Name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

SEE BREAKING NEWS BELOW: SUSPECTED ISRAELI SPIES HELD BY U.S.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CAIR: FOILED BOMBINGS INCITED BY ANTI-MUSLIM "SMEAR CAMPAIGN"

(WASHINGTON, DC - 12/12/2001) - A prominent American Muslim group tonight
blamed what it called the "ongoing anti-Islamic smear campaign" by right
wing and pro-Israel extremists for creating an atmosphere of Islamophobia
that may have incited the Jewish Defense League (JDL) to plot a terrorist
bombing at a California mosque and other sites. (SEE: www.jdl.org)

JDL chairman Irv Rubin and another member of that group were arrested
Tuesday night on suspicion of plotting to blow up the King Fahd Mosque in
Culver City and the offices of Rep. Darrell Issa (R-CA) and the Muslim
Public Affairs Council. Rubin was arrested after the last bomb-making
components were allegedly delivered to his co-conspirator's home. Other
bomb components were seized at the home. In court documents, authorities
quoted one of those involved in the plot as saying that Arabs "need a
wake-up call."

"Since the horrific terrorist attacks of September 11, a number of
extremist conservative and pro-Israel groups and individuals, apparently
alarmed at the growing prominence of American Muslims, orchestrated an
ongoing anti-Islamic smear campaign seeking to marginalize the our
community and its leadership," said Omar Ahmad, board chairman of the
Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

"Words do have an impact, particularly on those who already hold
deep-seated hostility toward Islam and Muslims. For the safety of our
community, this malicious campaign must stop," said Ahmad.

"We extend thanks to the FBI for preventing a domestic terrorist attack. We
call on President Bush to condemn all those who may have been involved in
the plot. We request that law enforcement authorities offer added
protection for mosques nationwide and investigate the possibility that
other JDL terrorist cells may exist. And finally, we ask that commentators
not link Judaism or the Bible to terrorism as many have done with Islam and
the Quran," said CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad.

Awad also offered support for Rep. Issa, an Arab-American lawmaker who has
come under vicious attack by some of the same commentators who vilify Muslims.

In three incidents within the last month, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)
and the American Jewish Committee (AJC) sought unsuccessfully to have
Muslim speakers barred for public events designed to promote intercultural
understanding. CAIR has received many reports of similar behind-the-scenes
efforts.* (See note below.)

The smear campaign recently went public when the Los Angeles Times wrote:
"Pro-Israel or Jewish organizations such as the Anti-Defamation League, the
Jewish Defense League and the Middle East Forum think tank have provided
news organizations with reams of critical documentation on Muslim leaders
in recent weeks." (Los Angeles Times, 11/3/2001)

A Washington Post reporter wrote on November 18 that, "Jewish groups and
some conservatives have been lobbying the president to stop courting
certain Muslim leaders."

CAIR also cited several recent articles by the Middle East Forum's Daniel
Pipes in which he made the bizarre claim that American Muslims seek to
impose Islamic law in the United States.

* NOTE: In 1999, the ADL agreed to pay $25,000 to a community relations
fund that resolved a class-action lawsuit filed in 1993 accusing the ADL of
spying on Arab-American, pro-Palestinian and anti-apartheid groups and
individuals. (AP, Sept. 28, 1999)

Other Jewish groups protested the ADL leadership's 1990 attendance at the
funeral of anti-Arab extremist Meir Kahane, whose group is now listed as a
terrorist organization by the State Department. (Tikkun, July 1, 1994)
Kahane founded the JDL in the 1960s. An off-shoot of Kahane's group
continues to raise funds in the United States. (SEE: www.kahane.org) The
FBI raided offices associated with that group in January.

                                         - END -

CONTACT:        Ibrahim Hooper, 202-488-8787 or 202-489-5108
                 E-MAIL - <a href="mailto:cair@cair-net.org?Subject=Re:%20(ai)%20[Fwd:%20ISLAM-INFONET:%20Foiled%20Bombings%20Incited%20by%20Anti-Muslim%20%20"SmearCampaign"]%2526In-Reply-To=%2526lt;3C18A07A.5E7D465C@speconsult.com">cair@cair-net.org</a>

                 CAIR-LA - Hussam Ayloush, 714-776-1847
                 E-MAIL: <a href="mailto:cair_sca@cair-california.org?Subject=Re:%20(ai)%20[Fwd:%20ISLAM-INFONET:%20Foiled%20Bombings%20Incited%20by%20Anti-Muslim%20%20"SmearCampaign"]%2526In-Reply-To=%2526lt;3C18A07A.5E7D465C@speconsult.com">cair_sca@ca
ir-california.org</a>

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SUSPECTED ISRAELI SPIES HELD BY U.S.
By Carl Cameron, Fox News, 12/12/2001
<a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40679,00.html">http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40679,00.html>

In a related development, Fox News is reporting that some 60 Israelis are
among those detained by authorities following the September 11 attacks.
According to Fox:

"The Israelis, a handful of whom are described as active Israeli military
or intelligence operatives, have been detained on immigration charges or
under the new Patriot Anti-Terrorism Law. Federal investigators said some
of them failed polygraph questions inquiring about alleged surveillance
activities against and in the United States.

"There is no indication the Israelis were involved in the Sept. 11 attacks,
but investigators suspect that they may have gathered intelligence about
the attacks in advance and not shared it...

"...Numerous classified documents obtained by Fox News indicate that even
prior to Sept. 11, as many as 140 other Israelis had been detained or
arrested in a secretive and sprawling investigation into suspected
espionage by Israelis in the United States..."

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CAIR
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