Roguish Lawyer
06-30-2004, 11:59
By an anonymous author.
The author is an Iraqi Jew who fled the country after her father was executed as an Israeli spy, which it seems he may have been. She moved to Israel for a while, then moved to the U.S. where she started working as a translator/analyst for a mysterious non-profit that seems to be a think tank that focuses on Middle East-based terrorism.
The book discusses how, using public records and visits to various mosques and "cultural centers" around the U.S., the author discovered that muslim fundamentalists were operating extensively in the U.S., raising money and recruiting operatives. She discusses that there are links among about 130 organizations, most of which purport to be charities, which are used to fund Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas, al Qaeda and other organizations. She eventually links everything back to two Saudi billionaires and the Saudi government. The charities own the majority of mosques in the U.S. and use them to promote Wahabism.
The book purports to be an indictment of the FBI, which she says routinely refuses to share important information with other agencies, fails to pursue significant leads on terrorist activity, and improperly investigates people like her instead of the terrorists.
The book is quite interesting, but I am left wondering who this woman really is and how much of the information is accurate. If the book is true, then the FBI is in need of a major enema and we still are screwing around after 9/11 instead of doing what is necessary to root out these people.
One major theme of the book is that al Qaeda and terrorist groups operating in Israel are closely linked. This suggests that this woman may work for Mossad.
Anyway, definitely an interesting book to read. Hard to assess how much is true and how much is there to advance a personal or other agenda.
The author is an Iraqi Jew who fled the country after her father was executed as an Israeli spy, which it seems he may have been. She moved to Israel for a while, then moved to the U.S. where she started working as a translator/analyst for a mysterious non-profit that seems to be a think tank that focuses on Middle East-based terrorism.
The book discusses how, using public records and visits to various mosques and "cultural centers" around the U.S., the author discovered that muslim fundamentalists were operating extensively in the U.S., raising money and recruiting operatives. She discusses that there are links among about 130 organizations, most of which purport to be charities, which are used to fund Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas, al Qaeda and other organizations. She eventually links everything back to two Saudi billionaires and the Saudi government. The charities own the majority of mosques in the U.S. and use them to promote Wahabism.
The book purports to be an indictment of the FBI, which she says routinely refuses to share important information with other agencies, fails to pursue significant leads on terrorist activity, and improperly investigates people like her instead of the terrorists.
The book is quite interesting, but I am left wondering who this woman really is and how much of the information is accurate. If the book is true, then the FBI is in need of a major enema and we still are screwing around after 9/11 instead of doing what is necessary to root out these people.
One major theme of the book is that al Qaeda and terrorist groups operating in Israel are closely linked. This suggests that this woman may work for Mossad.
Anyway, definitely an interesting book to read. Hard to assess how much is true and how much is there to advance a personal or other agenda.