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February 2, 2008 at 08:21:25
USA Air Force Academy Feb. 6, 2008: A Failure of Intelligence to Support the Troops by Eileen Fleming Page 1 of 2 page(s) 
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[Orlando, Fl. Feb. 1, 2008] The infamous darling of fear filled fundamentalist Christians and Jews of the cult spewed by the likes of John Hagee and the idiot wind blown on FOX's Hannity & Colmes, Bill O'Reilly and Neil Cavuto show, will be show boating at the annual political forum at the US Air Force Academy on Feb. 6, 2008. Walid Shoebat, author of Why We Want to Kill You has built a lucrative speaking career by manipulating the fears and whipping up hatred between Jews and Muslims and he claims to be a former Islamic terrorist who has converted to Christianity. On Tovia Singer’s radio broadcast, Shoebat claimed, "Most Jews believe in a two-state solution. I do not believe in this. A Palestinian state will concoct its own rules and laws to continue the killing of Jews.” He suggested instead that Israel, “Wake up and smell the Hummus. We must return to the status quo – the occupation…I think Israel should stand strong and fight – dismantle Hamas and take away all the weapons, the way it used to be. The introduction of weapons into Palestinian society by Israel [under the Oslo accords, Israel gave assault rifles to Arafat’s ‘police force’ –ed.] was a disaster and they must be confiscated.” http://as-clips.blogspot.com/2007/09/shoebat-from-plo-terrorist-to-lover-of.html Shoebat also feels very strongly that the ongoing war against Israel has nothing to do with an Arab desire for a Palestinian state, “Never in history was there a Palestinian state,” said Shoebat, “we never wanted a Palestinian state – even today the Palestinians do not want a Palestinian state…”
“Then what do they want?” asked Tovia Singer.
“They want the destruction of the Jews, period,” Shoebat said. “It’s a religious holy war. [IBID]
Keith Davies, the director of the Walid Shoebat Foundation announced that not just Walid, but two other 'former terrorists' s will be filling the heads of our troops with fear of the other and he is, "delighted that the United States Air Force has recognized the brave stand that these men take in educating the American people on the real causes of terrorism. The fact that the Academy has invited our speakers is an important step as to understanding the issue of terrorism and the issues surrounding the problems of the Middle East.”
Next Wednesday's failure of Intelligence to protect our troops is a failure to investigate the history of Walid Shoebat.
This civilian journalist spoke with one of Walid's many Palestinian American relatives, Kamal Younis. Kamal had checked his facts with other relatives and everyone of them agreed that, "Walid's entire biography is a manufactured fabrication. His handlers have taken one point and have twisted it and built up a fictional story."
That fictional story can be read @ http://www.shoebat.com/bio.php
Kamal clued me in, "His bio claims that his grandfather was the Muslim Mukhtar (chieftain) of Beit Sahour-Bethlehem. It neglects to mention that Beit Sahour is adjacent to Bethlehem, not a part of Bethlehem and also ignores the fact that in Beit Sahour at that time there were eight tribes; two Muslim and six Christian. Walid's grandfather was only the Mukhtar for one of the Muslim tribes. Walid's bio claims his grandfather was a friend of Haj-Ameen Al-Husseni, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and notorious friend of Adolf Hitler. Walid's grandfather never even met him and was a peaceful man.
"I helped Walid's father Ahmad get a job and we both attended Humboldt State College in Arcata, California, from 1954-1960. Walid was born in September of 1960 in Beit Sahour after his American mother and father returned there from America. His older sister and brother were born in the USA, and the family lived in Jericho until 1968, then in Saudia Arabia for two years then returned to Beit Sahour.
"In 1976, his sister Mona was coming home from school with her friends and were stopped and beaten up by Israeli soldiers, they nearly broke Mona's back. This made Walid very angry and shortly thereafter he attended his first demonstration against the occupation. In 1977 Walid was caught distributing Palestinian flags and was arrested and held for about two weeks in Mascubia Prison, until his mother went to the Embassy and got him released.
"The biggest act of 'terror' he ever committed was to glue Palestinian flags on street posts. But, when he was in jail he met someone who invited him to join a group against Israel. In 1977 Walid and his friends put packages behind a bank, but there were no explosives in it. That year he also met some Jehovah Witnesses and joined them for a while.
"Walid speaks about his grandfathers whom he never met, never knew and he labels them as terrorists! I knew them and they were peaceful men.
"Walid came to the U.S. in 1978 and met an Afghani friend and they went into business together, but it didn't work out, so he moved to Chicago in 1981 where many cousins live and asked for help. He went to Loop College [now Harold Washington College] and was appointed as a foreign student advisor; a position offered him so he could pay his tuition.
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And the truth will set you free
Another excellent article; Shoebat's arrogance alone should be enough to inspire one to question the validity of his spew. What is the saying? ....Follow the money? Shoebat is the worst kind of profiteer, building his fortune on lies, deceit and on the innocent blood/lives of men, women and children. by Diana Hasna (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 4 comments) on Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 at 11:45:28 AM  (0+)
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GOOD ONE
You see The Light! xox, e by Eileen Fleming (172 articles, 101 quicklinks, 274 diaries, 650 comments [16 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Feb 2, 2008 at 2:11:16 PM (0+)
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Reply: Propaganda and half truths unravel
Yes the orchestrated propaganda is starting to unravel. Truth will always come out on top. Rev. John Hubers makes some great observations on conflicting info by Shoebat Here by Diana Hasna (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 4 comments) on Sunday, Feb 3, 2008 at 2:01:21 PM (0+)
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Reply: thank you Diana
Only in Solidarity do "We have it in our power to begin the world again"-Tom Paine by Eileen Fleming (172 articles, 101 quicklinks, 274 diaries, 650 comments [16 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Feb 3, 2008 at 8:18:57 PM (0+)
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ops on me
It was brought to my attention that in the final paragraph i freudian slipped and wrote Naval instead of Air Force Academy. it is because i have the LIBERTY on my mind- have you seen this: LEARN MORE @ the WAWA Banner: USS Liberty WAWA http://www.wearewideawake.org/ by Eileen Fleming (172 articles, 101 quicklinks, 274 diaries, 650 comments [16 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Feb 3, 2008 at 1:25:28 PM (0+)
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This guy is really scary...
Walid Shoebat is one of those who attempts to stereotype Muslims and promote fear and hatred of all Muslims and Arabs. I think it is really sad what he is doing and VERY dangerous as well. Personally, I think all he cares about is selling books and FEAR sells. Look at John Hagee and his bunch with End Times fairytales. I dont see how either one of these men can call themselves Christians, they are so opposite to what Jesus preached and taught 2,000 years ago. Peace to ALL, Dana by Dana (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 10 comments) on Sunday, Feb 3, 2008 at 11:02:55 PM (0+)
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Reply: I agree
It has been written the LOVE of MONEY is at the root of all evil, and my intuition tells me, it is greed that motivates Walid, and not at all Jesus Christ who promised it is the Peacemakers who are the children of God; NOT those that starve, bomb, torture or occupy any other. e by Eileen Fleming (172 articles, 101 quicklinks, 274 diaries, 650 comments [16 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Feb 4, 2008 at 9:27:07 AM (0+)
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Thank you for exposing this creep ! Eileen
Dear Eileen, Thank you and may God Bless you for exposing this nasty piece of work for what he really is. I have seen Walid Shoebat on TV and he is a cheerleader for the oppression for his own people - some thing that aside from being inherently repugnant from the moral point of view is also decidedly un Christian. Either we have one of two scenarios - Walid Shoebat is a reformed self confessed terrorist, in which case I cannot understand why he was even allowed to set foot in the US, let alone acquire US citizenship. Better still, he ought to be prosecuted for his crimes if he has spent the best years of his life murdering and maiming people. The other scenario is, as Fleming pointed out, that he may be a fraud, who in a manner reminiscent of the odious Ayaan Hirsi Ali, fabricated his entire life story in a crude but ultimately fruitless attempt to gain political gain. Either way it is abhorrent that he is treated like a star. He should be either exposed or prosecuted. Better still, do both. Thank You, Eileen Fleming. by Suhail Shafi (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 8 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Monday, Feb 11, 2008 at 6:35:38 PM (0+)
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How is this balanced reporting?
I read both articles, this one and Walid's rebuttal. It's fair to present your theological disagreement with Walid Shoebat, yet in all fairness, your article has testimonies from Walid's own family stating that he was in prison and that he got himself involved with terrorists. So why does your article call this man a fraud? You have the right to call him a false-Christian if you do not agree with his brand of Christianity, yet to call the man a fraud on the basis of his story is absolute rubbish and you know it. The very statements from his family which YOU obtained yourself testifies that he was in prison and did get involve in terrorism. These are obvious contradictory statememnts in your article. Can you see your contradictions? Also, he stated in his rebuttal that the man you interviewed "Kamal Younis" is a brother of Jawad Younis, an activist and a lawyer who represents Al-Qaeda operatives and defended Abu Zubaida and also sent letter of congratulations to Nassrallah, a known terrorist. Anyone can google this and see for themselves. This also confirms Walid's validity. Have you examined these witnesses any further to see their involvement in terrorism? Or did you fail since a biased slant had to overcome serious and balanced journalism. Are you simply filled with joy when like-minded peopel as you salute you with "hip hip hurrreyyy", or are you a journalist convicted with clear concious of what you write? Just which one are you? This is a choice only you can answer. by Marie Peters (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 3 comments) on Thursday, Feb 14, 2008 at 6:49:18 PM (0+)
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