The Fifth Column’s Return to Iraq

Posted by on 8/30/2006

Ben Johnson wrote this wonderful piece:

TO FIND PEOPLE WHO HATE AMERICA AS MUCH AS THEY DO, the Fifth Column Left had to go halfway around the world to meet with Iraqi political leaders who call terrorism “honorable national resistance” and say foreign jihadists “are guaranteed Paradise” – and at least one of whom has ties to militia leader Muqtada al-Sadr. By the end of the trip, the American leftists would echo these sentiments.

The 12-person U.S. delegation included:

  • Cindy Sheehan, who has referred to foreign jihadists as “freedom fighters”;
  • Tom Hayden, the ‘60s radical who once collaborated with the North Vietnamese;
  • Medea Benjamin, who founded of Code Pink, Global Exchange, and Iraq Occupation Watch, and coordinated the Seattle World Trade Center riots;
  • Jodie Evans, a Code Pink co-founder;
    Gael Murphy, another Code Pink official;
  • Jeeni Criscenzo, “a Democratic candidate for U.S. Congress California District 49, Advisor Board of Progressive Democrats of America” and a blogger for DailyKos;
  • Judith LeBlanc, national co-chair of United For Peace and Justice (UFPJ), headed by longtime Communist Party USA member Leslie Cagan;
  • Dal LaManga, “founder of Progressive Government, a member of the Dean’s Council for the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard:He is a partner of the Huffington Post and Air America. He is the Co-Chairman of Maria Cantwell’s campaign for 2006 Re-election”;
  • Iraqi-American, Raed Jarrar, of Global Exchange and author of the blog, “Raed in the Middle”

    • More shocking than the self-appointed Secretaries of State negotiating the terms of our surrender in Jordan were the Iraqi VIPs with whom they bargained.

    This leftist motley crew met with Sheikh Ahmad al-Kubaysi, a Baghdad-based cleric who “almost certainly is affiliated” with the Naziesque Muslim Brotherhood. He once declared:

    These young men who came here from other Muslim countries to defend Iraq are very brave. They left their homes and comfortable lives to protect fellow Muslims. That is the most important form of Jihad. These Mujahideen are guaranteed Paradise.

    The article is a very good read and goes in depth with cited sources of the who, what where, why and how! Please continue reading….

    Democrats, Iraq, National News, Presidential Election '08, State/Local Elections '06, Terrorism

    2 Comments.

    1. Robert 8/31/2006 at August 31, 2006 - 11:37 AM

      The delegation is a who’s who of Boll Weevils determined to undermine the war, undermine America, and destroy what is left of traditional America.

      A pack of POSs, IMO.

    2. Robin 8/31/2006 at August 31, 2006 - 08:16 PM

      Interestingly, Raed Jarrar (who was one of the “delegates”) is the man who tried to board the Jet Blue flight wearing the Arabic/English tshirt “We will not be silent”. Can you say “deliberate”?

      http://chickenhawkexpress.blogspot.com/2006/08/deliberately-inciting-airline-security.html