Candidate Endorsed By Ilhan Omar Once Worked For Group Linked To Al-Qaeda: Reports

Candidate Endorsed By Ilhan Omar Once Worked For Group Linked To Al-Qaeda: Reports


image

US Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) has faced plenty of questions about where her allegiances lie, and the Somali native is busy endorsing a crop of new Democrats with similarly nebulous loyalties.

One glaring example is Adam Hamawy, a candidate for the US House in New Jersey.

Trending: BREAKING: Supreme Court Hands President Trump 9-0 Win

The Daily Caller provided an account of one particularly controversial period in his past:

Hamawy said in a 1996 interview that he had passed out humanitarian supplies around Bosnia two years earlier for the Benevolence International Foundation (BIF), the outlet reported, citing the archived story from the Newark Star-Ledger. The U.S. government and United Nations (UN) later identified the Illinois-based foundation as a clandestine funding source for Al-Qaida and 9/11 architect Osama bin Laden.

ADVERTISEMENT

“I worked in

Continue reading

 

Join the conversation!

Please share your thoughts about this article below. We value your opinions, and would love to see you add to the discussion!