CNN SMEAR CAMPAIGN�THE MISSING FACTS

What Anderson Cooper did not know

Anderson Cooper on CNN interviewed his investigative reporter Drew Griffin regarding the credibility of Walid Shoebat advising Homeland Security. 

But what Anderson Cooper did not know during this interview were THE FACTS:

LIE: Griffin wrote: �Neither Shoebat nor his business partner provided any proof of Shoebat's involvement in terrorism, despite repeated requests�.

FACT: The Shoebat Foundation did respond to all of CNN's emails. In fact they even offered to provide several documents and credible witnesses to validate Mr. Shoebat�s account �We will be willing to provide copies of documents that will answer your questions and witnesses on the condition that you guarantee they are protected and no names or photos or the contents of such documents will be made public. We will have you review these in person�. (see email sent to CNN)

CNN never responded.

LIE: CNN claimed that they searched the Israeli prison records

FACT: How could CNN search any prison records when Mr. Shoebat was imprisoned under a different name. Mr. Shoebat was born in Bethlehem and since his mother was a U.S. citizen he was under her passport. When he matured he held his own passport, which used his mother�s information. His passport does not say Shoebat. We offered to clarify all this to CNN (link to relevant part of email correspondance) on the condition to keep the documents private. CNN refused.

In addition, CNN were not the only ones investigating Mr. Shoebat�s prison story. Journalist Eileen Fleming who attempted to debunk Mr. Shoebat�s account on an OpedNews.com (14^th paragraph) story had interviewed Shoebat�s family who confirmed that Mr. Shoebat was indeed in prison: �But, when he was in jail he met someone who invited him to join a group against Israel�.

LIE: CNN claimed that Walid�s cousin confirm that Walid was never a terrorist

FACT: CNN stooped low to rely on witnesses that support the terrorist agenda as a claim that they provided credible witnesses. Daood Shoebat�s full name is Daood Awadallah Shoebat who is the uncle of famed suicide bomber Arin Shoebat and he is not going to confirm anything that supports an activist like Shoebat who combats terrorism. He is also the uncle of another terrorist by the name of Raed Awadallah Shoebat. Both stories can be verified without a shadow of doubt since Arin Shoebat was the renowned mastermind of the dual Operation Reshon Letzion in which Issa Bdeir detonated a bomb, killing him along with innocent Jewish civilians. Arin survived, hesitating to kill children, a similar account to that of Walid�s, who published his story years prior to Arin�s activity. Raed Awadallah Shoebat is on the list of official martyrs list. Anyone can uses google translate in Arabic can confirm both links in which these names match 100%.

LIE: CNN claimed that there was never a firebomb thrown on Bank Leumi and neither was there anything of that sort in Bethlehem Manger Square during 1976-1977

FACT: Mr. Shoebat NEVER made any claim that he threw a firebomb. No one can find any statement of such claim made by Mr. Shoebat anywhere, which completely debunks Mr. Griffin�s story. If he had investigated a firebombing he is out of luck. Mr. Shoebat had a real time bomb assembled by the notorious terrorist Mahmoud Al-Mughrabi. The most damaging to Mr. Griffin�s story is that there was a bombing of the Bank Leumi in Bethlehem�s Manger Square � as described in Mr. Shoebat's books � which was documented by the United Nations. Between December 24 and 27, there were two explosions in that area: �Bethlehem (in Manger Square near the Church of the Nativity)� and �Explosive charge went off outside the local Courthouse 27 December 1977 JP. 2 Jan. 1978 Yediot Aharonot, 2 January 1978.� 

LIE: CNN stated that they sent �repeated requests� to the Shoebat Foundation without any cooperation.

FACT: The Shoebat Foundation replied to each and every email CNN sent and all necessary information was provided. It was CNN that terminated the dialogue since all the responses discredited their initial intent to smear Mr. Shoebat. It is impossible for CNN to validate this claim since one can see all the emails that were exchanged.

LIE: CNN claimed that they investigated Mr. Shoebat

FACT: CNN never investigated anything. There were no interviews with any official agency; no interviews with any police official, government officials or any calls were ever made. Fact is CNN intentionally omitted the entire interview between Mr. Griffin and Mr. Shoebat in which during the interview on tape Griffin claimed that he investigated Mr. Shoebat and found out that records show he was paid $13,000 and that he also called Bank Leumi Branch in Bethlehem. In the interview Griffin simply was repeating an article written by CAIR, which falsely claimed that the Shoebat Foundation was paid $13,000. Anderson Cooper should review the entire interview which is damaging to CNN. What Griffin did was simply rely on an article written by CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations) based on an old article in which 3 x-terrorists were paid $13,000 in an event at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs. Griffin then changed his story to include the correct amount.

Griffin later found out that there was no Bank Leumi branch in Bethlehem to call since that branch was closed. Griffin then later changed both stories and lied intentionally. CNN also stated that they checked with the Israeli police in Bethlehem when fact is, there is no Israeli police station in Bethlehem and the Palestinian Authorities would have no such records. Griffin later changed the story to say that he called Bank Leumi in Tel Aviv. Fact is, Bank Leumi in Tel Aviv has no such records either. Anyone can call Bank Leumi and see. We called ourselves and there are no records in Bank Leumi that tracks terrorist operations during 1976-1977.

LIE: Americans are wasting tax dollars in hiring Mr. Shoebat or x-terrorists to explain terrorism.

FACT: Police use X-Drug addicts to expose the mindset of drug users in order to combat the epidemic why can't x-terrorists do the same?

LIE: Mr. Shoebat bills himself as an x-terrorist on the basis of a bombing activity of Bank Leumi.

FACT: Mr. Shoebat is rarely billed as an x-terrorist on the basis of only bombing Bank Leumi. Mr. Shoebat�s story is billed on the basis of several proven accounts:

1) He was recruited into the PLO by prison cellmate Mahmoud Al-Mughrabi � which led to the former's involvement in a bomb plot that targeted several Bank Leumi branches. Several bombings of Bank Leumi are well documented in the United Nations Reports.

2) Close family ties to high as well as low-ranking terrorists, which can be reasonably proven. Walid was well connected to several terrorist members of his own family whom CNN interviewed�preferring to use these�to collaborate a false claim. Yet such interviews only add to his credibility.

A�His cousin was - Areen Ahmad Shoebat � the renowned mastermind of the dual Operation Reshon Letzion in which Issa Bdeir detonated a bomb, killing him along with innocent Jewish civilians. Areen survived, hesitating to kill children, a similar account to that of Walid�s, who published his story years prior to Areen�s activity.

B�Walid fled to the United States and was mentored under Jamal Said who is said to be an associate of Abdullah Azzam, the godfather of Al-Qaeda who later was involved with the I.A.P (Islamic Association of Palestine) a branch of Hamas which gave birth to CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations) which CNN is defending.

C�Then we have another cousin, exiled terrorist Jawad Younis who became Abu Zubaydah�s lawyer in absentia. Abu Zubaydah ended up in U.S. custody to later testify against 911 �mastermind� Khalid Sheik Muhammad. Jawad is still an Islamist troublemaker in Jordan and an ardent supporter of Hezbollah:

�To His Excellency Mr. Nasrallah Secretary General of Hezbullah the Victorious by the will of Allah �We grip our hands with you, and all the Jihadists for the cause of Allah�as you lunge with your souls for the battle of the [Islamic] nation, to fight the demonic forces of America and Zionism, the sons of the great Satan.� Signed as #4 of this delegation Jawad Younis. (Letter of support to Nassrallah, dated 7/19/2006, published July 27th, 2006)

D�Another cousin is Raed Khalil Awadallah Shoebat, killed while attempting to plant a bomb at Ben Yehuda Street. Raed Awadallah Shoebat is on the list of official martyrs list. Anyone can use google translate in Arabic can confirm all the links in which these names match 100%.

E�Another cousin is Mahmoud Khalil Awadallah Shoebat who was imprisoned for years for his terror activity to later be released in a plea bargain. All the Awadallah Shoebat names provided are within the same household of the CNN witness Mr. Daood Awadallah Shoebat seen lying through his teeth.

F�Another cousin Eiad Shoebat, has an arrest warrant by the FBI wanted to major financial fraud suspected to be terror related. This involved contra band, passport fraud and major financial embezzlements intended to aid and abet terrorism. This can be easily confirmed with the FBI. Homeland Security did all the proper due-diligence that CNN never did.

C�Walid�s violent acts included street violence and hand-to-hand confrontations with Israeli forces. On one occasion Walid nearly lynched an Israeli soldier, which also can be confirmed by accessing Israeli news archives on March 18th as well as March 30th 1976. The news broadcaster was Karam Zarour (Oded Zarrai) who broadcast the news item on 8 PM news on the Arabic station on Israeli TV. CNN never accessed the archives.

D�Walid�s experience in Chicago being active with the PLO as well as the Muslim Brotherhood prior to the inception of the I.A.P (Islamic Association of Palestine) which later gave birth to CAIR (Council of American Islamic Relations). It is for this reason CNN and CAIR attack Mr. Shoebat.

While Walid�s partner in crime and prison cell mate Mahmoud Al-Mughrabi was denied to have ever existed, he was notorious, very real and quite dangerous. He was a secret correspondent for the British Sunday Times � hired to report alleged tortures in the Russian Compound (Jerusalem Central Prison) and his name was published by the United Nations while privately conducting terror plots. Al-Mughrabi was finally assassinated on October 1, 1985 in the secret Israeli operation � 'Wooden leg' � that targeted PLO Yasser Arafat's Tunisian headquarters. Mr. Shoebat's story remains consistent for 8 years since he went public and is well documented in his book "Why I Left Jihad." 

It is important that when we examine evidence to avoid character assassinations due to political affiliation. CNN has a liberal agenda and we are conservative. Let us put our affiliations aside and pursue the facts. Will CNN be willing to pursue the facts or is there an agenda in line with CAIR's?