Obama's Fancied the Chicago Terror Gang– Partied With Bombers & Former PLO Operative

Barack Obama & Terror Bomber William Ayers Partied With Former PLO Operative—

Barack Obama, terrorist Bill Ayers and former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi were good friends and even partied together in Chicago.
Both terrorist Ayers and former PLO operative Khalidi have held fundraisers for Obama in the past.

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Terrorist William Ayers (left), Barack Obama and former PLO operative Rashid Khalidi(right) were close friends in Chicago.

Rashid Khalidi and Barack Obama were close friends in Chicago.
Rashid was also a former PLO operative who often spoke to reporters on behalf of Yasser Arafat’s Palestine Liberation Organization when he lived in Beirut.

Tom Maguire posted on Rashid Khalidi yesterday and pointed out this report from the LA Times on Barack Obama’s Palestinian allies:

CHICAGO — It was a celebration of Palestinian culture — a night of music, dancing and a dash of politics. Local Arab Americans were bidding farewell to Rashid Khalidi, an internationally known scholar, critic of Israel and advocate for Palestinian rights, who was leaving town for a job in New York.

A special tribute came from Khalidi’s friend and frequent dinner companion, the young state Sen. Barack Obama. Speaking to the crowd, Obama reminisced about meals prepared by Khalidi’s wife, Mona, and conversations that had challenged his thinking.

His many talks with the Khalidis, Obama said, had been “consistent reminders to me of my own blind spots and my own biases… It’s for that reason that I’m hoping that, for many years to come, we continue that conversation — a conversation that is necessary not just around Mona and Rashid’s dinner table,” but around “this entire world.”

…While teaching at the University of Chicago, Khalidi and his wife lived in the Hyde Park neighborhood near the Obamas. The families became friends and dinner companions.

In 2000, the Khalidis held a fundraiser for Obama’s unsuccessful congressional bid. The next year, a social service group whose board was headed by Mona Khalidi received a $40,000 grant from a local charity, the Woods Fund of Chicago, when Obama served on the fund’s board of directors.

At Khalidi’s going-away party in 2003, the scholar lavished praise on Obama, telling the mostly Palestinian American crowd that the state senator deserved their help in winning a U.S. Senate seat. “You will not have a better senator under any circumstances,” Khalidi said.

The event was videotaped, and a copy of the tape was obtained by The Times.

Though Khalidi has seen little of Sen. Obama in recent years, Michelle Obama attended a party several months ago celebrating the marriage of the Khalidis’ daughter.

Columbia University got a twofer when they hired Rashid Khalidi–
Both Rashid and his wife Mona were strong Palestinian sympathizers.
And… Guess who else was at the Khalidi going away party in Chi-town?
Campus Watch reported:

In bringing professor Khalidi to Morningside Heights from the University of Chicago, Columbia also got itself a twofer of Palestinian activism and advocacy. Mr. Khalidi’s wife, Mona, who also served in Beirut as chief editor of the English section of the WAFA press agency, was hired as dean of foreign students at Columbia’s SIPA, working under Dean Anderson. In Chicago, the Khalidis founded the Arab American Action Network, and Mona Khalidi served as its president.

A big farewell dinner was held in their honor by AAAN with a commemorative book filled with testimonials from their friends and political allies. These included the left wing anti-war group Not In My Name, the Electronic Intifada, and the ex-Weatherman domestic terrorists Bernadine Dohrn and Bill Ayers. (There were also testimonials from then-state Senator Barack Obama and the mayor of Chicago.)

As far as his connections with Obama, Khalidi has not been forthright in recent interviews, via the Jewish Press:

Concerning Obama’s role in funding AAAN, Khalidi claimed he “never heard of the Woods Fund until it popped up on a bunch of blogs a few months ago.” He terminated the interview when pressed further about his links with Obama. Contacted by phone, Mona Khalidi refused to answer questions about AAAN’s involvement with Obama.

World Net Daily reported that as director of the Woods Fund board in Chicago Barack Obama, along with William Ayers, granted Khalidi’s controversial anti-Israel group the Arab American Action Network, or AAAN, $40,000 in 2001 and $35,000 in 2002.

More… In case you are not familiar with the Weather Underground there is a video posted HERE showing several of their bombings.

Talk Left has more on Obama’s stands on Israel.

Previously:
Obama’s Church Newsletter Published Hamas Manifesto
Surprise!… Obama’s Supported Israel Bashers- Attended Palestinian Fundraisers
Ruh-Roh… Obama’s Links to Radical Islamic-Marxist Group Reported
Obama Funneled Cash to Former PLO Operative’s Anti-Israel Foundation

UPDATE: Andrew C. McCarthy at National Review has more on the Chicagoland Terror Gang.

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