Friends of Hamas
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Friends of Hamas is an obviously terrorist-friendly association which, according to conservative news sources,[1] may have paid speakers fees to Chuck Hagel (an Obama nominee for US Secretary of Defense). The story was initially broken on 7 February 2013 by Breitbart[2] and was subsequently broadcast on 11 February 2013 by Lou Dobbs on his Fox News Business program.[3] The news item even made its way into some international media such as the Israeli National News.[4]
This is a serious and potentially damning allegation, and which may have merited serious investigation... if the Friends of Hamas had been something other than a throwaway joke made up by a snarky journalist.[5]
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ "Chuck Hagel and “Friends of Hamas”: Five questions". http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/erik-wemple/wp/2013/02/20/chuck-hagel-and-friends-of-hamas-five-questions/.
- ↑ "SECRET HAGEL DONOR?: WHITE HOUSE SPOX DUCKS QUESTION ON 'FRIENDS OF HAMAS'". http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/02/07/Hagel-Friends-of-Hamas-WH.
- ↑ "Dobbs Duped: Will Fox Host Correct Record On Fraudulent "Friends Of Hamas" Report?". http://mediamatters.org/blog/2013/02/20/dobbs-duped-will-fox-host-correct-record-on-fra/192738.
- ↑ "Report: Hagel Receiving Donations From 'Friends of Hamas'". http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/165058#.USVOyh37DME.
- ↑ "'Friends of Hamas': My role in the birth of a rumor". http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/friends-hamas-rumor-started-article-1.1268284?localLinksEnabled=false&google_editors_picks=true.