Republican Congressman Mark Deli Siljander Funded Taliban and Al-Qaeda
 

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Ex-Lawmaker Charged in Terror Conspiracy
By LARA JAKES JORDAN ? 13 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (AP) ? A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.

The former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli Siljander, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for allegedly lying about lobbying senators on behalf of an Islamic charity that authorities said was secretly sending funds to terrorists.

A 42-count indictment, unsealed in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., accuses the Islamic American Relief Agency of paying Siljander $50,000 for the lobbying ? money that turned out to be stolen from the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Siljander, who served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives, was appointed by President Reagan to serve as a U.S. delegate to the United Nations for one year in 1987.

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WASHINGTON (AP) ? A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan.

The former Republican congressman from Michigan, Mark Deli Siljander, was charged with money laundering, conspiracy and obstructing justice for allegedly lying about lobbying senators on behalf of an Islamic charity that authorities said was secretly sending funds to terrorists.

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Republican will do anything for money.

Hillary almost crying was WAY bigger news.

hmmm...doesnt sound promising for him

Welp, he's fucked.

Go figure....


The news media sucks big time in the US.


I listen to http://www.airamerica.com all day long.

Fucked? No way, I bet nothing will happen to this guy.

possible..some say cia..funded and started those terrorists groups


so maybe he was just the guy to pass out money for the cia


but i read that on a conspiracy site..so not to be taken seriously

Republicans for the most part are scumbags.

Look at Oliver North, he has his own fucking tv show now.

I hope you dont believe hes the only republican that have monetary involvement with taliban. Im sure its alot more rampant that one guy and hes most likely a small fry.

He probably thought he was sending the money to that TV preacher...You know, the one who got caught blowing a hockey player during confession back in the '80s.

Wait, did that really happen or am I just imagining it? Arghh, too many Republican scandals to keep track of...