IPT Footage Takes Down Omeish
by IPT IPT News September 27, 2007 The Associated <http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iHPjMUyHmqlwg3XP02FlN_DjwvCQ> Press reports that Dr. Esam Omeish, president of the Muslim American <http://www.investigativeproject.org/documents/misc/44.pdf> Society, resigned from Virginia's Commission of Immigration Thursday, just hours after Gov. Tim Kaine became aware of online videos that show Omeish at rallies denouncing the invasion of Lebanon by the "Israeli war machine" and telling a <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lajn3zOoWt4> crowd of Washington-area Muslims: "...you have learned the way, that you have known that the jihad way is the way to liberate your land." The latter video was obtained exclusively by the Investigative Project on Terrorism and can be viewed <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lajn3zOoWt4> on YouTube, along with another video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb8jKzrvT6I> that shows Omeish congratulating Palestinians for giving up their lives for the sake Allah. Kaine became aware of Omeish's rhetoric on WRVA radio in Richmond when a caller asked about the Omeish appointment and the videos. The governor responded, "That is news to me, what you say, and it's something we will check out." According to the AP, the governor watched the videos himself and tried to call Omeish. Mahdi Bray <http://www.investigativeproject.org/profile/112> , the head of the MAS Freedom Foundation, said that Omeish was unavailable. In a statement issued Thursday, Kaine called Omeish "a respected physician and community leader, yet I have been made aware of certain statements he has made which concern me. Dr. Omeish indicated that he did not want this controversy to distract from the important work of the Commission." Omeish was appointed to the Commission of Immigration in early August. This 20-member panel was created this year to evaluate the effect of federal immigration policies on Virginia. Omeish's organization, the Muslim American Society, has close ties with the Muslim Brotherhood - a movement founded in 1928 in Egypt that seeks to reestablish an Islamic state governed according to the strict tenets of Shariah (Islamic law) that would eventually encompass the entire world. _____ Videos Spur Va. Appointee's Resignation By BOB LEWIS - 2 hours ago RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - A member of the state's Commission on Immigration resigned Thursday, a few hours after Gov. Timothy M. Kaine was told about online videos showing the appointee condemning Israel and advocating "the jihad way." Kaine learned of the videos from a caller to his live monthly radio program and accepted the resignation of Dr. Esam S. Omeish about three hours later. "Dr. Omeish is a respected physician and community leader, yet I have been made aware of certain statements he has made which concern me," Kaine said in a news release announcing the resignation. The governor said Omeish resigned because he did not want the controversy to distract from the work of the 20-member commission appointed to study the effects of immigration and federal immigration policies on Virginia. Omeish, who is president of the Muslim American Society and chief of the division of general surgery at INOVA Alexandria Hospital, is shown in a video on YouTube denouncing an invasion of Lebanon by the "Israeli war machine" during an Aug. 12, 2006, rally in Washington. He also accuses Israel of genocide and massacres against Palestinians and says on the video that the "Israeli agenda" controls Congress. In a separate, undated video, Omeish tells a crowd of Washington-area Muslims, "... you have learned the way, that you have known that the jihad way is the way to liberate your land." The video was credited to Investigative Project, a Washington-based organization that investigates radical Islamic organizations. Omeish did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Mahdi Bray, a spokesman for the MAS, said Omeish was not available. Omeish was among 10 appointments Kaine made on Aug. 2 to the panel created this year. The commission met in Richmond for the first time Tuesday. (F)AIR USE NOTICE: All original content and/or articles and graphics in this message are copyrighted, unless specifically noted otherwise. All rights to these copyrighted items are reserved. Articles and graphics have been placed within for educational and discussion purposes only, in compliance with "Fair Use" criteria established in Section 107 of the Copyright Act of 1976. The principle of "Fair Use" was established as law by Section 107 of The Copyright Act of 1976. "Fair Use" legally eliminates the need to obtain permission or pay royalties for the use of previously copyrighted materials if the purposes of display include "criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research." 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