Obama & Rezko

[CGP]

ARTICLES - OBAMA & REZKO


"Rezko Trial Will Reveal 'Cesspool' Of Obama Allies"
Feb 29, 2008
ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4365942&page=1)


"Mansion Mistake Piles the Pressure on Barack Obama"
Feb 26, 2008
Times of London (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3433485.ece)


"British Billionaire & Barack Obama"
Feb 25, 2008
Times of London (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/us_elections/article3433363.ece)


"Obama's Backer Rezko Ordered to Jail"
Jan 28, 2008
ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4204413)


"Ties to the Chicago Slumlord"
Jan 25, 2008
Watch at YouTube (http://youtube.com/watch?v=na6NlQI_2Fc)


"Obama & Rezko"
Jan 10, 2008
Watch at YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SrtyFY6qTA)


"The Rezko Connection - Obama's Achilles Heel?"
Jan 10, 2008
ABC News (http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4111483&page=1)

[SantaCruzen]

I have been coming across a few posts which state an FBI mole will testify at the Rezko Trial and has witnessed the coming and going of Obama at Antonio Rezko's home.

Here is a ditty about dat:
"Sources said Thomas also logged frequent visits to Rezko from Gov. Blagojevich and U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.). Blagojevich and Obama were among the many politicians for whom Rezko raised campaign cash. Neither has been charged with any wrongdoing."
http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1968258/posts

[xfiles]

Obama's associations go farther and deeper than Rezko. He has rubbed elbows with a former Saddam Hussein supporter through Rezko among others.

One after another after another revelations of Obama's lack of ethics, poor judgment and willingness to rub elbows with shady "businessmen" to get to the top make him a very questionable candidate for the true change he touts.

If he is willing to or has to rub elbows with these corrupt types, then how can a rational, intelligent voter think he is really going to bring change to Washingtion or this country?

Maybe he'll bring change, but will it be the Chicago kind of change of corruption and questionable judgment/associations?

Then there was the strange case of Obama intervening with the State Department on behalf of one of Rezko’s business associates who was being denied entry to the US because he was considered an “undesirable alien.”

One of the richest men in the world, Nadhmi Auchi, who Rezko owed more than $27 million in “loans,” was looking to come to Chicago. After receiving another “loan” from Auchi, Rezko told prosecutors that he approached Senator Obama to try and get a visa for the billionaire. Obama denies he was approached and there is no record (yet) of any entreaties he made to the State Department on Auchi’s behalf.

[CGP]

One after another after another revelations of Obama's lack of ethics, poor judgment and willingness to rub elbows with shady "businessmen" to get to the top make him a very questionable candidate for the true change he touts.

If he is willing to or has to rub elbows with these corrupt types, then how can a rational, intelligent voter think he is really going to bring change to Washingtion or this country?

Maybe he'll bring change, but will it be the Chicago kind of change of corruption and questionable judgment/associations?

My thinking exactly. These are the obvious conclusions and questions few are asking. It's infuriating yes. As they say, the best predictor of future behavior is past behavior!

[freespirit]

I wonder how quickly Kennedy, Caroline, Tom Daschle, Kerry,and the kool ade drinkers will scurry away from their idol when this stuff really starts to hit the fan. I'll bet Chris Mathews will really feel his leg tingling once it happens. To some of BO's followers, I'm sure this Rezko connection will not be a big deal. But there are a lot of other people who have portrayed themselves to be people of integrity - Oprah, for one - who will have a hard time explaining this away.

[bee1972]

Found this article - how can we get the press to take notice of things like this???

Obama's Syrian Connection
By Andrew Walden
FrontPageMagazine.com | Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Most politicians try to keep their financial backers un-indicted until after the election. But Obama’s biggest early sponsor, dual U.S.-Syrian citizen Antoin ‘Tony’ Rezko, is already indicted by a federal grand jury. Now he is going to trial in a Chicago federal court.
Rezko, along with co-defendants Ali Ata and Abdelhamid Chaib, face federal grand jury charges presented in October 2006 by the U.S. Attorney for Northern Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald. The case centers on allegations of fraud between 2000 and 2004 in the sale of 17 Papa Johns’ Pizza parlors in Detroit, Chicago and Milwaukee. The case may begin with pizza, but it leads to Europe, Syria, Iraq, and the UN Oil for Food program.

Fitzgerald is the prosecutor who won perjury convictions against Vice President Cheney’s Chief of Staff, Scooter Libby, in March, 2007. Chaib is an officer of several of Rezko’s restaurant chains including Chicagoland Panda Express franchises. Ata was appointed Executive Director of the Illinois Finance Authority by Illinois’ Democratic Governor, Rod Blagojevich. Ata was also a former president of the Chicago Chapter of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, and had a financial interest in Rezko’s restaurants. Ata reportedly donated as much as $60,000 to Blagojevich and $5000 to Obama. Rezko reportedly raised as much as $500,000 for Blagojevich and at least $70,000 for Obama’s various campaigns.

Arab American Media Services reports: “In 1997, Panda Express won the right to open a lucrative concession at O’Hare International Airport under the city’s Minority Set-Aside program which directs large contracts to companies owned by Women, African Americans or Hispanics. The city awarded a 10-year contract for O’Hare Airport to Crucial Inc. in 1999, which the city believed was owned by an African American, Jabir Herbert Muhammad, the son of the late Elijah Mohammad.”

Elijah Mohammad led the Nation of Islam until his death in 1975. Jabir Herbert Muhammad was sued in 1999 by boxer Muhammad Ali for unauthorized use of his name in connection with the Muhammad Ali Foundation. Rezko served as Executive Director of the Foundation.

According to the Associated Press, “U.S. District Judge Amy J. St. Eve jailed Rezko Jan. 28, saying he had disobeyed her order to keep her posted on his financial status. Among other things, he failed to tell her about a $3.5 million loan from London-based Iraqi billionaire Nadhmi Auchi – a loan that was later forgiven in exchange for shares in a prime slice of Chicago real estate. Rezko gave $700,000 of the money to his wife and used the rest to pay legal bills and funnel cash to various supporters.”

According to the ChicagoTribune December 24:

Rezko…began cultivating a friendship with Obama around 1990, becoming a key fundraiser….

In June 2005, even as Rezko was widely reported to be under federal investigation, the Tribune reports, “Obama bought a $1.65 million South Side home on the same day that Rezko's wife purchased the adjoining garden lot for $625,000. Obama and Rezko then engaged in a series of private transactions to redivide and improve their adjoining parcels.

The Times of London has uncovered “state documents in Illinois recording that Fintrade Services, a Panamanian company, lent money to (an) Obama fundraiser in May 2005. Fintrade’s directors include Ibtisam Auchi, the name of Mr. Auchi’s wife. Mr. Auchi’s spokespeople declined to respond to a question about whether he was linked to this business.”

Auchi, an Iraqi Chaldean Christian, was a life-long Ba’athist who had been charged with supplying a machine gun for Saddam’s 1959 failed attempt to assassinate then-Iraqi Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qasim. As Saddam’s Baath party took power, Auchi prospered. He went to work for Saddam’s Ministry of Oil in 1967. He rose to be Saddam’s Oil Ministry Director of Planning and Development before leaving Iraq in 1979. His brother was apparently killed by Saddam’s regime as were family of many high-ranking Baathists. But there are also claims that Auchi continued secretly working for Saddam’s intelligence services. What is certain is that Auchi prospered mightily collecting “commissions” on sale of weapons and other goods to Iraq in the 1980s and 1990s. Living in the UK, he is now listed as Britain’s 13th-richest man.

Auchi held an interest in the French banking giant PNB Paribas through his General Mediterranean Holdings company. According to the New York Times, “As recently as 2001, General Mediterranean Holdings described itself in an annual report as one of largest single shareholders in BNP Paribas.” Until 2001 Saddam insisted that all “Oil for Food” payments—$13 billion dollars—would pass through Banque Nationale de Paris which in 2000 merged with Paribas to become PNB Paribas. Auchi has played a role in PNB since the late 1970s. Saddam used Oil for Food fraud to channel millions of dollars to heads of state, activists, terrorists, and journalists who then returned the favor by backing Saddam when the US finally invaded Iraq.

In 2003, Auchi was convicted in France for receiving about $100 million in illegal commissions as part of a scandal involving the French oil giant ELF Aquitane. The UK Guardian termed the scandal, “the biggest fraud inquiry in Europe since the Second World War. Elf became a private bank for its executives who spent £200 million on political favours, mistresses, jewelery, fine art, villas and apartments."

Auchi’s General Mediterranean Holdings financed a 250 megawatt power plant in the Kurdish town of Chamchamal, Iraq along with Rezko and Iraq's former Minister of Electricity (and Chicago resident), Aiham Alsamarrae.

Returning in 2003 to post-Saddam Iraq, Alsamarrae had been made Minister of Electricity under the occupation government of Paul Bremer. Alsamarrae escaped “the Chicago way” from the Green Zone in December, 2006 after being held for four months in relation to a $2 billion Iraqi reconstruction corruption case. He is now living in his Chicago mansion.

Writing in Human Events, John Batchelor reports on another Alsammarae-Obama-Rezko connection:


“…in April 2005, one month before Mr. Alsammarae left his post, his Ministry of Electricity signed a contract for $50 million with Companion Security to provide training to Iraqis to guard electrical plants by flying them to Illinois for classes.

“Companion Security was headed by a former Chicago policeman with a troubled history, Daniel T. Frawley, in partnership with Mr. Rezko and in association with Daniel Mahru, the lawyer for the original contract and Mr. Rezko's former business partner. In April 2006, Mr. Frawley entered negotiations with Governor Rod Blagojevich's staff to lease a military facility in Illinois to be a training camp. In August 2006, Mr. Frawley started negotiations with Mr. Obama's U.S. Senate staff to complete the contract….

“The timeline of Companion discussions in 2006 is important to note: April 2006 Frawley speaks to governor's office; August 2006 Frawley speaks to senator's office; October 2006 indictment of Rezko revealed; October 2006 Rezko arrested upon return from Syria; October 2006 Alsammarae convicted in Baghdad and makes his first escape attempt; December 2006 Alsammarae escapes from Baghdad. …

“(In 2004) Mr. Auchi traveled by private aircraft to Midway Airport in Chicago and then to a fete at the Four Season Hotel, where he met with his business partner in Chicago real estate, Mr. Rezko, as well as with Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. Also present that night, according to a fresh report by James Bone and Dominic Kennedy of the London Times, was State Senator Barack Obama, who had recently won the Democratic primary for the U.S. Senate seat….”

Jay Stewart of the Better Government Assn. in Chicago told the LA Times: “Everybody in this town knew that Tony Rezko was headed for trouble. When he got indicted, there wasn't a single insider who was surprised. It was viewed as a long time coming. . . .Why would you be having anything to do with Tony Rezko, particularly if you're planning to run for president?”
:eek:

[lanney]

Rezko-Obama problem or case started when GE financial started recovering loan from Rezko and took him to court. GE is MSNBC/NBC mother company.
So now we know why MSNBC is so pro towards Barack Hussein Obama, because he can go against GE claiming they are party in case and vindictive. Now MSNBC is working as his surrogate.
Does it make sense what I am thinking.

[bee1972]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDHsHM0laT8&feature=related

You must see this clip!!!! I picked up on it by trawling the Washington Post, which I hardly do because they are so anti Hillary!! However this is a good link and it put people off Obama big time!!

[lanney]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080315/ap_on_el_ge/obama_rezko;_ylt=At0eEBXQVWMj4vEmJTSzMa9h24cA
Obama: Rezko raised up to $250K

CHICAGO - Presidential candidate Barack Obama said Friday that he got more political money from indicted Chicago businessman Antoin "Tony" Rezko than he has previously acknowledged.

Rezko helped raise up to $250,000 for his various political races, Obama's campaign said. The campaign had previously put the figure at $150,000 but now says that amount was only for his 2004 Senate race.

And in interviews with two Chicago newspapers, the Democrat again said it was a mistake to involve Rezko in his purchase of a new home — not just because Rezko was under federal investigation but because he was a contributor and political activist.

Still, Obama said he did nothing unethical.

"He never once asked me for any favors, or ever did any favors for me," the Illinois senator said in an interview with the Chicago Sun-Times. "He never gave me any gifts or gave me any indication he was setting me up to ask for any favors in the future."

Obama met Friday with the editorial boards of the Chicago Tribune and Sun-Times in an effort to resolve nagging questions about his relationship with Rezko, a Chicago businessman and major fundraiser in Illinois politics.

..........

His staff said Friday evening that Rezko raised about $160,000 for Obama's successful run for U.S. Senate in 2004 and $60,000 to $90,000 for his state Senate campaigns and a failed bid for Congress in 2000.

Previously, his presidential campaign said Rezko was connected to about $150,000, all of which was later donated to charity.

"We reviewed our records for any contributions we believe could reasonably be credited to Mr. Rezko's political support and that is the generous estimate we concluded upon," spokesman Ben LaBolt said in an e-mail.

Rezko advised Obama on buying a new Chicago home in 2005 and his wife bought a vacant lot next to the Obamas' house. Rezko's wife, Rita, later sold part of the lot to Obama so they would have a bigger side yard

[SantaCruzen]

The Rezko case can take up to three months more or less. There will be news off and on and we need to keep our eyes on the ball. We do not want to miss any news. There is one issue that we need to keep our eyes on. There was an FBI mole who is supposedly to be a witness to the coming and going of Chicago politicians to and from Rezko's home.

[samkm]

bee1972, here is the article you referenced above

Obama's Syrian Connection
By Andrew Walden
FrontPageMagazine.com | Tuesday, March 11, 2008
http://frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=4C33B7D0-C44E-4F03-919E-B71328BA42ED

MUST READ.

[nette60]

The Rezko TRial resumed on March 31 . Obama is on the list of witnesses...I fthis were Hillary it would be all over the front papers and news.... Whats wrong with this picture??? Go to Rezkowatch.com to keep up. Also Chicago Sun Times....The media is way too biased.....Guess all those rich white people (like Oprah-professional race baiter) can buy whatever they want.

[unchainthedogs]

Yes, if it were Hill on the witness list......it'd be front page everyday!! Sexist America!!! YUK!!

[nette60]

It came out in court that Obama was at a party for Auchi,,Rezko's money source and probably the source for Obamas houxe..Of course Obama has lied and said he never met Auchi. well testimony came out that they were all at a party together..Another lie from Obama. We need to get this story on somebody's front page..ASSP.. Rezkowatch.com ad Chicago Sun Times for info

[brussell]

(H-u-s-s-e-i-n get's ***** if I don't at "-" between the letters. You'll have to replace the ******* in the url below if you want to read the actual article, or go search at No Quarter.)

http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/14/saddam-*******-barack-*******-obamas-hidden-real-estate-partner/

If Republican 527 groups are still puzzled over what ammunition to onload on Barack Obama in the fall, they got a gift today. The prosecution’s witness, Stuart Levine, tied Barack Obama to Nadhmi Auchi and Tony Rezko way back in April of 2004. I can feel another Obama memory lapse coming on. But I can also see the Republicans loading up to “prove” that Barack was taking money from the same guy who one time allegedly did the bidding of Saddam H-u-s-s-e-i-n.

[SantaCruzen]

It came out in court that Obama was at a party for Auchi,,Rezko's money source and probably the source for Obamas houxe..Of course Obama has lied and said he never met Auchi. well testimony came out that they were all at a party together..Another lie from Obama. We need to get this story on somebody's front page..ASSP.. Rezkowatch.com ad Chicago Sun Times for info

Here is an ABC video:

http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/local&id=6082681

We do not know about Larry Sinclaire but here is the evidence that there were drugs in Chicago's politics:


Ticket Special Report: Obama and Rezko, the early years

At Duffy's urging, Levine is detailing 30 years of drug usage including sordid day-long binges with other men at a Chicago inn called the Purple Hotel. Rezko's attorney Duffy is wondering whether all that cocaine, crystal meth and other drug use has perhaps fogged Levine's memory.

That aside, much of the trial's focus is on money -- much of it given in the form of campaign money in the careers of Obama and Blagojevich.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/04/obamarezko.html

Needs more investigative work but it is a hot topic.

[lanney]

YouTube - Update on Rezko Trial
Update on Rezko Trial

[Kbentleyis]

I wonder how quickly Kennedy, Caroline, Tom Daschle, Kerry,and the kool ade drinkers will scurry away from their idol when this stuff really starts to hit the fan. I'll bet Chris Mathews will really feel his leg tingling once it happens. To some of BO's followers, I'm sure this Rezko connection will not be a big deal. But there are a lot of other people who have portrayed themselves to be people of integrity - Oprah, for one - who will have a hard time explaining this away.

On Lou Dobbs show last night, someone very interesting came on his show. (Lou has no love lost for Obama) The fellow's name is Andrew McCarthy, a former US prosecutor. Mid-90s Obama served on a committee called "Woods Board", and this (not sure if I'm spelling his name correctly) Bill Ayers (member of the Weather Underground) served as well. Because the feds botched up the investagation, they had to release Ayers. Mr. McCarthy said that this fellow was responsible for bombing the Pentagon, State Depatment building and a NYC police station... not to mention Ayer's affilition with those responsible for the first attack on the WTC. What the Amreican people should be looking at is there is a theme that runs through this. Obama seems very comfortable associating with these type of people who don't like America. Be it Rev. Wright, the remarks his wife made, Rezko,.... it goes on and on. The Woods Board, that Obama and Ayers served on gave money for support to a Rashad Kaleetie (again, don't know the correct spelling) member of the PLO, who was responsible for several attacks on Isreal and is a known terrorist.

Who could we possibly get to investigate something like this? I have to know who this Obama is? For that matter... we all should want to know since his campaign is for change. What kind of CHANGE?

[SantaCruzen]

This is from a post I just posted. It is temporarily here to get the points across. You may recall that the Star Witness

Let's connect all the dots across YouTUbe. Tell the Her/Our story.
We need a massive montage of Hillary Videos to Weave a Victory Blanket.

YouTube - Hillary Clinton for President..A MUST SEE!

We need to demonstrate our solidarity, our unification of purpose on YouTube.

YouTube - Togo West and Wes Clark for Hillary Clinton

YouTube - Josh asks Generals Hillary vs. McCain for CINC

YouTube - Fmr Sec. of Army Togo West confirms Clinton Bosnia account
Bosnia happened... who would not be a bit nervous?

YouTube - CBS Exposes Hillary Clinton Bosnia Trip.
It would be nice if we had a video tape of Obama's father being airlifted by the Kennedy family too, or videos of the Rezko Parties, or videos of Obama writing on his IL Senate Questionaire, or videos of him sitting in the pews for all the Sundays at the "Goddamn America" church. Well, we do not have videos on much of his fluff. Oh *ell.

YouTube - Hillary Clinton Response - On 9/11
However, real dangers did she walk through on 911.

YouTube - Egypt Rep - 9/11 "Done From Within"
The only mistake that the U.S. made in the nineties was to be silent about the depth and width of terorrism. Washington did not prepare the people. We were caught off guard. Now that is has become obvious, we must be very careful to choose a Commander in Chief to transition from hate and fear baiting to negotiating peace and stability. That is why I support HRC for President.


YouTube - HILLARY CLINTON CO-PRESIDENCY KNEW BIN LADEN READY TO ATTACK

The 911 Conspiracy Theorists are not qualified to investigate the events on Sept. 11, 2001 for the majority. I have met so many of them who live or come to Santa Cruz to give their talks or pass their propaganda around. There are local homeless people who will buy and sell drugs on the streets will claim they are experts on 911.

YouTube - Zeitgeist - The Movie: Federal Reserve (Part 1 of 5)

This is one of the local videos put together by our local homeless activists put out because telling people on the street was no longer working. The world was still turning and they were not being heard. One of the guys who works with this group claimed that he was in the Haight Ashbury Revolution. He seems like a nice homeless guy unless you disagree with him. Then... well you tires might get slashed if you really point out any logical issies which he does not agree on. those are the same people in town who are pro-Obama. I mean, there are the ones with money and real jobs, the ones who are drug dealers, and then there are the ones that cannot see the propaganda they propagate.

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FIFTH ANNUAL CONSPIRACY
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The latest from
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Dr. Nick Begich/ Michael Tsarion / Nancy Red Star
Daniel Hopsicker/ Jack McLamb/ Uri Dowbenko/
Clay Douglas
On a Local TV Cable Show claimed that he was the Counselor of Presidential Candidate John Edwards airied in 2008.
In 2005, he gave a presentation of his work on the learning about a Neo-Nazi group who buy/sell drugs for weapons.

Daniel Sheehan The Hidden History of America 1 $19.95 2 $11.95
Daniel Sheehan Keynote address: On the JFK Assassination 1 $9.95 2 $7.95
http://www.conspiracycon.com/order_conspiracycon5.htm

Attorney Daniel Sheehan is anti-Hillary as well although he knows that President Clinton released thousand of top secret documents for the Star Gate Program which was one of the Pentagon's Spy Programs. Why are the conspiracy theorists ignoring that? Why are all of the anti-government associations of Obama being ignored by media when intelligence agencies know all about his history?

Senator Obama feeds people the same koolaid that those kind of propagandists feed each other and everyong who will listen. Obviously, there is a real issue. But people generating their fantasies is not going to solve the problems we face after we woke up to the fact that the U.S. indeed had been attacked like other countries before us. Now, we have to get through the phase of denial and get on to caring about solving the real issues of our world.

Hillary Clinton stated in the Foreign Affairs magazine article in Dec 2007, this:

"We must be unrelenting in the prosecution of the war on al Qaeda and a growing number of like-minded extremist organizations. These terrorists are as determined as ever to strike the United States. If they think they can carry out another 9/11, I have no doubt that they will try. To stop them, we must use every tool we have."
pg. 4

"The forgotten frontline in the war on terror is Afghanistan, where our military effort must be reinforced. The Taliban cannot be allowed to regain power in Afghanistan; if they return, al Qaeda will return with them. Yet current U.S. policies have actually weakened President Hamid Karzai's government and allowed the Taliban to retake many areas, especially in the south. A largely unimpeded heroin trade finances the very Taliban fighters and al Qaeda terrorists who are attacking our troops. In addition to engaging in counternarcotics efforts, we must seek to dry up recruiting opportunities for the Taliban by funding crop-substitution programs, a large-scale road-building initiative, institutions that train and prepare Afghans for honest and effective governance, and programs to enable women to play a larger role in society."pg.4
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20071101faessay86601/hillary-rodham-clinton/security-and-opportunity-for-the-twenty-first-century.html

Drugs
Poverty
Drug Lords
Slum Lords

International War Lords who control the impoverished peoples of the world. Fighting Poverty is Fighting Terrorism. Dealing with the Drug Lords and Slum Lords is dealing with terrorism. is supposedly has a drug addiction.

[PA_Voter]

Here's an excellent site that continues to connect the dots.... There's normally just "one degree of separation"

"Rezko Watch will follow the adventures -- and misadventures -- of indicted Chicago political friendster-fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko and his relationship with Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.)."


You might want to start from the column on the right from the bottom up to catch up....

http://rezkowatch.blogspot.com/