Former Terrorist Fundraiser On Obama Website, Michelle Signs On As His Friend

From Power Line News:

'Two years ago, Hatem El-Hady was the chairman of the Toledo, Ohio-based Islamic charity, Kindhearts, which was closed by the US government in February 2006 for terrorist fundraising and all its assets frozen. Today, El-Hady has redirected his fundraising efforts for his newest cause - Barack Obama for President.

'El-Hady has his own dedicated page on Barack Obama’s official website, chronicling his fundraising on behalf of the Democratic Party presidential candidate (his Obama profile established on February 19, 2008 - two years to the day after Kindhearts was raided by the feds). Not only that, but he has none other than Barack Obama’s wife, Michelle Obama, listed as one of his friends (one of her 224 listed friends).

Here's the link to Mr. El-Hady's Obama campaign web page. For as long as it's up, that is.

Here's more on Mr. El-Hady and the Kindhearts Foundation, from Front Page Magazine:

'But his leadership of Kindhearts is not the only thing that has brought him scrutiny by federal law enforcement officials. Last summer, El-Hady was questioned by the FBI concerning his knowledge of possible conspirators in a UK-based terror plot.

'Not only was Kindhearts engaged in providing funds for HAMAS in Lebanon and the West Bank, it had hired as a fundraising specialist the man identified as the designated HAMAS bag man in the US, Mohammed El-Mezain.'

And as investigative reporter Joe Kaufman revealed, “The Black Hearts of Kindhearts”, a number of other Kindhearts officials were tied to terrorist fundraising and support.

'And two months before Kindhearts closure by the US government, Beila Rabinowitz had revealed that the South Asia Division Coordinator for Kindhearts, Zulfiqar Ali Shah, had known ties to al-Qaeda, even conducting a 10-day tour with officials for the Tablighi Jamaat organization, which the New York Times had described as "a springboard for militancy" and a "recruitment" center for Al-Qaeda.'

This is more bad news Barack Obama doesn't need. He and Michelle have already been put under the microscope for their relationships with indicted financier Tony Rezko, Weather Underground bomber William Ayers and the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, whom he still refuses to renounce personally, and who continues to become embroiled in one controversy after another.

If these shady relationships continue to erode his support among voters, it greatly strengthens Hillary Clinton's claim that Obama is unelectable in a general election, and will no doubt lead to even more acrimony and arm-twisting between the candidates, their supporters and the delegates at the Democratic National Convention this coming August.