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Tareq and Michaele Salahi--Gatecrashers? Really?

Until Friday morning, I was blissfully ignorant of the Salahi invasion of the White House at the Obama’s first State Dinner. “The name sounds like it could belong to a Muslim,” I thought.

When I got home that evening, I did a search on a library research tool. Close, but no cigars. The name is Arabic. Tareq Salahi’s father was a Palestinian who immigrated here in the 1940s (Washington Post, May 12, 2007). Tareq and Michaele’s abbreviated wedding video is on youtube, and the ceremony took place in an obviously Catholic church, so I can’t make any claim about Mr. Salahi’s religion.

Saturday morning I had an email from an acquaintance who clued me in that Tareq was a member of the board of directors for American Task Force on Palestine. Being of a careful nature, although I’ve found this person trustworthy, I went looking for more. That morning I was able to retrieve this that showed at least he had been on the board in 2008. Strangely, it is now impossible to view his bio—you get a message that you have to log in when you search from Yahoo for his name.

The MSM has been feeding us the line about the Bravo show and the very blonde Michaele auditioning for “Real Housewives.” There has been no mention of the ATFP connection.

Remember Rashid Khalidi? He was a former frequent dinner companion of the Chicago Obamas according to this April, 2008 LA Times article. Guess who was on the board with Salahi?
 
If you check Michaele’s facebook page (assuming it’s still available), it’s apparent that she thought she was invited to the wingding. She was hardly a wallflower. She snagged pictures with Katie Couric and even the Rahm himself.
 
Her mother told the New York Post that Michaele was “informally” invited by a woman a few weeks ago.
I've been reading that the Salahis could be charged with lying to a federal agent. Really? What I'd like to know is when the members of the House, the Senate, and the Obama administration are going to be held responsible for lying to the whole country.
If you live in Texas, you might be interested to know that one of your Democratic candidates for governor is also a member of the ATFP board. That would be Farouk Shami. Here’s a speech he gave when he received an award from the group. (“We are for love. We are for peace.” My goodness! Is he a hippie?) I just noticed a change was made on this page of the ATFP website on November 28, 2009 to a report about the 2007 Gala. I'm sure that is just what we know as a co-inky-dink.
 
Addendum: Since things seem to have a habit of disappearing on the Internet, I'm adding a link to the current page for ATFP board members, showing Farouk Shami.
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