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US aid goes to anti-US program West Bank university holds conference, funded by US aid, that slams America's invasion of Iraq as illegal Aaron Klein, WND Published: 02.18.07 A Palestinian university that receives US funding counts among its students senior members of the Islamic Jihad and al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades terror groups, WND has learned. One Brigades leader openly enrolled at the college - al-Najah University in the northern West Bank town of Nablus - described the school as a main jihad recruiting ground. Another terror leader told WND he was studying chemistry at the university to learn how to enhance the deadly effects of suicide bomb belts. This past week, al-Najah hosted a law conference at which the trial of deposed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein was deemed "illegitimate," America's war in Iraq was slammed as "illegal" and Saddam was hailed for encouraging insurgents to "fight American occupation." Since September 2004, the United States Agency for International Development has provided $4 million to Arkan, a Palestinian program that funds law schools at several universities in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, including al-Najah University. The Arkan program is entirely funded by USAID. 'Saddam did Iraqis justice' Last Sunday, the Arkan section of al-Najah University hosted a law symposium called "The trial of the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, and the American role in this trial - a witness testimony from the courthouse." The conference featured American lawyer Curtis Dobler as well as a Palestinian professor Nabil Alawi. According to the al-Ayyam Palestinian newspaper, during his lecture, Dobler called Saddam's trial "illegal and vindictive since it took place during the American occupation of Iraq." "Saddam Hussein's defense team gave to the courthouse a memorandum of 300 pages which confirms the illegality of this trial, since it took place during the period of the illegal American occupation of Iraq," said Dobler, according to a translation by Palestinian Media Watch. Dobler said Saddam "did for the Iraqis a kind of justice and encouraged them to fight against the American occupation of their country in his death." Israeli security officials say al-Najah University is one of the most important recruitment grounds for West Bank terror organizations. The Israeli Defense Forces a number of times has raided the college and arrested terror suspects. At least 15 Palestinians who carried out suicide bombings the past six years attended the school. 'Recruitment center for Jihad' One senior leader of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party, told WND many Brigades leaders study at the university, which he described as a "recruitment center for jihad." The senior leader said he is currently studying sports education. A leader of the Islamic Jihad terror organization said he is studying chemistry to enhance his terror group's bomb-making capabilities. He said others in the chemistry department manufacture explosives for Palestinian groups. Islamic Jihad and the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades has taken joint responsibility for every suicide bombing in Israel the last two years, including a bombing two weeks ago in Eilat and an attack in Tel Aviv last April that killed eight Israelis and American teenager Daniel Wultz. According to the US Foreign Operations Bill of 2006, it is illegal to fund universities which the Secretary of State "knows or has reason to believe advocates, plans, sponsors, engages in, or has engaged in, terrorist activity." A USAID spokesman told WND the organization provides funds to al-Najah's law school indirectly through the Arkan program. USAID has a history of funding anti-American Palestinian projects. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. 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