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RE: Mr Alamoudi

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Submitted by Yonathan Negash (United Kingdom), Sep 15, 2004 at 08:34

Dr Pipes,

Having read your article with regard to Mr Alamoudi, founder of American Muslim Council, I suspect he is the same person who is investing millions of dollars in Ethiopia from building luxurious five star hotel (Sheraton Addis) to buying several factories from the government during privatisation. Nobody heard of him during the old regime but after the Marxist goverment was ousted, he sprung out of nowhere claiming to be Ethiopian with buckets of money to spend! He made himself famous, initially by donating money to famous Ethiopian singers and involving himself with different sorts of philanthropic activities. The hotel he built, Sheraton Addis, is apparently the most luxurious one in Africa, and it is widely believed it has not made any profit since it opened five or six years ago. -- which doesn't come as a surprise since Ethiopia has very little tourism infrastructure and has more urgent issues to tackle at the present such as famine.

Are we witnessing an Islamist money laundering scheme?

Regards,

Yonathan
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Title Commenter Date Thread
RE: Mr Alamoudi [166 words]Yonathan NegashSep 15, 2004 08:3416980
Further investigations? [135 words]Joseph D'HippolitoAug 12, 2004 21:2916317
At last !!!! [386 words]RamsyAug 9, 2004 10:5316272
I would like to know more!! [27 words]JimNov 23, 2008 01:2016272
my thanks for your reporting on alamoudi, american muslim council [34 words]anne mcfarlaneAug 8, 2004 13:0216265
Re: A Slick Islamist Heads to Jail [47 words]Ancient WarriorAug 7, 2004 20:5416260
A Slick Islamist Heads to Jail art.1994 [46 words]S.C.PandaAug 6, 2004 06:0616251
We cannot stop! [73 words]Patricia TharpAug 5, 2004 10:4216241
Alamoudi & other Islamists [170 words]Mikhail ShafikAug 4, 2004 13:2216232
On 'A Slick Islamist Heads to Jail' [131 words]Gregory GreenbergAug 4, 2004 12:5716231
Slick Islamist Heads to Jail [53 words]R MckeeAug 4, 2004 11:4016230
Sephardic Translators [90 words]Lorrie FeinAug 4, 2004 10:1416226
excellent work on exposing Mosquestans' activities [220 words]Carol McNeillAug 4, 2004 03:0516221
When? [183 words]Ron Burgo PhDAug 4, 2004 01:3216220
When would Americans wake up? [159 words]IsisAug 4, 2004 01:2016219
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With reference to your article, "A Slick Islamist..." [160 words]A. DaytonAug 3, 2004 19:3616210
Civil Rights???? [125 words]Laurie KursAug 3, 2004 19:2716207
9/11 REPORT [109 words]DON VANAug 3, 2004 15:5716202

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