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| Congress Moves to Label Muslim Brotherhood a Terrorist Group |
| 2015-11-04 |
| Cruz leads effort to sanction the group Lawmakers in both houses of Congress filed legislation on Tuesday that would formally designate the Muslim Brotherhood a sanctioned terrorist organization, according to an advance copy of the legislation obtained by the Washington Free Beacon. The legislation outlines the Brotherhood's long history of sponsoring terrorism and outlines congressional support for it to be designated a global terrorist outfit. The bill also would force Secretary of State John Kerry to explain why the Obama administration has been hesitant to label the Brotherhood a terrorist group. "We have to stop pretending that the Brotherhood are not responsible for the terrorism they advocate and finance," Cruz told the Free Beacon. "We have to see it for what it is: a key international organization dedicated to waging violent jihad. Since the Obama administration refuses to utter the words'"radical Islamic terrorism,' and Congress owes it to the American people to tell them the truth about this threat." The bill also helps combat the notion that Brotherhood is a peaceful political group, Cruz said. Cruz has also led congressional efforts to designate Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps an official state sponsor of terrorism. That bill, submitted at the end of September, would likely mitigate the impact of sanctions relief provided to Iran under the recently inked nuclear deal. "Branches of the [Revolutionary Guard Corps] have murdered hundreds of Americans," Cruz said in a statement at the time. "They have attacked our allies, notably Israel. They have provided material support for other designated terrorist groups, such as Hezbollah and Hamas. Yet for years the United States has sanctioned [Revolutionary Guard Corps] entities while leaving the organization itself untouched." |
| Posted by:Betty Hitler2611 |
| #6 McCain & Graham [Heart] the Muslim Brotherhood The rot didn't start with Obama and it isn't limited to US Democrats. |
| Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 2015-11-04 17:37 |
| #5 RiV, that's okay. For every veto he'll generate a bigger turnout against the Dems in the same way he's the best salesman the gun industry / 2nd Amendment ever had. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2015-11-04 13:47 |
| #4 ...why does he need magic thinking? He just ignores laws and courts now. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2015-11-04 12:51 |
| #3 Obama will just veto any such legislation. He is not going to hurt his Muslim brothers. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2015-11-04 12:51 |
| #2 Cruz's move is smart. If the IRGC are designated as terrorist, it places the IRGC under the sanctions against terrorist organizations. This would put a big crimp into the Obama regimes sanction relief plans. Of course, if Obama could chose to invoke some magic thinking that pretends the law doesn't mean it. |
| Posted by: lord garth 2015-11-04 12:44 |
| #1 So what happens to CAIR now? |
| Posted by: gorb 2015-11-04 12:28 |