WND RUNS MY OBAMA GAZA CONTRIBUTION EXCLUSIVE

Aaron Klein  over at WND picked up on the story I broke here:  Obama's Gaza Contributions on July 31: Although  election donor data indicate Georgia, USA here: Donation Details: Adwan, Monir | Rafah, Georgia. There ain't no such place in the land of Georgia peaches.

It's a Gaza refugee camp.

The file attached has both Monir & Hosam Edwan.  Both from Rafah.  Both over allowed spending limit. Here is the file: Download EdwanDetail.xls. It details  Edwans's contributions total $24,321.41.The contributions are all to Obama the candidate.  Different files for the party or committees.

Cathy's source of the data is from the FEC site.  Presidential download file zip.  Named ALL.  Dated 6/30. She went back to find it today so I could be sure it was legit.  Here is the link Unzipped it is the basis for everything she submitted.

How much money was raised from the  phone banks in Gaza (see video)?

Here's an excerpt of the WND article:

Money quote: :"My brother Hosam and I knew that Obama will be a big hit even before he became a candidate. We knew the guy would be a celebrity in Gaza so we decided to invest the amount of $29,000 to buy Obama T-shirts from his website and sell them in Gaza," Monir Edwan told WND, speaking by cell phone from Gaza".

Palestinians donate $29,500 to Obama Gazan brothers' illegal contributions listed in government election filings Aaron Klein

JERUSALEM – Palestinian brothers inside the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip are listed in government election filings as having donated $29,521.54 to Sen. Barack Obama's campaign.

The donations would violate election laws, including prohibitions on receiving donations from foreigners and guidelines against accepting more than $2,300 from one individual during a single election, Bob Biersack, a spokesman for the Federal Election Commission, told WND in response to a query.

The contributions also raise numerous questions about the Obama campaign's lax online donation form, which apparently allows for the possibility of foreign contributions.

Last week, the Atlas Shrugs blog outlined a series of donations in 2007 made to Obama's campaign from two individuals, Monir Edwan and Hosam Edwan, totaling $29,521.54.

In an online form on Obama's campaign site, the Edwans listed their street as "Tal Esaltan," which they wrote was located in "Rafah, GA."

Rafah is not a city in Georgia. The Atlas blog immediately raised concerns that the money may have been donated from the Gaza Strip town of Rafah.

The Edwans' donations are listed in both FEC filings and other election filing sites, such as CampaignMoney and donordata.org.

UPDATE: Stop the ACLU is covering it as well.

UPDATE: TINBH in the comment section

The story is now being featured live (8 pm - eastern) on WMAL 630 (DC area) as a "breaking news" story. Also according to WMAL 630 - Reuters has picked it up and 630 also reports that ABC is vetting the story at this time. WMAL 630 -just credited "Atlas Shrugs" for original story break.

Comments

[rsb1]

Congratulations!
But they didn't really answer how "refugees" got so much money to donate to Obama's campaign, did they?

[TINBH]

The story is now being featured live (8 pm - eastern) on WMAL 630 (DC area) as a "breaking news" story. Also according to WMAL 630 - Reuters has picked it up and 630 also reports that ABC is vetting the story at this time. WMAL 630 -just credited "Atlas Shrugs" for original story break.

[lowandslow]

I never read Aaron Klein since he can't seem to stop himself from plagiarizing but I'll make an exception this time.

[lowandslow]

I'll also note that Ace of Spades HQ also blogged about your story.

Is Gaza contributing to Obama?

[BillBowen]

Pamela,

You and your story about the Gaza money just got mentioned on the Brian Sussman Show on KSFO - San Francisco. KSFO is the top-rated talk station in San Francisco and is also streamed over the net.

I took Brian's mention of you to call into the show and do a promo for you and the blog and mention a couple of other FEC filing annomolies you've dug up.

Brian mentioned during the call that he looks at your blog quite often and likes it very much.

[Pamela Geller]

BILL! G-D BLESS YOU! Thank you so much.

u da best!

[flyingsongster]

I am so happy that your hard work is getting out there! You ARE the Best.

"Inch by inch
row by row
i'm gonna watch this garden grow
All I need is a rake and hoe
and a piece of fertile ground
Inch by inch
row by row
someone bless these seeds I sow
Someone warm them from below
til the rain comes tumbling down"

From Songster (A Righteous Gentile) :)

G-D BLESS YOU