Martyrs Foundation - Using Goodwill Name to fund raise for Hezbollah

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Federal Agents Raid the Martyrs Foundation in Dearborn Michigan



Nice folks there at the Martyrs Foundation. I have to give them credit for being sneaky SOB’s. After all, they were illegally infringing on the trademarked name of Goodwill to swindle good-natured Americans out of their hard-earned money in order to finance Hezbollah.

Also interesting is the following editor’s note on Freep.com:

Freep.com editors have removed the forum on this story. The comments have become too offensive, making it difficult for us to monitor and maintain. We are sorry to halt the discussion, but believe it’s in the best interest of readers and the site to remove it.
Sincerely,
Freep.com editors


I guess the “Islamophobes” came out in full force!

A big Hat Tip goes out to Leatherneck for alerting us to this situation (in fact, he’s probably the reason Freep.com editors closed out the comments section. Wooohoooo! That’s the way to “git ‘er done!!!”)

P.S. - Since Freep.com isn’t taking comments, you can send or telephone your “love” directly to GCO:

Goodwill Charitable Organization
P.O. Box 1794
Dearborn, MI 48121
Phone: 313-581-6113 or 313-581-0525
Fax: 313-581-1355

Office raided on suspicion of terrorist ties
July 24, 2007
By NIRAJ WARIKOO
Free Press

Federal agents are raiding today the Dearborn offices of two charities suspected of having ties to terrorist groups in the Middle East.

A Dearborn police officer guarded the entrance to the office of the Goodwill Charitable Organization, a fund-raising office established by the Martyrs Foundation in Dearborn, on Warren Avenue, tucked between a grocery store and an import store.

The charity is not affiliated with Goodwill Industries, said Christine Bragale, spokeswoman for Goodwill Industries International.

Goodwill Industries International has sent the Muslim charity a letter in the past to get it to stop using the Goodwill name, Bragale said.

In Dearborn, several uniformed and plainclothes law enforcement officials shuttled in and out of the office, while bystanders and neighbors stood by watching.

The Treasury said in a news release that it “targeted Hizballah’s support network by designating the Iran-based Martyrs Foundation, including its U.S. branch, and the finance firm Al-Qard al-Hassan.”

The government also has frozen the assets of the Goodwill Charitable Organization, according to the news release.
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