(Washington Times)Frank J. Gaffney - Last Thursday, Secretary of State Colin Powell engaged in the Bush administration's latest outreach to members of the Arab-American and Muslim-American communities. Unfortunately, those embraced by Powell are part of the problem - not the solution - in the war of ideas that is at the heart of the war on terror. The organizations Powell chose to meet - the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), the Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy (CSID), and the Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) - have all been associated with, supported, and/or defended various Islamists and their causes.
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