[antimedia] antimedia: More evidence of the perfidious nature....

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More evidence of the perfidious nature....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1172730112.shtml


   ....of the Appeal For Redress crowd comes in the form of an email from
   another blogger who has done his research.

     I initially poked around a little when Drudge first linked to a
     story at the Nation magazine awhile ago:
     [1]http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070101/cooperweb
     about some active duty troops supposedly against the war.
     The Nation seems to be rehashing old news as something new.
     Reading the article suggests to me those who signed it were either
     leftists who joined the military, or young and very gullible people
     who bought the leftist line about Iraq. I wonder how many of them
     might be aware of the person behind the web site.
     Going to the website mentioned in the article:
     http://www.appealforredress.org/
     you can find a link where you can click to submit your appeal:
     http://www.appealforredress.org/php/appeal.php
     Right clicking on that page and viewing the source, you can see the
     information is submitted to:
     <a
     href="mailto:osokoni at mediumnews.net%20">info at appealforredress.org</
     a>
     Phone: 360-241-1414<br>
     Fax: 360-694-8843
     Doing a domain lookup on mediumnews.net points to what seems to be
     a defunct Black News organization, Seattle Medium Newspaper Group
     at:
     [2]http://seattlemedium.blackpressusa.com/news/default.asp
     You can view the front end of the site at:
     [3]http://www.mediumnews.net/
     but it redirects to the non-working
     http://seattlemedium.blackpressusa.com/news/default.asp.
     Doing a search on "osokoni" finds the email is for Opio Sokoni, who
     seems active in a number of leftist causes including
     veteransforamerica.org, Veterans Against The Iraq War, Veterans For
     Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, and Military Families Speak
     Out, so it certainly is nothing new as claimed in the article.
     Doing a search on "Opio Sokoni" finds:
     [4]http://www.dcwatch.com/archives/election2002/init62a.htm
     [5]http://www.indymedia.org/it/2005/10/825808.shtml
     and an interesting story at:
     [6]http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46992
     and
     [7]http://www.independentconservative.com/2005/10/27/opio_sokoni/
     Who is he?
     [8]http://inthefray.com/html/article.php?sid=816
     Contributor, INTHEFRAY.COM
     Opio Sokoni is a Howard University-trained lawyer working as the
     general manager and talk show host for a Portland, Oregon radio
     station. Mr. Sokoni is also the editor of the Portland Medium
     newspaper. He earned a B.A. in Political Science from Norfolk State
     University. Opio has previously worked for the Drug Policy Alliance
     as the campaign manager for Measure 62 (Treatment versus Jail
     initiative) which passed with over 70 percent of the vote. He also
     worked for Amnesty International, where he headed up their first
     police brutality project. His writings have appeared in the Boston
     Globe, the Black Commentator, the Washington Times, and on numerous
     pop culture Web sites. Opio has traveled to Cuba twice on education
     exchange trips. A Hip Hop enthusiast and father, Opio Sokoni is the
     author of an award-winning children's book entitled, âI Want to Be
     a Lawyer When I Grow Upâ and the newly-released activist resource
     guide, Poli-Tainment: Making Struggle Sexy.
     Articles by Opio Sokoni
     It gets more interesting following some of the links
     to:
     [9]http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2006/0906/GI%20Special%204I2
     4%20The%20Appeal%20For%20Redress_240906.htm
     which is at:
     [10]http://www.albasrah.net/index.php
     whose domain record at:
     [11]http://whois.domaintools.com/albasrah.net
     is very interesting. Do those who signed the appeal understand it
     supports jihadi's?
     One of the originators/signers of the appeal is Liam Madden, who
     doesn't mind working with Cindy's bunch:
     [12]http://meetwiththemothers.org/article.php?id=310

   If you haven't figured it out by now, communist front groups are
   behind the anti-war movement and behind the Appeal For Redress crowd.
   They hide their true nature because some of those who fall for their
   lies would be repulsed if they knew the truth. And have you noticed
   how incestuous the various organizations are? Hutto has ties to
   Amnesty International. So does Sokoni. So do many of the others
   pulling the strings behind the scenes. And all of them have ties to
   communist front organizations.
   They all share one common goal -- the destruction of America and of
   democracy worldwide. And they will do anything and tell any lie to
   reach their goals.

References

   1. http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070101/cooperweb
   2. http://seattlemedium.blackpressusa.com/news/default.asp
   3. http://www.mediumnews.net/
   4. http://www.dcwatch.com/archives/election2002/init62a.htm
   5. http://www.indymedia.org/it/2005/10/825808.shtml
   6. http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46992
   7. http://www.independentconservative.com/2005/10/27/opio_sokoni/
   8. http://inthefray.com/html/article.php?sid=816
   9. http://www.albasrah.net/en_articles_2006/0906/GI%20Special%204I24%20The%20Appeal%20For%20Redress_240906.htm
  10. http://www.albasrah.net/index.php
  11. http://whois.domaintools.com/albasrah.net
  12. http://meetwiththemothers.org/article.php?id=310