{"id":6651,"date":"2009-02-12T17:31:40","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T22:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=6651"},"modified":"2009-02-12T17:31:40","modified_gmt":"2009-02-12T22:31:40","slug":"ethiopian-americans-for-justice-eaj-clinton-al-amoudi-connection-questioned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=6651","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopian Americans for Justice (EAJ): Clinton &#8211; Al-Amoudi Connection Questioned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ethiopian Americans for Justice (EAJ)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ecadforum.com\/blog\/2009\/02\/12\/clinton-and-al-amoudi\/\">12 February 2009<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A US-based Ethiopian human rights group is expressing concern about an unprecedented $20 million donation to the Clinton Foundation by an Ethiopian billionaire.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to President Clinton, Ethiopian Americans for Justice (EAJ) said it has reason to believe that the huge donation by Sheikh Mohammed Al-Amoudi, a businessman closely allied with the ruling group, was made on behalf of the Ethiopian government..<\/p>\n<p>The government of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia has deployed tremendous resources to influence the successors of the Bush Administration.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Zenawi\u2019s group enjoyed a special relationship with the Bush Administration. It provided self-serving \u201cintelligence\u201d and spear-headed the invasion of Somalia. It also hosted the \u201cAfrican Guantanamo,\u201d participating in the illegal kidnapping, imprisonment and torture of Africans.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In return for its services for the \u201cwar on terror\u201d, the Bush Administration rewarded the Zenawi group both financially and diplomatically. Most importantly, the Bush administration looked the other way when Ethiopia\u2019s rulers stole elections, tortured and killed many innocent people.<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore understandable that the Ethiopian government would work hard to keep this cozy relationship with a new US administration. EAJ believes that it is more than coincidence that the donation to the Clinton Foundation was made at the beginning of the 2008 US presidential elections.<\/p>\n<p>EAJ calls on President Clinton to speak up- against human rights violations in Ethiopia, dissociate himself and his organization from Ethiopia\u2019s repressive leaders and disclose all funding from the regime and its cohorts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For further information, contact<br \/>\nEthiopian Americans for Justice (EAJ)<br \/>\nethiojustice@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopian Americans for Justice (EAJ) 12 February 2009 A US-based Ethiopian human rights group is expressing concern about an unprecedented $20 million donation to the Clinton Foundation by an Ethiopian billionaire. 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