US company asks Florida court to judge case by Islamic law, not American law

In one of the comments regarding my post Our Distraction, Halle Burton posted a link to a news story at Jihad Watch. Note: You'll have to scroll almost halfway down the page to find this at Jihad Watch.

There I made reference to "dhimmi liberals and apologists". Obviously biased when I used "liberals" exclusively and didn't include "conservatives", I stand corrected. There are conservative and liberal dhimmis in this country.

My thanks to Halle for pointing out the error in my statement ever so gently. Some days ya step in it...some days ya don't. As a result of Halle's comment I began to research this story a little deeper and discovered some disturbing information.

Although this story is months old now, it is still relevant as it reveals more detail about "Our Distraction" and why all of us, liberal and conservative, need to be paying attention.

My research revealed Erik Prince, owner of Blackwater and Presidential Airways, is apparently conservative and Christian. He has many ties to conservative advocates and groups. On the surface it would appear that Mr. Prince is more concerned about saving a few of his millions than the creep of Shari'a law into our country. I can't say without speculating that is what his motives were by taking this to a U.S. court and asking to have this case judged under the laws of a foreign country, Afghanistan, only Mr. Prince could provide the detail to that.

But you can read for yourself and draw your own conclusions.

U.S. company: crash lawsuit governed by Islamic law

Joseph Neff and Jay Price, Staff Writers

RALEIGH - To defend itself against a lawsuit by the widows of three American soldiers who died on one of its planes in Afghanistan, a sister company of the private military firm Blackwater has asked a federal court to decide the case using the Islamic law known as Shari’a.

The lawsuit “is governed by the law of Afghanistan,” Presidential Airways argued in a Florida federal court.

“Afghan law is largely religion-based and evidences a strong concern for ensuring moral responsibility, and deterring violations of obligations within its borders.”

If the judge agrees, it would essentially end the lawsuit over a botched flight supporting the U.S. military. Shari’a law does not hold a company responsible for the actions of employees performed within the course of their work.

Erik Prince, who owns Blackwater and Presidential Airways, briefly discussed the lawsuit in a meeting today with editors and reporters at The News & Observer. Prince was asked to justify having a case involving an American company working for the U.S. government decided by Afghan law.

“Where did the crash occur?” Prince said. “Afghanistan.”

Joseph Schmitz, Prince’s general counsel, said Presidential Airways was asking the federal judge to follow past U.S. cases where courts have applied another country’s laws to resolve damages that occurred overseas.
The crash of Blackwater Flight 61 occurred in the rugged mountains of central Afghanistan in 2004, killing three soldiers and the three-man crew.

The widows of the soldiers sued Presidential Airways, Blackwater’s sister company, which was under contract with the U.S. military to fly cargo and personnel around Afghanistan.
Presidential Airways argued that the lawsuit must be dismissed; legal doctrine holds that soldiers cannot sue the government, and the company was acting as an agent of the government.
Last year, a series of federal judges dismissed that argument.

In April, Presidential asked a federal judge in Florida to dismiss the lawsuit because the case is controlled by Afghanistan’s Islamic law. If the judge agrees that Afghan law applies, the lawsuit would be dismissed. The company also plans to ask a judge to dismiss the lawsuit on the constitutional grounds that a court should not interfere in military decision-making.

The National Transportation Safety Board has blamed the crash on Presidential for its “failure to require its flight crews to file and fly a defined route,” and for not providing oversight to make sure its crews followed company policies and Pentagon and FAA safety regulations.

joseph.neff@newsobserver.com or (919) 829-4516

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My opinion:

This is far more than just allowing the proverbial "camels nose under the tent". This could establish a precedent that allows the entire camel into the tent.

There are far more important things than money in this world Mr. Prince. As a Christian you should know that.
The NTSB found Presidential Airways at fault. The three widows deserve your compassion and compensation for the loss of their loved ones Mr. Prince.

When will people in this country ever learn?

Islamobil: Mosque on Wheels

Amil Imani

Freedom of Iran

Friday, 08 August 2008

In one of my articles, Terrorists’ Bill of Rights, I described how America will be taken over by the Muslims. I warned that Muslims do it first by establishing Mosques in every town and city.  These mosques range from the ostentatious, such as the one in Washington D.C., to the academically-cloaked university Islamic centers, to the innocuous storefront types and even prison chapels. One and all have the same aims: Hold the faithful in line, recruit as many new adherents by any and all means, and indoctrinate one and all in the imperative of Islamic conquest.

It is in these Islamic places that the impressionable young and the fanatical adults are drilled with the duty to carry out Jihad against the Dar ul Harb (“land of war”—anyplace not completely under the rule of Islam.)
Operating this vast network of Islamism requires significant financing. Saudi Arabia has spent over $80 billion for these operations since 1970. The other Persian Gulf States, with their treasuries flush with oil money, have done and continue to do their share of financing.

Not to be out-done by the virulent Wahhabism of the Saudis and their co-sectist Sunnis, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been bank-rolling its own array of clientele in the Middle East, much of Africa, and as far away as Southeast Asia and Latin America in a push for Shiism. The-non-Muslim world is literally caught in a pincer of the two rabid Islamic forces.

There are those who still delude themselves by preferring to believe that Islam has not made as many inroads into the United States as it has in other parts of the world, such as Europe. Facts prove otherwise.

According to a National Portrait, a survey released in April 2001, there were at least 1,209 mosques in the US. According to the latest report, this number has sky-rocketed to as many as 6,000 mosques in 2008.

Two years ago, the Islamobil debuted in Germany to teach the German people what a peaceful religion Islam really is. The concept of Islamobil appears to be the brainchild of the Islamic Republic of Iran. It is a way of taking the mosque to the people who lack a Takeyeh (mosque) in their own neighborhood.

In addition to all the stationary and mobile mosques, Islam is advanced by a large cadre of auxiliaries. Dr. Paul Williams (former FBI consultant, best-selling author and investigative journalist) reports that many Muslim businesses around the country conduct their regular businesses during the day and in the evening they turn their stores into Islamic gathering places. There are several thousands of these make-shift “Takeyehs”.

Disguised as religion, Islam has penetrated the democracies with the aim of replacing civility and liberty with the barbarism of theocracy and Sharia. Islam’s multi-pronged attack aims to destroy all that liberty offers.

America, with a long tradition of protecting religious freedom, still clings to the “hands off” practice of leaving alone any doctrine or practice billed as religion. A thorny problem is in deciding what constitutes a religion and who is to make that call. We must keep in mind that to be a loyal and faithful Muslim, a Muslim must adhere to and perform many obligatory acts, as specified in the Quran by Allah and the Hadith/Sunna, during his entire life.

“Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate.” Quran 9:73

Irrespective of what the term Islam may mean, the facts on the ground conclusively demonstrate Islam's violent nature from its very inception. No need to go back to the time of Muhammad and examine the historical records. Just a few contemporary events should make the point.

Here is a partial list: the savage Shiite-Sunni bloodletting in Iraq; the barbarism of the resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan; the genocide in Sudan's Darfur region; the Somali killings; the Iranian mullahs' murder of their own people and support of mischief abroad; the cross-border attack on Israel by Lebanese Hizbollah; the incessant terrorist acts of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and the Fatwas of the Palestinians against Israel.

As a group, Islamists are paranoid and suffer chronically from the disease of victimization. That is, they either victimize the helpless whenever and wherever they can, or scream murder against the strong. This mentality is one of the many bequests that Muhammad left for his Ummah. And it is well-known that paranoia is a powerful impeller to acts of violence. The Quran commands the faithful to make war against the non-Muslims and the deeply paranoia-inflicted Muslims are just too happy to comply.

Recall that Muhammad himself bemoaned his victim plight in Mecca, packed his bags and fled to Medina where the Jews were not as vicious as his own Quraish tribe who ran the lucrative tourist business of the idolaters.

Once in Medina with a band of booty-hungry followers, Muhammad was metamorphosed to a cruel victimizer, with the Jews as handy and tempting easy prey.

The handwriting is on the wall. The wall is presently covered with bold letters on the other side of the Atlantic: Islam is taking over with much of the Sharia law in effect in many parts of Europe, including the source of our Common Law, Great Britain.

Before long, we can expect the arrival of the Islamobil in this land to join forces with the already-in-place Islamic digs called mosques to help replace our free and secular society with the barbaric Islamic rule and its Sharia.
With the average citizen, and not the devious and for-purchase-politicians, rests the solemn obligation to act, and act now, to compel our government to stem the tide of Islamism before it is too late.

I am not an alarmist. Please take time and read the reports of what is happening in Europe. Also, investigate how the petrodollar-intoxicated Islamists are buying people and services they need to further their aim. Freedom is priceless. We should accept no price for it nor should we allow anyone to tender freedom to the invaders on our behalf.

Note from Dean: while America continues in it's downward spiral into Islamification, aided and abetted by liberal dhimmi's and self proclaimed superior intellects, Muslim apologists continue using our tolerance of them against us. Our complete and utter ignorance of Islam is eating away the very core of our society.
The use of our laws to establish an unholy foothold in our America is continuing through the likes of the ACLU, CAIR, The Muslim Brotherhood and academics at our trusted universities.

We have been warned continually about the creep of Islam into our country by people like Amil Imani, Brigette Gabriel, Noni Darwish, Robert Spencer, Ibn Misr, Hirsi Ali, Ali Sina, etc., etc., etc. And yet we remain in denial.

Maggie Thorntons, It's War, expanded upon by Roger Gardner's RADARSITE clearly define the peril of our time.
We are at war, make no mistake about it. No manner of denial or burying your head or counter rhetoric from the left will make it go away. We can not pacify these people, nor can we "dialogue" with them.
Their only purpose is the institution of Islam worldwide. Merely read about what is going on in Britain and all across Europe. That should be enough for us to be alert and on guard. But is it?

Some of us already know. It's up to you then to wake up before it's too late or you'll be asking yourself what happened to my America. Then it will be too late.

God help us.