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Ray Hanania, a Chicago-based Arab-American
journalist and
activist, described the network
in a 2007 interview with Chicago magazine as
"a small cluster of activists." Chief among them
was Obama mentor
Tony Rezko, above. Stuart
Levine, right, Rezko's former partner and the
government's star witness in the Rezko trial,
testified that Obama met Nadhmi
Auchi at a
private Rezko reception held at Chicago's
Four Seasons hotel.
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Chapter IX: The Arab American Network Behind Obama
President Obama's controversial relationships with radical figures like Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi have been well-publicized in recent years.
President Obama's controversial relationships with radical figures like Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi have been well-publicized in recent years.
Prior
to his academic career in the United States, Khalidi worked for Yasser Arafat's
Palestine Liberation Organization when it was classified by the State
Department as a terrorist group.
Less
well-known is a cluster of Chicago businessmen who formed an Arab-American
network at the heart of Obama's political apparatus. Ray Hanania, a
Chicago-based Arab-American journalist and activist, described the network in a
2007 interview with Chicago magazine as "a small cluster of
activists" in the business
