New Delhi: Former US President Barack Obama’s administration deliberately funded a sanctioned affiliate of the pan-Islamist banned terror outfit al-Qaida, as per a recently released report of a US Senate committee.
The report is based on an investigation by the Office of the Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) into the Obama administration’s approval of a $200,000 grant. The funds are alleged to have been given to the American aid organization World Vision for the al-Qaida affiliate, Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA). Incidentally, World Vision also operates in India and is a member of ‘InterAction’, the largest alliance of international non-profit organizations.
Last year, IANS revealed how US government agencies are funding Islamic charities based in Pakistan and the Middle East through interAction.
InterAction’s Together Project involves the most controversial Islamic charities including Helping Hand for Relief & Development (HHRD), which works with the charitable and political wings of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the Pakistani terror outfit directed against India in Kashmir.
