There is also the issue of Obama's Islamic cousin, Kenyan opposition leader, Raila Odinga

Submitted by Larry (United States), Jan 30, 2008 at 17:24

Dr. Pipes, maybe the article is due for an update. Obama is not only 1st cousins with the Kenyan opposition leader who is an Islamist, but Obama supports him. That's what I gather based on articles such as http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/433766/the-kenyan-jihad.thtml.

Obama is much more closely related by blood to Odinga than Cheney, and I fear he may have more sympathies for the former too. So despite his supportive statements concerning Israel when courting the Jewish vote, I am concerned about his evasiveness on "Confirmed: Barack Obama Practiced Islam", and his relationship to an Islamist cousin.

Its very interesting how Obama's a serious democratic contender in the polls here and his cousin Odinga is at the center of this weeks ethnic cleansing civil unrest/war in Kenya.

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