Progressive Democratic House front-runner Adam Hamawy faces scrutiny over past terrorist association

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A progressive darling leading in Democratic primary polls in New Jersey‘s 12th District has drawn scrutiny for his connections to a terrorist mastermind and alleged work with an al Qaeda front organization in Bosnia.

Dr. Adam Hamawy, who earned national fame for his work in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war, has earned endorsements from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Reps. Ro Khanna (D-CA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) for his progressive congressional campaign. His congressional run has hit its first major roadblock, after media outlets resurfaced revelations about his decades-old deep connections to an infamous terrorist mastermind implicated in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

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