Executive director of CAIR-LA apologizes for saying he was 'sad' more Russians didn't die in plane crash

Greg P. | 9:57 AM on December 27, 2016

Hussam Ayloush, the Executive Director of the Council on Islamic-American Relations’ Louisiana chapter, is under fire over this tweet from December 25 where he wished that more Russians were killed in the crash of a TU-154 jet into the Black Sea on Sunday:

Muslim CAIR Leader & "human rights activist" @HussamA wins today's lowest immoral tweet.
#psychopath #Tu154 pic.twitter.com/3NWvZRoqhi

— Kevork Almassian (@KevorkAlmassian) December 25, 2016

He has since deleted the tweet and offered the lame excuse that he’s sorry because he didn’t know there were so many civilians on board:

Deleted an earlier tweet I posted abt a Russian military jet that crashed on way to Syria before knowing it included non-combatants

— Hussam Ayloush (@HussamA) December 25, 2016

While Russia engages in war crimes against innocent civilians in Syria, I would never condone/tolerate death of Russian civilians

— Hussam Ayloush (@HussamA) December 25, 2016

Every human life is sacred. If anything, Russians are also victims of this war forced on them a Syrians by Putin

— Hussam Ayloush (@HussamA) December 25, 2016

Ayloush also apologized over on Facebook where he left his original post up. Note that he acknowledged civilians were on board when he made the same joke on Facebook:

Original Post:

I’m sad about the crashed Russian military jet. The Tu-154 could have carried up to 180 military personnel instead of just 92!

Every Russian soldier who doesn’t make it to Syria translates into Syrian civilian lives being spared.

And it goes without saying, any innocent passenger on that flight is another sad victim of Putin’s genocidal war in Syria. My position has always been to unequivocally not condone or tolerate the death of any non-combatants, including Russians. Putin has forced his murderous war on innocent people in Syria and Russia alike.