There's been a story percolating around for a while that Democrat, and anti-Semite, Ilhan Omar is a spy for Qatar and, indirectly, Iran.
In a trial in Florida about Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad al-Thani ordering his bodyguard to murder two Americans testimony was given that said:
“If it wasn't for our[Qatar] cash, Ilhan Omar would be just another black Somali refugee in America collecting welfare and serving tables on weekends."
Qatar “recruited Ilhan Omar from even way before she thought about becoming a government official… They groomed her and arranged the foundation, the grounds, for her to get into politics way before she even showed interest. They convinced her,”
The deposition shows he[the witness] further told the court that, during a 2017 meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Omar swore allegiance to him. At the time she was a junior state representative in Minnesota.
Omar was said to also have passed information to Qatar which was subsequently handed along to Iran, and was actively involved in recruiting other American politicians to likewise work for the west Asian Islamic country, Bender testified.
Qatar “recruited Ilhan Omar from even way before she thought about becoming a government official… They groomed her and arranged the foundation, the grounds, for her to get into politics way before she even showed interest. They convinced her,”
The deposition shows he[the witness] further told the court that, during a 2017 meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Omar swore allegiance to him. At the time she was a junior state representative in Minnesota.
Omar was said to also have passed information to Qatar which was subsequently handed along to Iran, and was actively involved in recruiting other American politicians to likewise work for the west Asian Islamic country, Bender testified.
This sounds compelling until you hear what the experts who have been investigating Omar's strange actions, like marrying her brother presumably as part of some immigration fraud, have to say.
Jordan states it more forcefully than I did, but we’re virtually on the same page.— David Steinberg (@realDSteinberg) November 26, 2019
I’m as skeptical as can be of the Qatar/@IlhanMN story, based on my MN sources. @JordanSchachtel calls it 100% nonsense, presumably based on his excellent natsec sources. https://t.co/mTr0Fu1FSX
We know that Omar is dishonest and an anti-Semite and it's hardly unlikely that her real loyalty is to Islam not the US but it's out of character for her to spy and in any case what in the heck would she have known before entering Congress that anyone would care about.
It's therefore likely that this story is a big lie about her.
Here's my off the wall totally unsubstantiated theory; Ilham Omar or one of her allies is behind this story. By framing Omar and then revealing the frame someone can engender sympathy for Omar as well as discrediting those who are pointing out her numerous well verified problems.
It's classic disinformation strategy. Put out an outlandish claim about someone who is crooked and have their critics repeat it.Then show that the claim was bogus thereby discrediting everything, including the factually correct things, the critics are saying. Given that Omar, or whomever is behind this if this a disinformation effort, can count on the #FakeNews media to blanket condemn anyone who is criticizing Omar based on what turns out to be a bogus charge it could help Omar escape from the increasingly tight jam she's in.
Even if that doesn't work though the story will tend to distract the conversation from the substantial issues related to violations of tax and immigration law that Omar is currently facing. It may also distract Somali's who aren't keen about how Omar's treated the father of her children who she recently and unceremoniously dumped.
Also note that poorly educated Somalis in Minnesota tend to like radical Islam, witness the Minnesota men who tried to join ISIS, so if they believe the story they might think it enhanced Omar rather than hurt her and she needs their votes to stay in Congress.
To see if you think that this story is legit ask yourself this question why would anyone in the Muslim world make up a fake attack on Omar? She's clearly on their side. But precisely because she's on their side there are probably agents in the Muslim world who would lie for her which is precisely what this story might be; a lie to help provide Omar cover for her real actions.
To be clear there is no evidence for this story being a disinformation operation and it could be accurate or it could have been hatched by someone who doesn't like Omar not someone who is trying to help her. But we don't care who is responsible only how we should deal with this new accusation; go with it or ignore it.
Clearly it's highly risky to act as though this story about Omar is true even if it's not a disinformation effort simply because pushing low credibility theories tends to reduce how much the independent voters one is trying to convince will trust you.
To be clear there is no evidence for this story being a disinformation operation and it could be accurate or it could have been hatched by someone who doesn't like Omar not someone who is trying to help her. But we don't care who is responsible only how we should deal with this new accusation; go with it or ignore it.
Clearly it's highly risky to act as though this story about Omar is true even if it's not a disinformation effort simply because pushing low credibility theories tends to reduce how much the independent voters one is trying to convince will trust you.
While it's unlikely that Omar is sophisticated enough to come up with this sort of disinformation plan on her own the people supporting her are fully capable of doing so.
Clearly there is no proof of this theory so like all conspiracy theories it has to be taken with a few containers of salt but it does explain why a Muslim source would attack one of the most prominent defenders of Islam in the US and the timing is very opportune with all the real scandals that Omar is involved in.
Some people will say that it's more likely that in fact Omar is a Qatari agent but the simple reality is that in the US with the level of influence that the #FakeNews media has on independent voters even if she is the unverified testimony of one man won't convince voters. However repeating the story will tend to convince Americans who are lied to every day by the #FakeNews media that Omar is being persecuted and that none of the claims against her are true.
Hence from a purely operational perspective the most useful theory for conservatives is that the story is disinformation designed to help Omar and to avoid acting otherwise so as to preserve our credibility.
So instead of repeating the Qatari spy story tell your friends about how Omar filedtax returns declaring that the father of her children was her husband when in fact she was legally married to another man.
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Clearly there is no proof of this theory so like all conspiracy theories it has to be taken with a few containers of salt but it does explain why a Muslim source would attack one of the most prominent defenders of Islam in the US and the timing is very opportune with all the real scandals that Omar is involved in.
Some people will say that it's more likely that in fact Omar is a Qatari agent but the simple reality is that in the US with the level of influence that the #FakeNews media has on independent voters even if she is the unverified testimony of one man won't convince voters. However repeating the story will tend to convince Americans who are lied to every day by the #FakeNews media that Omar is being persecuted and that none of the claims against her are true.
Hence from a purely operational perspective the most useful theory for conservatives is that the story is disinformation designed to help Omar and to avoid acting otherwise so as to preserve our credibility.
So instead of repeating the Qatari spy story tell your friends about how Omar filedtax returns declaring that the father of her children was her husband when in fact she was legally married to another man.
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