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2019-11-27 Home Front: WoT
US Rep Ilhan Omar denies she is a Qatari agent
Responding to this story from yesterday. See also this Twitter thread on the subject.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar
...Somali-American Dem representative from Minnesota. She is apparently married to her brother and may be her own grandmaw on her mother's side...
has denied accusations made in a US District Court that she was recruited by a foreign government, passed sensitive information that was relayed to Iran, and received funding by a foreign government.

In explosive testimony made by video link from Toronto, Canada to a Florida District Court on October 23, Canadian businessman Alan Bender alleged that Omar was the "jewel in the crown" of an illicit campaign by Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
to gain influence over the US government. The sworn deposition was obtained exclusively by Al Arabiya English.
Perhaps she would like to deny that under oath?
"The only people Rep. Omar represents in Washington are the people of Minnesota’s 5th District," said Omar in a statement sent to a regional news outlet. Her office did not respond to Al Arabiya English’s request for comment.

In the deposition, Bender alleges that he met Qatar’s Secretary to the Emir for Security Affairs Mohammad bin Ahmed bin Abdullah al-Masnad and two other senior Qatari officials who claimed that 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 was authenticated by the attorney for the plaintiff, The Castaneda Law Firm, based in Tampa, Florida. In the response from Omar, her office called the story "outlandishly absurd" and accused Al Arabiya English of targeting her with "misinformation and conspiracy theories."

Posted by Fred 2019-11-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ]  Top

#1 The only people Rep. Omar represents in Washington are the people of Minnesota’s 5th District

... whose only failing is they aren't too bright.

I understand this may be just hype. Even so, you must vilify her, imply connexion with all sorts of evil from Qaatar to Shabaab; use every opportunity and trick from every book to oust her from American politics. Go at her like a ...a Democrat would !
Posted by Dron66046 2019-11-27 02:07||   2019-11-27 02:07|| Front Page Top

#2 The only people Rep. Omar represents in Washington are the people of Minnesota’s 5th District

Give us an example of something you did for them, Ilhan.
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-11-27 02:55||   2019-11-27 02:55|| Front Page Top

#3 Easy to recruit her if you got info on her illegal entry of family.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-11-27 03:41||   2019-11-27 03:41|| Front Page Top

#4 As I have said before, I would boycott products made in her district, but their only product is welfare claims.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-27 05:54||   2019-11-27 05:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Maybe the FBI will finally use the FISA warrants for a legitimate purpose and find out who she has been communicating with.
Posted by Unaitle Panda6599 2019-11-27 06:43||   2019-11-27 06:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Go at her like a ...a Democrat would.

And make sure any RINOs who try to soft pedal that handling are treated like the democrats they are.
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-11-27 08:37||   2019-11-27 08:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Surely this needs to be investigated like Trump has been!
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-11-27 08:45||   2019-11-27 08:45|| Front Page Top

#8 No issues, she's on the radar of the FBI.
Posted by Besoeker 2019-11-27 08:46||   2019-11-27 08:46|| Front Page Top

#9 I hope your right B.
Posted by 49 pan 2019-11-27 12:58||   2019-11-27 12:58|| Front Page Top

#10 Qatari handler, Iranian agent she corrected.
Posted by rjschwarz 2019-11-27 13:08||   2019-11-27 13:08|| Front Page Top

#11 What's LoverBoy's role in all this?
Posted by Lex 2019-11-27 13:14||   2019-11-27 13:14|| Front Page Top

#12 I’ll believe the FBI is on it when I see results....not before. I ain’t no Charlie Brown.

Don’t trust but verify.
Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-11-27 15:15||   2019-11-27 15:15|| Front Page Top

#13 that's what spies do
Posted by chris 2019-11-27 16:16||   2019-11-27 16:16|| Front Page Top

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Posted by 3dc 2019-11-27 22:52||   2019-11-27 22:52|| Front Page Top

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