Mouaz Mustafa, a former Democratic Congressional aide and current lobbyist who has long pushed for U.S.-led regime change in Syria, tried to smear Tulsi Gabbard, a candidate for director of national intelligence, in an interview. politiko It was published online Thursday.
Mustafa, executive director of the advocacy group Syria Emergency Task Force, made a highly biased and one-sided rant against Gabbard in an interview., which one politiko Full text published without criticismonly Gabbard's spokesperson disagreed.
Mr. Mustafa is a colleague of former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) and worked closely with U.S. officials during the Obama administration to support various groups in Syria against then-dictator Bashar al-Assad. Attempted to incite a civil uprising. A branch of al-Qaeda.
Mustafa threatened to stop providing information to the U.S. government about Syria if Gabbard was confirmed, and made unsubstantiated speculation that other countries would do the same.
“If Tulsi Gabbard is running our intelligence agencies, France, Britain, Australia…if I were them, I wouldn't be sharing information with us,” he said.
He also said in a meeting with members of Congress that he was “shocked by Ms. Gabbard's lack of outrage over Assad's atrocities,” adding, “Her purpose and worldview is clearly aligned with the U.S. mission in Syria and U.S. diplomacy.” “I came back increasingly concerned that it was inconsistent with policy.” More widely. ”
Mustafa also said that he took her and other MPs to the Syria-Turkey border, where she “showed nothing but support for Assad.”
When Gabbard encountered “several girls whose families had been killed and burned from head to toe by Assad and Russian airstrikes,” she asked, “How could it be Assad and Russia and not ISIS?” Do you know that?'' he claimed.
Alexa Henning, Trump's transition spokeswoman, called that account “100 percent false.”
Henning also noted that families of hostages held by terrorists in Syria recently wrote letters supporting Gabbard's nomination.
“Lt. Col. Gabbard's views have been shaped by her military service and multiple deployments to combat zones, where she witnessed firsthand the cost of war and who ultimately pays that price,” Henning said. Ta. “She is 100 percent aligned with President Trump's vision of peace through strength and America first, which is why the American people overwhelmingly elected him president.”
Mouaz also complained about Gabbard's solo fact-finding trip to Syria, which she claimed was organized by “essentially the Syrian version of the Nazis” and where she allegedly posed for a photo with Assad. said.
He also claimed that when he brought a senior Syrian exile official to members of Congress, he was forced to cover his face because Gabbard was present, fearing she would reveal her true identity to Assad.
Henning said. Politician:
Tulsi Gabbard has served in the military for over 20 years and holds an active TS/SCI security clearance. As someone who served in the U.S. House of Representatives for eight years and attended many classified meetings, there is absolutely no evidence that any secrets were breached, and this is another unsubstantiated smear by an anonymous official.
Nowhere in the interview did Mustafa mention that Gabbard called Assad a “brutal dictator.” 2019 CNN interview.
Mustafa also baselessly claimed that Gabbard would share intelligence with Russian President Vladimir Putin and “work on every issue.” [Russia-backed] Immediately RT and support and accept everything that Iran and Hezbollah are sending out as fact. ”
Mustafa also did not mention that Gabbard also criticized Putin's “brutal attacks” on Ukraine.
Mustafa suggested senators ask “why has she always aligned herself with the views of President Putin, Iran and Hezbollah, not only on Syria but also on Ukraine and other regions?”
He said the DNI will play a “key role in countering these dictatorships to ensure that things move in a direction that allows for a pluralistic and democratic state in Syria and elsewhere.” There is a need,” he argued.
Human Events Senior Editor Jack Posobiec asks why on X Friday politiko Mustafa was used as a source of information.
He posted a photo of Mustafa, Kinzinger, and the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and said, “He is an activist with ties to America's biggest warmonger.” “Of course he's against it. [a] He's a decorated veteran who fought against eternal war. ”
Max Blumenthal, editor of Grayzone News, posted on in 2013, organizing arms deliveries to al-Qaeda's CIA-backed partners in the field” – a program that Tulsi tried to block. ”
And Jon Rossomando, a Middle East researcher and diplomatic analyst, said Mustafa has ties to Turkish intelligence and is a supporter of the terrorist organization Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), formerly known as Jabhat al-Nusra. posted on X. al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria.
“I don't think Muaz Mustafa can be trusted very much,” he posted.
In an interview with Breitbart News, Rossomando elaborated on his post.
“Mu'az is an Islamist. He has been a supporter of HTS since the time it was still part of al-Qaeda. He is an MIT agent in Turkey who trained and equipped all these jihadist groups. He was an asset,” he said, referring to a former close aide to Mr. Mustafa who wished to remain anonymous.
Author Rossomando The ruse of the Arab Spring: How the Muslim Brotherhood fooled Washington in Libya and Syria“But the problem is, no one wants to see his dirty laundry. The man is a member of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda during the Syrian civil war are peas in a pod2 It was like a grain.”
An AX account known as The Last Refuge, a consortium of conservative writers, also posted a long thread claiming that Mustafa was “100% part of the Muslim Brotherhood.”
“I've well documented over the years, tools of Erdoğan et al. Muaz Mustafa. Also a key element of the U.S. intelligence community. Now there are questions about Tulsi Gabbard.” .
The last post in the thread says, “What this tells us is that the US intelligence community (deep and dark) doesn't want Tulsi Gabbard anywhere near their business.
“The IC funded ISIS, al-Qaeda, and ultimately the Muslim Brotherhood. If Mustafa is prominent in a Politico article full of lies and his job is to attack Tulsi Gabbard. The IC is carrying out a narrative operation against Gabbard.
Politico is the same outlet that published it Letters from 51 former intelligence officials Hunter Biden's laptop claimed to be Russian disinformation.
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