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Craig Monteilh, aka Farouk al-Aziz, code name Oracle, spied on dozens of Irvine Islamic Center Muslims "in a quest for potential terrorists....But the FBI's approach has come under fire from some Muslims," especially after its agents entrapped Portland, OR teenager Mohamed Osman Mohamud to allegedly attempt detonation of an inert bomb at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony, inciting him about something he otherwise might never have conceived.
"In the Irvine case, Monteilh's mission....backfired. Muslims were so alarmed by his talk of violent jihad that they obtained a restraining order against him," even reporting him to the same FBI office that enlisted him.
"He helped build a terrorism-related case against a mosque member, but (it) collapsed. The Justice Department (caught with egg on its face) took the extraordinary step of dropping charges against the worshipper, who Monteilh had caught on tape (allegedly) agreeing to blow up buildings, law enforcement officials said. Prosecutors had portrayed the man as a dire threat."
They lied like they always do, hyping non-existant threats to create media hysteria, public fear, and justification for the war on terror and imperial adventurism, America's global game against peace, security, and democratic freedoms.
This time, Monteilh went public, revealing secret FBI tactics, saying his "handlers" trained him to entrap Muslims in mosques, their homes and businesses. He's now suing the FBI. Officials declined comment, but confirmed that he was a paid informant. Well-paid, in fact, court records and other documents showing he got $177,000 tax free in 15 months.
Southern California Muslims are incensed, citing a pattern of pervasive surveillance and covert entrapment, snaring innocent victims for alleged crimes. Islamic Shura Council of Southern California Executive Director Shakeel Syed said:
"The community feels betrayed. They got a guy, a bona fide criminal (just out of prison for grand theft), and obviously trained him and sent him to infiltrate mosques. And when things went sour, they ditched him and he got mad. It's like a (sick) soap opera, for God's sake."
Key is that the pattern repeats nationally, screaming headlines revealing another entrapped victim portrayed as a threat to national security. They're all innocent, violated by Obama administration lawlessness, using Muslims as targets of convenience, not for alleged crimes or conspiracy to commit them. It's part of America's war on Islam for political advantage.
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