tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-21:107589Tang's DWtangaroatangaroa2014-06-18T06:23:38Ztag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-21:107589:84363Conspiracy theory of the nonce2014-06-18T06:23:17Z2014-06-18T06:23:38Zpublic0<p>This one is <em>fun</em>. <a href="http://shoebat.com/">Walid Shoebat</a> alleges that the Obama administration created the "Innocence of Muslims" video to incite riots that could be cited to justify new laws against criticizing Islam. What makes this worth mentioning is that Shoebat does have evidence of...something. A summary of his findings:
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<li>Ahmed Abu Khattala, the alleged planner of the attack who was recently captured by US forces, <a href="http://shoebat.com/2014/06/18/arrest-benghazi-lead-suspect-reveal-something-worse-bergdahl-desertion/">was a leader of the February 17 Brigades</a> which the State Department had hired to secure the consulate.
<li><a href="http://shoebat.com/2014/06/17/company-botched-obamacare-website-tied-benghazi-video/">Government service agency Stanley Associates gave the film some promotional support</a>, including the new name of the movie which had previously been The Real Life of Muhammad. In one of those twists that means absolutely nothing, Stanley Associates is a subsidiary of CGI Federal which built the broken Obamacare website.
<li><a href="http://shoebat.com/2014/06/10/filmmaker-behind-benghazi-attack-found-confirmed-muslim-agent-worked-us-government/">One of the film's actresses</a> says that Nakoula Basseley aka Sam Bacile aka that guy that made the video told her he was a Muslim.
<li><a href="http://shoebat.com/2012/10/05/exclusive-innocence-of-muslims-a-game-of-predators-and-scapegoats/">Nakoula's Youtube account</a> includes signs of support for Nader Bakkar and Wisam Abdul Waris, two of the leaders of the Sep11 Cairo embassy attack.
<li>Nakoula became a <a href="http://shoebat.com/2014/06/12/benghazi-filmmaker-agent-eric-holder-justice-department/">federal informant</a> allegedly after giving evidence against Eiad Salameh, but the US refused to accept Canada's offer to extradite Salameh for
prosecution.
<li>Shoebat personally knows Eiad Salameh to be so right-wing that he would not go into business with a Copt.
<li>Within the span of one month, Eiad Salameh was released from prison; Nakoula began the first steps of producing his movie; and Hillary Clinton and Turkey's foreign minister co-chaired a meeting of the Organization of Islamic Conference at which the organization called for laws to ban criticism of Islam.
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<p>So, that's it. It's not very convincing of anything, but it is interesting.
<p>Shoebat's conspiracy theory fits into the <a href="http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2013/01/bungled-october-surprise-benghazi-ambassador-kidnapping-planned-to-exchange-for-blind-sheik/">conspiracy theory</a> that the Obama Administration planned the Benghazi attack to kidnap Ambassador Stevens in order to justify releasing Omar Abdul Rahman in a prisoner swap.
<p>If any of these rumours were true, I would assume that somebody could leak some evidence: NSA tapes, a list of everyone present when these decisions were made with a time and place that could be verified, or something that could potentially be trusted and validated.
<p>Shoebat does not help his credibility by having a sidebar headline blaming Muslims for the MERS virus.</p></p></p></p></p><br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=tangaroa&ditemid=84363" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments