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Russia, of course, their presence in the Middle East severely hurt when you saw Syria's President Assad be overthrown. He's now living in Russia. And now you have this new leader who's basically been targeted by Russia and the government as a barrel bomb to most of the Syrians. They still have a presence in Syria. Besides that, they are being drummed out of the Middle East once again.
Dr. Ahmed Ahmed joins us now. Dr. Ahmed, welcome back. Pleasure to be here.
First off, when you talk about what last week was, last week was the MBS week. That's when he comes to America and he was treated I thought, I mean, you got a flyover, Oval Office, press conference. Formal dinner, Kenny and Center Investment Conference. How is that perceived by Saudi Arabia? I think it was a huge honor to the Saudis.
And I think the Crown Prince said in the Oval Office: the actual triumph is that 9-11 was attempting to sever that relationship between the United States and Saudi Arabia that's existed now for almost 80 years to the day. And it is fully back and strong and in good form.
So, what do you think about people who were insulted about that here in America? They thought, Jon Stewart, for example, how dare you be so nice to Saudi prince after most of the hijackers are from Saudi Arabia? What would you tell them?
So, what I'd say to John is: I take care of 9-11 first responders every day in my office. It is much more complex. This was not a state-sponsored attack, 9-11. Osama bin Laden was stripped of his Saudi citizenship in the 1990s by Saudi Arabia, who warned the United States that he was a terrorist. And the damage done to Saudi Arabia because of that event and all of the subsequent events has been enormous.
So, the Saudi People and the Saudi royal family are devastated at the loss of life of 9-11 first responders, but the relationship must continue, which is good for regional stability. How do you explain what the reality is, you know, it with Khashoggi and his killing?
So that was a disaster. I cannot imagine that that was a state-sanctioned dismemberment. Khashoggi has been portrayed as a heroic Washington Post journalist. He was much more likely to be affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. There's evidence that he was looking to augment digital networks to bring about the fall of the Saudi monarchy.
The Saudis saw him as an enemy of the state. Was he destined to die in that manner? That is atrocious. The Saudi Crown Prince himself has said that is a stain on the kingdom, and they have paid reparations to the family. But that is not the defining event for the relationship between our countries.
Well, I think also not that it's ever right to kill him. You don't just you don't kill him, period, especially an American, someone employed by the Washington Post, but he grew up and was a confidant of Bin Laden. You know, he was up to high school with Bin Lad. They were in constant touch. He was also part of and very welcomed by Saudi intelligence services.
So he was a complex character, but it may bring us up to date with the risks that we're facing here in the United States with the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliations.
So, what are your hopes, or what should the Americans know about the possibility that we get to a phase two in? The Israel-Gaza situation with Hamas and all the other players?
Well, I think we're seeing a realignment in the international community for zero tolerance towards Muslim Brotherhood groups, including Hamas. The entire region is looking forward to the end of this conflict. We've had tremendous alliances with Egypt and Jordan towards Israel to maintain and contain that conflict. I think now comes the part where what are we going to do with the residual armed Hamas fighters that need to be defanged of their weapons and expelled somewhere, as well as creating the International Stabilization Force. I think those are the two sticking points.
Well, how much sympathy do people have for Hamas? Do they have a lot of support in the Middle East? If we put in Middle East forces there for the freedom, the peace forces, and we get the IDF out of Gaza once and for all, and they put together Indonesia, I know, as volunteers and other troops. Is there a willingness there to crack down on Hamas if they start terrorizing people again?
So I just came back from northern Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, where there is no love lost towards Hamas. In fact, I asked them, do you have a Hamas presence or Muslim Brotherhood presence here? They don't have Hamas actors in northern Kurdistan. They have a Muslim Brotherhood political party, which they said we like to see it above ground because we don't want them underground. There is animus to what they've done to the region, but there's much stronger pro-Hamas sentiment here in the United States.
That's what I'm worried about. And what about the connection of the Muslim Brotherhood here and how it relates to CARE, which is an acronym? And it's a largest. This group has always been problematic. What are we finding out about them?
So there's a bombshell report released by the NCRI and the Intelligence Advocacy Network. They have discovered not only that CARE is taking in California federal funds supposedly for Afghan refugees, but funneling it into itself and using it for political lobbying without telling the IRS. They were financing some of the most violent protesters with $1,000 rewards on our campus to do all of that pro-Hamas disruption that we saw in our universities. And now today they've revealed that. The CARE political action group, which is called CARE Action, is operating without licenses, without registration.
It's headquartered in D.C. It doesn't have a business license in D.C. to do that. That means it's 22 chapters that it's interacting with and transmitting finances and raising donations, maybe violating all kinds of state and federal laws. Wow.
So President Trump, that could be his opening to really crack down on them. He's already moved in that direction, right? I was thrilled with the executive order that's been announced last week, and he is asking for Americans, just as we've seen with the governor of Texas and Senator Ted Cruz, that they're designating specific chapters as potential foreign terrorist or criminal network groups. This report by NCRI and IAN shows that there's also an affiliation with Turkish Aligned, the state of Turkey Aligned influences. CARES fundraising activities are purported to be.
Civil liberties, but they're actually political action. They're occurring in properties that are owned by the Turkish Ministry of Religious Affairs. Their financial digital architecture is rooted through Turkey, not the United States. There are many irregularities that are raising red flags.
So they got to be stopped. I mean, we know they've been a problem. They've been a lot of attention since 9-11, and they tend to be very anti-American. And you said they were a huge bet. They pumped a lot of money into Mandami.
And I'm sure the other, I'm sure there's money into that Somali that ran for mayor, too. In Minnesota, in Minneapolis.
So these are not my allegations, these are findings in the report. And actually, they say themselves, Linda Sarsour, who is an iconic leader in this organization an extremist and an anti-Semite, and I would say as Islamist as they come, she is announcing that the largest donation to our mayor-elect came from California Care. $3 million. Not only that, but NCRA has found that the campaign of Mamdani, a lot of the social media algorithms were foreign. They were not intrinsic to New York.
So we create this digital fiction that he's a political inevitability, and that's been manipulated from outside, from digital impact, and also potentially outside finances. I heard this a lot through TikTok. Yes, TikTok. This is not to impugn Mayor Mamdani or American Muslims. Many Muslims may have contributed to this, thinking that they're becoming involved in the political landscape of the United States, not knowing how it's being manipulated.
So how do you feel about there's a sense, like, for example, in Dearborn, Michigan, you see that Muslim mayor who says, I don't want to be a melting pot in America. I want to keep my own culture. I don't want to lose my identity in American culture. That's not the attitude, obviously, that have kept America thriving for 250 years. And that is not the mind.
Mindset that attracted me to this country almost 34 years ago. But that is signs of a desire for separatism, signs for a desire not really of parallel societies, but close societies. That comes back to the epic housing scandal that was in Texas, where the spiritual leader of a Muslim group there, who'd been very pro October 7th, was spearheading a housing complex for a thousand families, which they initially stated was to build a Muslim community. Texans felt it was Muslim only.
So there's an effort to capture Muslims in America and separate them off to create political change. How do you feel about the Somali, their special status being rescinded?
So that I don't know if that's been precipitated by these reports of potentially eighty six million dollars of funds going somewhere and some of it in Shabaab. I think that it's probably necessary It's also very disturbing to honest, decent Muslims in this country that. participate and contribute, but it seems very intentional, exploitation of federal dollars. And yes, I want to give you one example that just happened a couple of nights ago in Italy. The Italian government under Miloni has identified a Muslim Brotherhood Italian Egyptian national in Turin that was preaching and promoting Islamism and has had him deported back to Egypt and stripped him of Italian citizenship, which is a rarity.
So, what I believe this report will do, NCRI is going to guide our federal agencies. To take closer look. Was this sloppy bookkeeping? I think it looks more like financial misconduct and it is deliberate. And then hold accountable the individuals who were responsible for this because that needs to be addressed.
All right, Dr. Conta Ahmed, stick around. We've got a few more things to talk about. You'll assume the brain kill me, Joe. Don't move.
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Hi, everybody. Welcome back to the Brian Killmeat Show. We've got a few more minutes with Dr. Canta Ahmed, Senior Fellow of Independent Women's Forum, member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Great knowledge of the Middle East throughout Europe, too, and of course what's happening here.
Doctor, first off, when we talk about Iraq, we used to talk about it every day, 10, 20 times a day. But we have a situation where there is somewhat of representative government emerging there. We always felt good about the Kurds. We always felt like they understood us and they were loyal allies. But what about the rest of Iraq?
So yes, see I was just with the Iranian Kurdistan region a few weeks ago, and they are staunchly pro-American, pro-Trump, pro-Kurk. You said Iranian or Iraqi? Iraqi, Iraqi Kurdistan.
So they're staunchly in favor of President Trump and the United States, and they're really unwavering in their support. Um there was just a general election in Iraq. Um the participation was not as high as usual, but the election went off well. Uh the Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr told his followers to boycott the election. He was somehow disenchanted.
I'm not sure exactly why. One of the concerns that both in Iraqi Kurdistan and Federal Iraq is the operation of the Popular Mobilization Forces. Those are Iranian-backed militia. They're Iraqi nationals. A number of them are designated as foreign terrorist organizations and criminal networks.
They subvert the sovereignty of Iraq, they subvert the democracy in Iraq. There used to be 12 groups. There are now eight that have come, you know, been subjugated. Four remain, and the U.S. Department of Treasury is targeting them with financial sanctions, and that is helping the stability of Iraq.
So that's just it. If you could get Iran in order, how many other things fall into place? Because then the militias, Iraq would have a chance. They don't like the Iranians historically. They have pride, they want to be Iraqis.
Well, Iraq is a country rich in human resources and natural resources. It was vibrant when I visited there. People were in restaurants late at night. People were getting married in hotels. Really?
Everybody. Did you feel comfortable walking the streets? I was very comfortable. I traveled alone. I was able to go wherever I wanted.
I met with my friends, both men and women. They were traveling to see me. Did people know you were an American? Oh yes, they do. They watch us.
They watch your show.
So they know I'm an American, then they know my views, and they're very supportive and welcoming. In fact, while I was there, I wanted the opportunity to go and visit Syria, and I was able to do that by land. Really? That is stunning to me. I had two big requests.
I wanted to meet General Masloum Abdi, who is the commander of the Syrian Democratic Forces. I believe he. He's probably the most important military figure in Syria and is a key to the future of the stability of Syria. What portions of the country does the Syrian government control?
So the central Syrian government now is headed by Ahmed al-Shara, and he has purportedly around 50,000 troops. A lot of the country is without. Stability is lawless. It's not a place that I could go, or even a highly seasoned overseas operative could go. It's extremely dangerous.
General Muslim secures the northeast part of Syria, which is home to the Kurds, the Yazidis, Christians, secular Muslim Arabs that are not Islamists. After the Druze were attacked, you saw by the jihadists and the Alawites, many of those minorities have been fleeing under his protection. And he's been strongly allied the Syrian Democratic Forces with the United States for ten years fighting ISIS.
So our presence is about what, 400 guys? In Syria, I'm not sure of the exact numbers now. Do you think it's important we stay there? It's critical that we have a big footprint in northeast Syria. I believe the United States is planning to build a base in Damascus.
And more important, we need to stay in Erbil in Iraqi-Kurdistan, where there's a land route, and we've had great relationships. It sounds good for us strategically and for you from our perspective. But do you think the Syrian government wants us to have a presence there? Oh, I'm sure Amadal Shara would like as free a hand as possible, but he's not going to get that. His guarantors are President Trump and MBS.
And it's very important that both Saudi Arabia and the United States hold them accountable for protecting minorities. The government structure has to be decentralized. Those states where the minorities live have to have a strong government that then connects with the central Damascus government. And he, according to reports, was impressive when he came to the White House. And do you think how do you think that played in Syria?
Um Did you hear bad things? I spoke to Syrian Democratic Forces and personnel who had to fight HTS when it was led by this person.
So his credentials and his history is well known as a jihadist. Yeah, it's problematic. We've got to see if he had a change. Let's hope. Anyway, Dr.
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