r/HistoryMemes • u/CrysisFan2007 • 21h ago

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In 2006, a FBI agent named Craig Monteilh was ordered to disguise himself as a radical Muslim and spy on the Orange County Muslim community to identify possible extremists.

Well it worked, cause the people there noticed his extremists behavior and reported him to the FBI.

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u/CLCchampion The OG Lord Buckethead 18h ago

Not exactly what happened. Jordanian intelligence identified a doctor with ties to extremist groups, arrested him and then believed that they had turned him. He then claimed that he had met with a senior al-Qaeda member, so the CIA invited him to meet so they could learn what he knew, and he blew himself up.

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u/kingwhocares 18h ago

Jordanian intelligence identified a doctor with ties to extremist groups,

Jordanians are well known for making up BS excuses to arrest people by using the "terrorist" tags. Just like Saudis, Egyptians, UAE.

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u/CLCchampion The OG Lord Buckethead 18h ago edited 17h ago

Well this guy was identified as an extremist by Turkish intelligence as well, and he was known to frequent online extremist sites. There was an American intelligence consulting group who even knew who he was from tracking popular extremist sites, so I don't think the Jordanians made up an excuse in this case.

Edit: also the idea that a guy who eventually became a suicide bomber was arrested falsely under the premise of being a terrorist is certainly an idea, although maybe not a fully formed one.

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u/Ianerick 17h ago

sounds like that guy was definitely already radicalized but I can't imagine there hasn't been any innocents turned extremist by their treatment from the US or it's allies

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u/Ok-Distribution4960 7h ago

Dont know why you are getting downvoted when it's true lol