Walid Phares - Revision history

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Adviser to Donald Trump

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 '''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>
-Phares, who pushes the theory that Islam is an ideological movement which wants to take over the world, has acted as a 'Middle East adviser' to US president [[Donald Trump]].  He has links to two high profile US counterjihad groups, the [[Clarion Project]] and [[ACT! For America]]. He was also a senior fellow at the Washington based [[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]] and a visiting scholar  at the [[European Foundation for Democracy]].
+Phares, who espouses the theory that Islam is an ideological movement which wants to take over the world, has acted as a 'Middle East adviser' to US president [[Donald Trump]].  He has links to two high profile US counterjihad groups, the [[Clarion Project]] and [[ACT! For America]]. He was also a senior fellow at Washington-based [[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]] and a visiting scholar at the [[European Foundation for Democracy]].
 ==Disparaging the Arab Spring==

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 '''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>
-Phares, who pushes the theory that Islam is an ideological movement which wants to take over the world, has acted as a 'Middle East adviser' to US president [[Donald Trump]].  He has links to counterjihad groups the [[Clarion Project]] and [[Act for America]]. He was also previously a fellow for the [[European Foundation for Democracy]].
+Phares, who pushes the theory that Islam is an ideological movement which wants to take over the world, has acted as a 'Middle East adviser' to US president [[Donald Trump]].  He has links to two high profile US counterjihad groups, the [[Clarion Project]] and [[ACT! For America]]. He was also a senior fellow at the Washington based [[Foundation for the Defense of Democracies]] and a visiting scholar  at the [[European Foundation for Democracy]].
 ==Disparaging the Arab Spring==

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 '''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>
-Phares, who pushes the theory that Islam is an ideological movement that wants to take over the world, has acted as a 'Middle East adviser' to US president [[Donald Trump]].  He has links to counterjihad groups the [[Clarion Project]] and [[Act for America]]. He was also previously a fellow for the [[European Foundation for Democracy]].
+Phares, who pushes the theory that Islam is an ideological movement which wants to take over the world, has acted as a 'Middle East adviser' to US president [[Donald Trump]].  He has links to counterjihad groups the [[Clarion Project]] and [[Act for America]]. He was also previously a fellow for the [[European Foundation for Democracy]].
 ==Disparaging the Arab Spring==

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 {{#ev:youtube|https://youtu.be/s7ZeFk2N5YI|450|right|''Walid Phares and [[Raphael Shore]] discuss [[Iranium]] on Fox News''}}
 '''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>
 ==Disparaging the Arab Spring==

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	'''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>		'''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>

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	'''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>		'''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>

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	'''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>		'''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>

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+{{#ev:youtube|https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7ZeFk2N|450|right|''Walid Phares and [[Raphael Shore]] discuss [[Iranium]] on Fox News''}}
 '''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>
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 ==Views on Islam==
-In 2008 Phares was featured on Christian televangelist [[Pat Robertson]]'s the Christian Broadcasting Network (where he has been interviewed and quoted several times) as an expert on terrorism and Islam. During the interview Phares reiterated claims he makes in his book ''The Confrontation'' which the CBN advertised throughout the interview.
+In 2008 Phares was featured on Christian televangelist [[Pat Robertson]]'s the Christian Broadcasting Network (where he has been interviewed and quoted several times) as an expert on terrorism and Islam. During the interview, Phares reiterated claims he makes in his book ''The Confrontation'' which the CBN advertised throughout the interview.
 ===On the notion of Jihad as War===

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	'''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>		'''Walid Phares''' is a Lebanese-American "terrorism expert"<ref>Jim Lobe, [http://www.antiwar.com/lobe/?articleid=4857 "Hariri Killing Sure to Bolster US Hawks"], Antiwar.com, 16 February 2005, accessed on 13 November 2010</ref><ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref> closely allied with various [[neoconservative]] institutions. Between 1975 and 1990, he was associated with the right-wing Christian militia implicated in the Sabra and Chatilla massacres.<ref>As'ad Abukhalil, [Romney’s scary Middle East advisor], ''Salon'', 7 October 2011</ref> When it was still in operation, Phares was represented by [[Benador Associates]], a public relations firm that also represented many of the neoconservatives who pushed for the 2003 US invasion of Iraq.<ref name=Benador>Benador Associates, [http://web.archive.org/web/20080430121942/http://www.benadorassociates.com/phares.php, "Walid Phares Bio"], Benador Associates (web archive), accessed on 11 November 2010</ref>

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 :Let's put out backgrounders, productize this, identify the names of these dissidents whether they be in Europe, North America or the Middle East, give them the key talking points...
-==Adviser to Donald Trump==
+==Foreign policy adviser to 2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump==
 In March 2016, Republican Presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]] announced that Phares was advising his campaign.<ref>Tim Murphy, [http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/03/donald-trump-walid-phares-fox-news Does Donald Trump Think His Top Foreign Policy Adviser Is Muslim?], ''Mother Jones'', 22 March 2016</ref> Trump had previously provoked outrage by calling for a temporary complete ban on Muslim immigration to the USA.<ref>Patrick Healey and Michael Barbaro, [http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2015/12/07/donald-trump-calls-for-banning-muslims-from-entering-u-s/?_r=0 Donald Trump Calls for Barring Muslims From Entering U.S.], ''New York Times'', 7 December 2015</ref>