No, this isn’t a photo of Ilhan Omar at an al-Qaida training camp

September 4, 2019   

(PolitiFact) In July, President Donald Trump drew criticism for falsely saying that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., was “speaking about how wonderful al-Qaida is.”

An Aug. 29 Facebook post also seeks to tie the Somalia-born congresswoman to the terrorist group.

“Here is your precious Muslim congresswoman at a Al’ Qaida training camp in Somalia,” begins the post, which features a black-and-white image of a woman holding a gun. “She is trying to get this picture blocked and me banned for posting it. Facebook has banned me twice because the pic is considered offensive? Please retweet pic…”

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