Syrian Emergency Task Force
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| Founded | 2012 |
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| Headquarters | Washington, D.C., U.S. |
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Key people
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Mouaz Moustafa, Executive-Director |
| Website | syriantaskforce.org |
The Syrian Emergency Task Force (SETF) is a United States-based organization that advocates for the armed overthrow of the government of Syria. It first gained widespread public attention in the wake of the Elizabeth O'Bagy resume padding scandal; O'Bagy had served as a paid lobbyist for the group. The group's primary activity is advocating for U.S. military involvement in the Syrian Civil War through congressional office visits, media awareness campaigns, and organizing junkets for key U.S. foreign policy decisionmakers. According to SETF, it is also committed to supporting the overthrow of the government of Cuba; a statement co-signed by it and the Florida-based Cuban exile organization "Assembly of the Resistance" declared it would work for "the overthrow of the dictatorial regimes of Assad and Castro."
SETF is indirectly funded by the U.S. State Department through contracting firms including Chemonics and Creative Associates International.
SETF's executive-director, Mouaz Moustafa, is a former field organizer for the U.S. Democratic National Committee and previously served as executive-director of the Libyan Council of North America.
Other staff members include Toby Cadman, a British-based lawyer who previously served as defense attorney to members of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, a Bangladesh militant group whose leaders were recently convicted of war crimes, including genocide and rape, by the International Crimes Tribunal (Bangladesh).
Elizabeth O'Bagy - formerly of the defense-industry funded Institute for the Study of War - served as political director of SETF until her 2013 dismissal as part of a resume padding scandal.
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