🇺🇸🏴🧵 What if I told you that ISIS and Al Qaeda were financed, armed, trained, and given medical assistance by the CIA, MI6, and their allies? 
The United States, Britain, Israel, and their allies provided financial and military assistance from 1979-1992 via the CIA’s Operation Cyclone, including arms and training, to the Afghan Mujahideen which were the predecessors to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, during the Soviet-Afghan war.
While the Taliban was no longer on the CIA and MI6 payroll, the United States and Britain continued to fund Al Qaeda and other radical Salafi-jihadist terror groups in the region that gave rise to ISIS.
While the Taliban was no longer on the CIA and MI6 payroll, the United States and Britain continued to fund Al Qaeda and other radical Salafi-jihadist terror groups in the region that gave rise to ISIS.
In the case of Al Qaeda, the United States, Britain, and Israel were pretty open about their support, providing funding, arms, and medical assistance to Al-Nusra Front (officially Jabhat al-Nusra) fighters in Syria (Al-Nusra Front being the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda and was later renamed to Jabhat Fatah al-Sham and later Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham) and other Al Qaeda-affiliated groups like the White Helmets and the Free Syrian Army.
These were the so-called “moderate rebels” John Kerry claimed we were funding in Syria: the exact same people who perpetrated the attacks on 9/11.
In fact, there were members of the White Helmets who had visas to the United States denied because of their ties to Al Qaeda and they even participated in public executions carried out by jihadist groups in Syria. They celebrated Al Qaeda’s 2015 occupation of Idlib province and were praised as “hidden soldiers” and the “Syrian mujahideen” by top Al Qaeda leaders and clerics.
Jake Sullivan, the Biden Administration’s National Security Advisor, proudly proclaimed, as WikiLeaks revealed in Hillary Clinton’s emails that “Al Qaeda is on our side in Syria.”
These were the so-called “moderate rebels” John Kerry claimed we were funding in Syria: the exact same people who perpetrated the attacks on 9/11.
In fact, there were members of the White Helmets who had visas to the United States denied because of their ties to Al Qaeda and they even participated in public executions carried out by jihadist groups in Syria. They celebrated Al Qaeda’s 2015 occupation of Idlib province and were praised as “hidden soldiers” and the “Syrian mujahideen” by top Al Qaeda leaders and clerics.
Jake Sullivan, the Biden Administration’s National Security Advisor, proudly proclaimed, as WikiLeaks revealed in Hillary Clinton’s emails that “Al Qaeda is on our side in Syria.”
As for ISIS, the demonic construct aimed to create a Sunni supremacist Islamic State in the Levant and even issued its own license plates. Alongside their Al Qaeda allies, they committed genocidal massacres against all kinds of religious and ethnic minorities from Christians to Alawites to Druze to Kurds to Shia Muslims.
U.S.-British support came mostly on recommendation by the U.S. government-funded and Pentagon-funded think tank RAND which published a paper in November 2008 called Unfolding the Long War. In it, RAND makes policy proposals of a “divide and rule” strategy to maintain U.S.-British hegemony in the Middle East following a military withdrawal from Iraq.
They recommended that Washington (and London for that matter) exploit “fault lines between [Iraq’s] various Salafi-jihadist groups to turn them against each other and dissipate their energy on internal conflicts.”
The report went on to state the following: “This strategy relies heavily on covert action, information operations, unconventional warfare, and support to indigenous security forces…The US and its local allies could use nationalist jihadists to launch proxy campaigns to discredit transnational jihadists in the eyes of the local populace…This would be an inexpensive way of buying time…until the US can return its full attention to the [region]. US leaders could also choose to capitalize on the sustained Shia-Sunni Conflict…by taking the side of conservative Sunni regimes against Shiite empowerment movements in the Muslim world.”
U.S.-British support came mostly on recommendation by the U.S. government-funded and Pentagon-funded think tank RAND which published a paper in November 2008 called Unfolding the Long War. In it, RAND makes policy proposals of a “divide and rule” strategy to maintain U.S.-British hegemony in the Middle East following a military withdrawal from Iraq.
They recommended that Washington (and London for that matter) exploit “fault lines between [Iraq’s] various Salafi-jihadist groups to turn them against each other and dissipate their energy on internal conflicts.”
The report went on to state the following: “This strategy relies heavily on covert action, information operations, unconventional warfare, and support to indigenous security forces…The US and its local allies could use nationalist jihadists to launch proxy campaigns to discredit transnational jihadists in the eyes of the local populace…This would be an inexpensive way of buying time…until the US can return its full attention to the [region]. US leaders could also choose to capitalize on the sustained Shia-Sunni Conflict…by taking the side of conservative Sunni regimes against Shiite empowerment movements in the Muslim world.”
And so it was. Once Syrian President Bashar al-Assad rejected a Qatari-Turkish proposal to build a gas pipeline to Europe in favor of an Iranian pipeline, the United States and Saudi Arabia went to work on a regime change effort which was to be done by fomenting a Sunni rebellion.
The CIA, which had previously armed Al Qaeda affiliates in Libya to overthrow and murder Muammar Gaddafi, began to redirect that funding to armed militias in Syria, through MI6, in a covert scheme called Operation Timber Sycamore.
The CIA cooperated with MI6 in particular so that it could avoid notifying Congress that it was arming the anti-Assad rebellion. It was officially authorized by Obama in June 2013 to train and equip the rebellion but because of the CIA’s work with MI6, it actually started in October 2011.
These “moderate rebels” included the Islamic State of Iraq and Al Qaeda’s Iraqi wing which merged into ISIS. Each country supporting this regime change operation held the following role:
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia was directed by Washington to create the Islamic State of Iraq in order to prevent Iraq from establishing closer relations with Iran; Riyadh financed and armed the Islamist uprising in Daraa, as well as almost all armed jihadists in Syria, while maintaining divisions to limit their independent power
🇹🇷 Turkey enabled the safe passage for foreign jihadists to cross into Northern Syria; Along with Saudi Arabia, they created the Army of Conquest led by Al-Nusra Front to invade Northern Syria in 2015; Ankara hosted the leadership of various Takfiri terrorist groups and coordinated the sale of Syrian oil stolen by ISIS; They also provided medical treatment to Al Qaeda and ISIS fighters
🇶🇦 From 2011-2013, Qatar poured billions of dollars into armed Islamist groups linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda in both Libya and Syria such as Farouq (Free Syrian Army) and figures like Abdulhakim Belhadj; Doha sent troops and fighter jets to the Libyan opposition; From 2013, Qatar supported the Army of Conquest coalition and the Turkish-Saudi axis
🇮🇱 Israel provided arms and medical treatment to all armed Islamist fighters in Syria, including Al-Nusra Front and ISIS; Tel Aviv and the IDF coordinated these operations at the border of the Golan Heights
🇬🇧🇫🇷 Britain and France supplied arms to the Free Syrian Army and other so-called “rebel” Islamists who worked very closely with Al Qaeda and would provide such arms to them
🇺🇸 The United States directed and coordinated all of the above, making use of their sphere of influence in the Middle East and their military bases in Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Iraq; Washington and the CIA arm what they describe as “moderate rebels” who then defect to join ISIS and Al-Nusra Front; The Pentagon pushes ISIS and Al Qaeda away from Kurdish separatist territories but allows them to attack Syria and supports the ISIS-Army of Conquest coalition against the Assad-Russia-Iran-Hezbollah coalition; According to Iraqi officials, the U.S. directly supplied ISIS through air drops
The CIA, which had previously armed Al Qaeda affiliates in Libya to overthrow and murder Muammar Gaddafi, began to redirect that funding to armed militias in Syria, through MI6, in a covert scheme called Operation Timber Sycamore.
The CIA cooperated with MI6 in particular so that it could avoid notifying Congress that it was arming the anti-Assad rebellion. It was officially authorized by Obama in June 2013 to train and equip the rebellion but because of the CIA’s work with MI6, it actually started in October 2011.
These “moderate rebels” included the Islamic State of Iraq and Al Qaeda’s Iraqi wing which merged into ISIS. Each country supporting this regime change operation held the following role:
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia was directed by Washington to create the Islamic State of Iraq in order to prevent Iraq from establishing closer relations with Iran; Riyadh financed and armed the Islamist uprising in Daraa, as well as almost all armed jihadists in Syria, while maintaining divisions to limit their independent power
🇹🇷 Turkey enabled the safe passage for foreign jihadists to cross into Northern Syria; Along with Saudi Arabia, they created the Army of Conquest led by Al-Nusra Front to invade Northern Syria in 2015; Ankara hosted the leadership of various Takfiri terrorist groups and coordinated the sale of Syrian oil stolen by ISIS; They also provided medical treatment to Al Qaeda and ISIS fighters
🇶🇦 From 2011-2013, Qatar poured billions of dollars into armed Islamist groups linked to the Muslim Brotherhood and Al Qaeda in both Libya and Syria such as Farouq (Free Syrian Army) and figures like Abdulhakim Belhadj; Doha sent troops and fighter jets to the Libyan opposition; From 2013, Qatar supported the Army of Conquest coalition and the Turkish-Saudi axis
🇮🇱 Israel provided arms and medical treatment to all armed Islamist fighters in Syria, including Al-Nusra Front and ISIS; Tel Aviv and the IDF coordinated these operations at the border of the Golan Heights
🇬🇧🇫🇷 Britain and France supplied arms to the Free Syrian Army and other so-called “rebel” Islamists who worked very closely with Al Qaeda and would provide such arms to them
🇺🇸 The United States directed and coordinated all of the above, making use of their sphere of influence in the Middle East and their military bases in Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Iraq; Washington and the CIA arm what they describe as “moderate rebels” who then defect to join ISIS and Al-Nusra Front; The Pentagon pushes ISIS and Al Qaeda away from Kurdish separatist territories but allows them to attack Syria and supports the ISIS-Army of Conquest coalition against the Assad-Russia-Iran-Hezbollah coalition; According to Iraqi officials, the U.S. directly supplied ISIS through air drops
Another reason why Gaddafi and Assad were targeted for regime change is because they stood in the way of Israel’s planned Ben-Gurion Canal project; an initiative which would give the West a monopoly over the world’s most important trade route, the Red Sea which connects the Indo-Pacific to the Mediterranean.
They also provided financial and military assistance to Palestinian resistance fighters and refused to recognize Israel. In Syria’s case, they had close ties with the Russians, Iranians, North Koreans and Chinese and were a major asset to the Iranian nuclear program.
In Libya’s case, it was revealed in Hillary Clinton’s emails that the reason why they targeted him is because he had planned to create a Pan-African currency tied to the Gold Standard to challenge the U.S. Dollar called the Gold Dinar.
They also provided financial and military assistance to Palestinian resistance fighters and refused to recognize Israel. In Syria’s case, they had close ties with the Russians, Iranians, North Koreans and Chinese and were a major asset to the Iranian nuclear program.
In Libya’s case, it was revealed in Hillary Clinton’s emails that the reason why they targeted him is because he had planned to create a Pan-African currency tied to the Gold Standard to challenge the U.S. Dollar called the Gold Dinar.
The merger of Al Qaeda and ISI was both predicted and endorsed in an August 2012 report by the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency which stated the following:
“If the situation unravels, there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in eastern Syria…This is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want in order to isolate the Syrian regime…ISI could also declare an Islamic state through its union with other terrorist organizations in Iraq and Syria, which will create great danger.”
“If the situation unravels, there is the possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared Salafist principality in eastern Syria…This is exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want in order to isolate the Syrian regime…ISI could also declare an Islamic state through its union with other terrorist organizations in Iraq and Syria, which will create great danger.”
As a result, both Washington and London continued to provide financial and military assistance, as well as medical support to Wahhabi terror groups in Syria.
John Kerry also seemed to express support for this policy when ISIS threatened Damascus in 2014-2015. Kerry stated in a leaked audio that he believed this would require President Assad to negotiate his way out of power, further proving that the United States would support whatever bad actors they could, so long as it meant getting rid of Assad and putting more money into the pockets of the banks, arms manufacturers, and multinational corporations.
ISIS was later completely wiped out in Syria in 2017 following military interventions by the Syrian Armed Forces, Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah, as well as another military intervention by the United States under the Trump Administration.
John Kerry also seemed to express support for this policy when ISIS threatened Damascus in 2014-2015. Kerry stated in a leaked audio that he believed this would require President Assad to negotiate his way out of power, further proving that the United States would support whatever bad actors they could, so long as it meant getting rid of Assad and putting more money into the pockets of the banks, arms manufacturers, and multinational corporations.
ISIS was later completely wiped out in Syria in 2017 following military interventions by the Syrian Armed Forces, Russia, Iran, and Hezbollah, as well as another military intervention by the United States under the Trump Administration.
However, in November 2024, an offensive launched by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham culminated with the fall of Bashar al-Assad on December 8.
The new President of Syria, Abu Mohammed al-Julani is the leader of Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliates and a former deputy to the now deceased ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
The new President of Syria, Abu Mohammed al-Julani is the leader of Syria’s Al Qaeda affiliates and a former deputy to the now deceased ISIS leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
Since taking power, the new regime has carried out genocidal massacres against Syrian Alawites, Christians, Druze and Shia Muslims.
They have also often kidnapped young women from these minority groups and forced them to convert to Sunni Islam and marry these Takfiri terrorists that now control the government in Damascus.
Despite this though, the U.S. State Department has decided to remove Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Why might that be?
They have also often kidnapped young women from these minority groups and forced them to convert to Sunni Islam and marry these Takfiri terrorists that now control the government in Damascus.
Despite this though, the U.S. State Department has decided to remove Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham from the list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Why might that be?
They have allowed Israel to annex the Golan Heights, Mount Hermon, and Quneitra without firing a single shot and imprisoned Palestinian resistance fighters in Syria. They also supported U.S.-Israeli aggression against Iran.
Compare that to the Assad family which battled the Israeli Air Force over the skies of the Levant and armed the Palestinian Joint Operations Room, as well as Hezbollah.
Compare that to the Assad family which battled the Israeli Air Force over the skies of the Levant and armed the Palestinian Joint Operations Room, as well as Hezbollah.
Prior to this, Syria had faced the worst sanctions regime in history at the hands of the United States Treasury Department through the CAESAR Act. It denied Syrians of much needed economic resources such as oil, food and water, as the U.S. Armed Forces were also occupying Syria’s oil and wheat fields, as well as irrigation systems.
However, the sanctions were imposed based on a deception: photos that Western governments and the corporate media claim were smuggled out of Syria by a whistleblower from the Syrian Arab Armed Forces codenamed “Caesar.” However, he had been groomed for this exact moment by operatives from U.S. and Qatari intelligence who managed his files and worked overtime to obstruct any kind of public scrutiny or independent investigation.
Even the New York Times admitted the Caesar photos were commissioned by Qatar and not independently verified.
Despite these efforts, investigators determined that at least half the photos in the Caesar files were soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army who had been murdered by the Western-backed terrorist opposition.
However, the sanctions were imposed based on a deception: photos that Western governments and the corporate media claim were smuggled out of Syria by a whistleblower from the Syrian Arab Armed Forces codenamed “Caesar.” However, he had been groomed for this exact moment by operatives from U.S. and Qatari intelligence who managed his files and worked overtime to obstruct any kind of public scrutiny or independent investigation.
Even the New York Times admitted the Caesar photos were commissioned by Qatar and not independently verified.
Despite these efforts, investigators determined that at least half the photos in the Caesar files were soldiers from the Syrian Arab Army who had been murdered by the Western-backed terrorist opposition.
ISIS militants are also fighting alongside the Nazi Azov Brigade in Ukraine against Russia, with the support of the British SAS. Affiliates of ISIS, primarily ISIS-K in Afghanistan and Pakistan, are still arrayed against the U.S. empire’s biggest adversaries: Russia, China, and Iran.
ISIS-K was responsible for the March 2024 attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow and the perpetrators were heading straight for the Russia-Ukraine border when they were captured.
Based on this evidence, ISIS, Al Qaeda, and their affiliates are most likely still on the payroll of the CIA and MI6.
ISIS-K was responsible for the March 2024 attack on Crocus City Hall in Moscow and the perpetrators were heading straight for the Russia-Ukraine border when they were captured.
Based on this evidence, ISIS, Al Qaeda, and their affiliates are most likely still on the payroll of the CIA and MI6.
Sources: Kit Klarenberg, Declassified UK, William Blum, The Grayzone, The Times of Israel, WikiLeaks, RAND, U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency, Max Blumenthal’s The Management of Savagery, Tim Anderson’s The Dirty War On Syria
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