Six below the fold.
Graphic: ISIS Arms Routes
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime
Mongoose: Erdogan’s Dirty Dangerous ISIS Games — Turkey Goes to War on Arabia, Russia, and the West
04 Inter-State Conflict, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime, IO Deeds of War, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence
Erdogan's Dirty Dangerous ISIS Games
More and more details are coming to light revealing that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, variously known as ISIS, IS or Daesh, is being fed and kept alive by Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Turkish President and by his Turkish intelligence service, including MIT, the Turkish CIA. Turkey, as a result of Erdogan’s pursuit of what some call a Neo-Ottoman Empire fantasies that stretch all the way to China, Syria and Iraq, threatens not only to destroy Turkey but much of the Middle East if he continues on his present path.
Steve Aftergood: CRS on The Islamic State
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime, Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government, Ineptitude, IO Deeds of War, Military, Officers Call, Peace Intelligence
CRS on Islamic State and US Policy
Phi Beta Iota: The CRS report is superb on the facts in relation to the Islamic State of Syria and Iraq (ISIS) if one assumes they are an autonomous entity. It falls severely short in failing to inform Congress on the culpability of elements of the US Government (CIA, State, Pentagon), Saudi Arabia, and Turkey as well as Israel, Qatar, and Iraq, in creating ISIS, nurturing ISIS, and protecting ISIS.
See Also: ISIS @ Phi Beta Iota
Mongoose: Paris II ISIS Narrative Unraveling
07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 09 Terrorism, IO Deeds of War, Officers CallPaul Craig Roberts: Three Questions on Paris
07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime
Paul Craig Roberts: “More Paris Puzzles”
As part of our series exploring different points of view on the “new 9/11”, Dr Paul Craig Roberts questions the official narrative.
It is interesting that terrorists attacks attributed to Muslims only fall upon ordinary people, not upon the political elites who oppress the Muslims.
Greg Maybury: ISIS – Made in the USA?
04 Inter-State Conflict, 05 Civil War, 07 Other Atrocities, 09 Terrorism, 10 Transnational Crime, IO Deeds of War
Origins of ISIS aka Islamic State
Well Researched Essay Exposes ISIS and War Agenda
No matter how you cut it, ISIS is a product of U.S. government's twisted foreign policy.
