{"id":8810,"date":"2015-06-04T06:26:59","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T11:26:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8810"},"modified":"2015-06-04T06:26:59","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T11:26:59","slug":"iraq-war-propaganda-redux-u-s-claims-syrian-government-supporting-isis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=8810","title":{"rendered":"Iraq War Propaganda Redux: U.S. Claims Syrian Government Supporting ISIS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/06\/iraq-war-propaganda-redux-u-s-claims-syrian-government-supporting-isis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Iraq War Propaganda Redux: U.S. Claims Syrian Government Supporting ISIS<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>West Busted Supporting ISIS \u2026 Tries Instead to Point Finger At Syrian Government<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\" data-twttr-id=\"twttr-sandbox-0\">\n<p><a title=\"America\u2019s closest allies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/02\/top-u-s-generals-american-allies-support-isis.html\">America\u2019s closest allies<\/a>\u00a0have been busted supporting ISIS in order to topple Syria\u2019s government.\u00a0 Mainstream U.S. writers are\u00a0<a title=\"calling for open support\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/03\/mainstream-media-calls-supporting-al-qaeda-isis.html\">calling for open support<\/a>\u00a0of ISIS and Al Qaeda to enact regime change in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>And a newly-declassified government document hints that the West\u00a0<a title=\"supported the creation of ISIS\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/05\/newly-declassified-u-s-government-documents-the-west-supported-the-creation-of-isis.html\">supported the creation of ISIS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This may sound far-fectched and wild-eyed\u00a0 \u2026 But the following former\u00a0<a title=\"high-level US and UK intelligence officials and whistleblowers confirm\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/insurge-intelligence\/ex-intel-officials-pentagon-report-proves-us-complicity-in-isis-fabef96e20da\" target=\"_blank\">high-level US and UK intelligence officials and whistleblowers confirm<\/a>\u00a0that the document implicates the West in the birth of ISIS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Military analyst \u2013 and famed Pentagon Papers whistleblower \u2013 Daniel Ellsberg<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>High-level NSA official Thomas Drake<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Well-known FBI whistleblower Colleen Rowley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Senior MI6 officer Alastair Crooke<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>MI5 counter-terrorism officer Annie Machon<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>British counter-terrorism officer Charles Shoebridge<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In any event, whether or not you believe the West created ISIS, the U.S. is now trying to blame the<em>single most unlikely<\/em>\u00a0entity imaginable for ISIS \u2026 the Syrian\u00a0<em>government<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically,\u00a0 the U.S. Embassy in Syria just accused the Syrian government of supporting ISIS:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"Tweet-header u-cf\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-author u-textTruncate h-card p-author\" data-scribe=\"component:author\"><a class=\"Tweet-authorLink Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbassySyria\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"Tweet-authorName Identity-name p-name customisable-highlight\" data-scribe=\"element:name\">U.S. Embassy Syria<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--verified \" title=\"Verified Account\"><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Tweet-authorLink Identity u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/USEmbassySyria\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\"><span class=\"Tweet-authorVerifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><span class=\"Tweet-authorScreenName Identity-screenName p-nickname\" data-scribe=\"element:screen_name\">@USEmbassySyria<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Reports indicate that the regime is making air-strikes in support of <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ISIL?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">ISIL<\/span><\/a>&#8216;s advance on <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Aleppo?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">Aleppo<\/span><\/a>, aiding extremists against Syrian population<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>This is all kinds of silly \u2026 and is Iraq War propaganda redux.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, the Syrian government and ISIS are\u00a0<a title=\"mortal\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2015\/01\/islamic-state-tripled-territory-syria-u-s-started-airstrikes.html\">mortal<\/a>\u00a0<a title=\"enemies\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2015\/may\/21\/isis-palmyra-syria-islamic-state\" target=\"_blank\">enemies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Syrian government \u2013 which is\u00a0<a title=\"allied with Shia Muslims \u2013 has been battling Sunni jihadis\" href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonsblog.com\/2013\/05\/our-al-qaeda-terrorists-are-getting-beat-up-by-their-hezbollah-terrorists.html\">allied with\u00a0<em>Shia<\/em>\u00a0Muslims \u2013 has been battling\u00a0<em>Sunni<\/em>\u00a0jihadis<\/a>\u00a0for many years. ISIS are\u00a0<em>Sunnis<\/em>\u00a0\u2026 the\u00a0<a title=\"arch-enemy of Shias\" href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2015\/03\/30\/isis-beheads-shiites-in-syria-teenage-boys-lead-prisoners-to-slaughter\/\" target=\"_blank\">arch-enemy of Shias<\/a>\u00a0and the Syrian government.\u00a0 The Syrian government is<a title=\"ruled\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bashar_al-Assad\" target=\"_blank\">ruled<\/a>\u00a0by a sect of\u00a0<em>Shias<\/em>\u00a0called\u00a0<a title=\"Alawites\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Alawites\" target=\"_blank\">Alawites<\/a>.<br \/>\n&#8230;click on the above link to read the rest of the article&#8230;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iraq War Propaganda Redux: U.S. Claims Syrian Government Supporting ISIS West Busted Supporting ISIS \u2026 Tries Instead to Point Finger At Syrian Government America\u2019s closest allies\u00a0have been busted supporting ISIS in order to topple Syria\u2019s government.\u00a0 Mainstream U.S. writers are\u00a0calling for open support\u00a0of ISIS and Al Qaeda to enact regime change in Syria. And a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1239,446,447,655,776,827,5510],"class_list":["post-8810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-is","tag-isis","tag-islamic-state","tag-propaganda","tag-syria","tag-united-states","tag-washingtons-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8810"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8811,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8810\/revisions\/8811"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}