Claims that the US is backing ISIS

Submitted by MrTuvok (Norway), Aug 12, 2014 at 18:19

Rumours that the US is indeed backing ISIS was today echoed by bbc.com. BBC reports that these rumours are widespread in Lebanon. Reportedly these rumours are backed by falsified excerpts from a book written by Hillary Clinton.

Yet, one can ask why the US has been alienating "secular" leaders in the arab world like Assad and Mubarak and supporting religious leaders in the muslim brotherhood in Egypt and in Saudi Arabia. Is it somehow in their interest to promote religious fervour and fanaticism in the region? In the alternative news outlet nsnbc.me they claim that the Isis operation is run by the US and Turkey from the US embassy in Ankara. This is a shocking claim to say the least. At any rate, they say that the claim is substantiated by a "source close to the Lebanese billionaire Saad Haariri".

What do you think of this claim mr. Pipes?

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