Blade_Runner wrote:
I don't do zerohedge conspiracy theories.
Most historians agree that ISIS emerged out of al-Qaeda in Iraq as a response to the U.S. invasion in 2003. They also agree that it was shaped primarily by a Jordanian jihadist and the eventual head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. But, further research has revealed that the groundwork for ISIS was arguably laid long before the invasion, and if there was one person responsible for the group’s modus operandi, it was Abdulrahman al-Qaduli, an Iraqi from Nineveh better known by his nom de guerre, Abu Ali al-Anbari—not Zarqawi. It was Anbari, Zarqawi’s No. 2 in his al-Qaeda years, who defined the Islamic State’s radical approach more than any other person; his influence was more systematic, longer lasting, and deeper than that of Zarqawi.
The history of ISIS is complex and many faceted, but there is no truth to the theory that the "US "Created" ISIS As A "Tool" To Overthrow Syria's President Assad." Anbari, al-Baghdadi, bin Laden, Zawahiri, and many others who influenced the formation of ISIS are Sunni extremists, and that includes Bashar al-Assad.
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