How the US helped create Al Qaeda and ISIS

By on    Afghanistan, Cold War - Old and New, COLD WAR 1 & 2, History, Iran, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, Middle East conflict formation, Military & militarism (MIMAC), Russia international relations, Syria, TERRORISM - WAR ON TERROR, United States - Empire and domestic, War on Terror & terrorism  

How the US helped create Al Qaeda and ISIS

February 21, 2020 By Garikai Chengu Much like Al Qaeda, the Islamic State (ISIS) is made-in-the-USA, an instrument of terror designed to divide and conquer the oil-rich Middle East and to counter Iran’s growing influence in the region. The fact that the United States has a long and torrid history of backing terrorist groups will […]

Iran: Saudi Arabia, US policy and Sunni-Shia contradictions

By on    Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Media and conflict, MIDDLE EAST, Middle East conflict formation, United States - Empire and domestic  

Iran: Saudi Arabia, US policy and Sunni-Shia contradictions

By Graham Fuller • With the emergence of demonstrations and rioting in various Iranian cities earlier this month, Washington’s neoconservatives and interventionist/ imperial-minded “liberals” have been given a new lease on life in promoting their aspirations for “regime change” in Tehran. Indeed, of the three current potential global flashpoints—North Korea, Russian borderlands, and Iran in […]