Max Blumenthal explains how the US-backed proxy war in Syria helped create the al-Qaeda safe haven where US forces killed…
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Right on cue. If their underground PR office is to be believed, ISIS has now named a new leader. ISI is warning US against any untoward ‘rejoicing’ or gloating as President Trump has been doing since last weekend’s media festival in the US.
Undoubtedly, any ‘ISIS attack’ no matter how large or small, or how obscure – will be used by Washington to justify a further (and indefinite) US-led western occupation in places like Syria and Iraq.
There were 3 previous instances where the international media reported Baghdadi's death, and the US military gave Baghdadi a burial at sea, making it impossible to prove that he was executed. It seems that reporting the killing of hated enemies is useful to build popularity among the folks back home.
With the killing of self-proclaimed ISIS “caliph” Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the shoddy narrative pushed by US government officials and regime…
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By Stephen Lendman
Trump calling Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi “the world’s number one terrorist leader” ignored reality. No individual, group, or other nation matches US state-terrorism, ongoing at home and abroad worldwide.
As US president and commander-in-chief, the buck stops with him, bearing executive authority for what’s happening on his watch.
By Stephen Lendman
Like his predecessors, Trump operates as a frontman for the military, industrial, security complex, Wall Street, and other monied interests. As commander-in-chief, he continues endless US wars of aggression in multiple theaters, along with economic terrorism on Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, Cuba, and other nations on the US target list for regime change — including China and Russia.
To much fanfare, President Trump announced to America and the world, the killing of ISIS leader Abu Bakar Al-Baghdadi.
Tony Cartalucci
21st Century Wire
With US-backed militants having already reached the full extent of their gains on the battlefield and now facing incremental but inevitable defeat – the US appeared to be out of time and out of options.
(MEE) — A senior US general has said that the leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, is still alive but the coalition does not “have a clue” about where he is.
