Timeline of atrocities committed by “rebels” and minimised or ignored by Western MSM:
The Aqrab massacre (December 2012): video.
The Deir ez-Zor massacre (April 2013): video.
The Khan al-Assal massacre (July 2013).
The massacre in the Lattakia Province (August 2013).
The Adra massacre (December 2013).
The Ma’an massacre (February 2014).
Patrick Henningsen:
Patrick Henningsen discuss ISIL on Red Ice Radio
The story of ISIL according to the Brookings Institute:
The Origins of ISIS (Islamic State)
What is ISIS? Interview with Brookings Institution’s Michael O’Hanlon
Joe Biden lets it slip that Gulf Countries have financed and supported extremist groups in Syria
Ibn Saud and the Ikhwan: quote from Robert Dreyfus
Islamic State gave Obama administration the opportunity to:
Reaffirm US presence in Iraq and get rid of Maliki
Move towards Kurds’ independence – close to Israel’s interests
The myth of Iraq’s “ancient” sectarian divide:
Sami Ramadan: The myth of sectarian Iraq
Mahdi Darius Nazemroaya: Syria in Context of the “New Middle East”
US divide-and-rule strategy in Iraq:
From Salvador to Iraq: Washington’s man behind brutal police squads
BrussellS Tribunal: Death Squads in Iraq
The death(s) of Abu Musab al-Zarkawi:
Zarkawi reported killed in March 2004
Zarkawi reported killed in June 2005
Sunni Councils are created (and quickly become a liability):
US arms Sunni dissidents in risky bid to contain al-Qaida fighters in Iraq
Sunni awakening council in Bagdad stages brief uprising
Seymour Hersh: The Redirection
Ayman al Zawahiri ready to forgive al-Baghdadi, asks him to bring jihad back to Iraq
The three events that preceded ISIL’s assaults in Iraq:
Russia Vetoed a SC Resolution to Send Syrian Conflict to ICC
Assad Claimed Election Victory
Cited Progress on Syrian Chemical Stockpile Despite Missed Deadline
William Engdahl: ISIS in Iraq stinks of CIA/NATO ‘dirty war’ op
US trained Islamic State troops in Jordan:
Blowback! U.S. trained Islamists who joined ISIS
Nizar Nayouf had flagged this information to James Corbett as early as December 2011
Qatar Creates Anti-Syria Mercenary Force Based in Turkey
Obama met privately with top journalists before ISIS war speech
The Unwilling or Unable Doctrine comes to life
ICJ Ruling: Military and paramilitary activities in and against Nicaragua
US Bombs wheat silo and power station in Syria
US air-drops weapons and munitions to Islamic State
What the US most fear: the Iran-Iraq-Syria gas pipeline
UN Humanitarian Affairs spokesperson denounced anti-Assad rebel forces