Establishment Media Blames Saddam Hussein for Islamic State

‘The Washington Post reported over the weekend that the leadership of the Islamic State consists of members who formerly were part of Saddam Hussein’s inner circle.

According to a former mercenary fighting to overthrow the government of Bashar al-Assad in the U.S.-Saudi proxy war ongoing in Syria, IS is controlled by former Iraqi officers and intelligence agents who had served under Hussein, the Iraqi dictator who began his career as a CIA operative.

Based on Hamza’s claim, The Washington Times concludes “members of Iraq’s former Baathist army in an organization more typically associated with flamboyant foreign jihadists” play a “pervasive role” in the terror army fighting in Iraq and Syria.’

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