US and Saudi Culpability in Creating ISIS Ignored by Mainstream Media, Here it is, right from the horse’s mouth! Qatar’s former prime minister spills his guts about how his country worked with Saudi Arabia and Turkey under the direction of the United States – meaning then the Obama Administration – to funnel arms and money to jihad terrorists in Syria: ‘The explosive interview constitutes a high level "public admission to collusion and coordination between four countries to destabilize an independent state, [including] possible support for Nusra/al-Qaeda." ... Former Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, who oversaw Syria operations on behalf of Qatar until 2013,... said while acknowledging Gulf nations were arming jihadists in Syria with the approval and support of US and Turkey: "I don't want to go into details but we have full documents about us taking charge [in Syria]." He claimed that both Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah (who reigned until his death in 2015) and the United States placed Qatar in a lead role concerning covert operations to execute the proxy war.

1. Bombshell Revelation of US and Saudi
Culpability in Creating ISIS Ignored by
Mainstream Media – and by the Team Trump
JAMESGEORGE JATRAS| 03.11.2017 | OPINION
Here it is, right from the horse’s mouth! Qatar’s former prime minister spills
his guts about how his country worked with Saudi Arabia and Turkey under
the directionof the UnitedStates – meaning then the Obama Administration
– to funnel arms and money to jihad terrorists in Syria:
‘The explosive interview constitutes a high level "public admission to
collusion and coordination between four countries to destabilize an
independent state, [including] possible support for Nusra/al-
Qaeda." ... Former Prime Minister Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber al-Thani, who
oversaw Syria operations on behalf of Qatar until 2013,... said while
acknowledging Gulf nations were arming jihadists in Syria with the approval
and support of US and Turkey: "I don't want to go into details but we have
full documents about us taking charge [in Syria]." He claimed that both Saudi
Arabia's King Abdullah (who reigned until his death in 2015) and the United
States placed Qatar in a lead role concerning covert operations to execute
the proxy war.
‘The former prime minister's comments, while very revealing, were intended
as a defense and excuse of Qatar's support for terrorism, and as a critique of
the US and Saudi Arabia for essentially leaving Qatar "holding the bag" in
terms of the war against Assad. Al-Thani explained that Qatar continued its
financing of armed insurgents in Syria while other countries eventually
wound down large-scale support, which is why he lashed out at the US and
the Saudis, who initially "were with us in the same trench."’ [“In Shocking,
Viral Interview, Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War,” Zero Hedge,
October 29]
Busted! Consider the vulnerability of the former U.S. officials who were in
charge at that time, President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton. Just now, the latter had had her worst week since losing the election
with the revelations about the Steele dossier, the Uranium One caper, and

2. the Podesta Group’s implication in “RussiaGate.” The only thing now is to sit
back and watch the fireworks show! From Tom Luongo (citing Zero Hedge):
‘Folks, I’ve been telling you for days now that the containment wall around
Hillary Clintonhas been breaking down. Now Qatar, which really has nothing
to lose at this point outing the Obama Administration’s complicity in this,
especially since the Saudis turned on them and tried to make them the
scapegoat for the failed insurgency in Syria.
‘But, to directly finger the U.S. CIA and State Departments, then under the
control of Hillary Clinton, is absolutely the most damaging thing they could
possibly do at this point in time.’
Here it comes! You almost have to feel sorry for poor Hillary! The Trump
team and their media supporters – starting with Fox News, which had been
dancing on Hillary’s political grave all last week – will be all over this story in
no time!
Except they weren’t. While Luongo pointed to what should have happened,
there was not a peep from anyone in the Administration. Nor anything
on Fox. Both were as mum as the mainstreammedia, whichpredictably were
as silent as the graves of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians slaughteredby
the jihadists.
No fireworks, just the chirping of crickets. As I predicted at the time, the
Qatari story would be totally ignored by the American mainstream media. In
fact, not a single major outlet inthe UnitedStates ranthe story, thoughthere
were a few English-language articles in the Middle East. The only
appearances inthe U.S. were alternativemedialike Zero Hedge, the Ron Paul
Institute, Antiwar.com, and a few others, mostly bloggers picking up
from Zero Hedge.
In short, far from a blockbuster, it was a non-event. Non-news. It didn’t
happen. The story wasn’t even noticed by those who had a direct, partisan
political interest in hyping it.
Just like last time.
Recall: in August 2016 Donald Trump accused Barack Obama and Hillary
Clintonof being respectively the “founder” and “co-founder” of ISIS. Outrage

3. across the media and political world! The supposedly neutral fact-checkers
leaped into action to denounce Trump. “False,”
declared FactCheck.org. Flirting with “conspiracy theories,” sniffed Snopes.
“Pants on Fire,” pronounced PolitiFact.
Well, sure, what do you expect from the MSM and their pet gatekeepers?
How much sweeter the victory would be when Team Trump hits back with
the proof! In eager anticipation I emailed a few contacts working on the
campaign (August 11, 2016):
‘Gents
‘We all know MSM are liars, but DJT’s accusation that Obama and Hillary are
founder and co-founder of ISIS is true. Putting money and weapons into
support for jihadists was foreseen (when Hillary was SecState) in 2012 DIA
memo to result in“salafist principality,”what became ISIS in 2013. Flynn has
said this was not a “blind eye,” it was a “willful decision”!
‘I haven’t seen a peep about this memo and Flynn’s comments in any outlet
yet re the “founder/co-founder” accusation. Are you going to put out
something from the campaign? Do you want me to draft something?
‘Jim’
The response:“Write something fromyour angle first.”Sure, no problem, I’m
happy to serve it up. For the good of the cause! Make America Great Again! I
wrote back:
‘Feel free to use -- let me know.
‘MEDIA IGNORE D.I.A. MEMO THAT PROVES TRUMP’S CLAIM THAT OBAMA
AND CLINTON ‘FOUNDED’ I.S.I.S.
‘The latest example of the major media’s “in the tank for Hillary” behavior is
the hysterical response toDonaldJ. Trump’s accusationthat President Barack
Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton are the “founder” and
“co-founder,” respectively of the Islamic State (ISIS, ISIL).

4. ‘Not one major media outlet has bothered to mention the official document
that proves the absolute truth of Mr. Trump’s charges.
‘In 2015, subject to a FOIA request from Judicial Watch, an August 2012
Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) report was made public. It specified that
outside support for jihadist forces – in which al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI) and the
Muslim Brotherhood figured prominently – fighting against the Syrian
government createdthe “possibility of establishing a declared or undeclared
Salafist [radical Islamic terrorist] principality in Eastern Syria, and this is
exactly what the supporting powers to the opposition want, in order to
isolate the Syrian regime.” Hillary Clinton was at that time Barack Obama’s
Secretary of State.
‘The following year, in April 2013, the predicted “Salafist principality” did
indeed come into existence, with the AQI’s declarating itself as the “Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria” – ISIS.
‘As Mr. Trump has pointed out, a necessary precondition for the emergence
of ISIS was Barack Obama’s precipitous withdrawal of American forces from
Iraq, which facilitated AQI’s extending its operations into Syria. But also
essential was the reckless decision of the Obama White House and Clinton
State Department to pursue in Syria the same “regime change” policy that
had led to disaster in Libya. This meant pumping money and weapons into
the Syrian war in support of al-Qaeda-led jihadists.
‘Last year, commenting on the 2012 report, General Michael Flynn, formerly
DIA director and now an adviser to Mr. Trump, commented that the rise of
what became ISIS was not a result of turning a “blind eye” but of a “willful
decision” to allow the anticipated “Salafist principality” to come into
being. As General Flynn commented in an Al Jazeera interview:
Hasan: You are basically saying that even in government at the time you
knew these groups were around, yousaw this analysis, and you were arguing
against it, but who wasn’t listening?
Flynn: I think the administration.
Hasan: So the administration turned a blind eye to your analysis?

5. Flynn: I don’t know that they turned a blind eye, I think it was a decision. I
think it was a willful decision.
Hasan: A willful decision to support an insurgency that had Salafists, Al
Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood?
Flynn: It was a willful decision to do what they’re doing.
‘The record is clear. Barely a year into the Syrian war, the Obama
Administration knew a jihadist quasi-state would form if support for
terrorists continued. As a “willful decision,” the Obama Administration, in
cooperation with regional allies, continued that support that led to the
formation of ISIS, exactly as expected. Obama’s role as the “founder” and
Hillary’s as “cofounder” couldn’t be clearer.’
After that there was no response from Team Trump. Even Flynn, who was
already on the recordas of 2015, made no referencetothe smoking gun from
DIA – the very agency he had once headed!
In short, for whatever reason, even at that early date – August 2016 –
Trump’s operation was already in the hands of people who were committed
to the Deep State’s perspectives. No, arming jihadists in Syria wasn’t the
problem. Nor was overthrowing Kaddafi and sloshing the region with Libyan
weapons. Nor was ousting Saddam Hussein and opening up Iraq to both Iran
and al-Qaeda. The only admissible mistake was pulling outfrom someplace
we had deployed American forces.
For what it was worth, I decided to publish a version of my spurned talking
points as a commentary in Chronicles magazine. A few others also took note
of the DIA memo, such as Alex Newman of The New American. That was
about it.
Ever the masochist, I decided to contact Louis Jacobson and Amy Sherman,
the two relevant hacks atPolitiFact (August 12):
‘Dear Mr. Jacobson and Ms. Sherman
‘This is Jim Jatras. I am a former US diplomat and former foreign policy
adviser to the US Senate Republican leadership.

6. ‘I don’t know how it is possible give a “truth-o-meter” rating of “pants on
fire” to Trump’s claim that Obama and Hillary founded ISIS without even
passing reference to the August 2012 DIA report that said if the western
powers, Gulf States, and Turkey kept aiding radical Islamic forces in Syria –
led by al-Qaeda in Iraq and the Muslim Brotherhood – it could result in the
appearance of a “Salafist principality” in eastern Syria. That is just what
happened, in the form of ISIS’s declaration of statehood a few months later
in April 2013. General Michael Flynn, formerly DIA director, has said on the
record that that result was not a result of a “blind eye” but was a “willful
decision.” The memo itself also is specific that that outcome was desired by
the “supporting powers” and that they knew the nature of the forces they
were supporting.
‘Consider intent, causation, andeffect. Anintelligence service says, in sum, if
you keep doing A you’re likely to get B. So they keep doing A as a deliberate
policy choice, B results right on cue. “Sarcasm” aside, what Trump said is
accurate.
‘On the assumptionthat your omitting this aspect was a simple oversight and
not evidence that Politifact is “in the tank” for #WarmongerHillary like the
rest of the MSM, please consider amending your judgment to refer to and
cite my commentary below. I am available to answer any questions or
provide more information, either by email or at [xxxxxxx].
‘Regards
‘Jim’