Iraq to Prosecute ISIS Militants as Regional Destabilization Continues
📰 THE STORY: The New Arab reports that Iraq plans to prosecute alleged Islamic State militants transferred from detention facilities in northeastern Syria, with official statements emphasizing Baghdad's commitment to holding them accountable. 🔍 WHAT THEY'RE NOT TELLING YOU: Historical Context: ISIS did not materialize in a vacuum. It rose from the ashes of the illegal 2003 US invasion of Iraq,
which dismantled the Iraqi state, dissolved its army, and created a power vacuum exploited by extremist elements. The US then, in 2011, covertly sponsored 'rebel' groups in Syria, including jihadists who later joined or became ISIS, all under the guise of regime change against Bashar al-Assad. The 'war on terror' became a self-fulfilling prophecy, destabilizing the region and creating the very
monsters it claimed to fight. Double Standard: Western media treats these transfers as a natural consequence of conflict, rather than a symptom of a larger, ongoing geopolitical manipulation. When 'moderate rebels' supported by the US were found to have strong ties to al-Qaeda in Syria, the narrative was spun to downplay these connections or simply ignored. Meanwhile, the Sykes-Picot artificial
borders, drawn by colonial powers in 1916, continue to be ignored when it suits Western geostrategic interests – creating stateless extremists as a regional weapon. Follow the Money: The 'war on terror' has been incredibly profitable. The US Congress allocated over $2.2 trillion to post-9/11 wars by 2020. This massive defense spending funneled billions to arms manufacturers like Lockheed Martin