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posted by n1 on Tuesday November 29 2016, @03:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the great-game-to-grand-chessboard dept.

On the sixth anniversary of the first infamous "Cablegate" by WikiLeaks, when it releases its first batch of sensitive US files, on November 28 2010, it has expanded its Public Library of US Diplomacy (PLUSD) with 531,525 new diplomatic cables from 1979.

In a statement to coincide with the release of the cables, known as "Carter Cables III", Mr Assange explained how events which unfolded in 1979, had begun a series of events that led to the rise of ISIS.

He said: "If any year could be said to be the "year zero" of our modern era, 1979 is it."

Mr Assange said a decision by the CIA, together with Saudi Arabia, to plough billions of dollars into arming the Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan to tackle the Soviet Union, had led to the creation of terror group al-Qaeda.

This, in turn, he said led to the 9/11 terror strikes, the invasion of Afghanhistan and Iraq by the US, and the creation of ISIS.

Source: Express.co.uk


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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 29 2016, @07:09PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday November 29 2016, @07:09PM (#434621)

    There is huge pressure on anyone in Washington who tries to put the genie back in the bottle. You think we should stop funding these people that are committing genocide? That's Islamophobia. Your government career is over in an instant, the newspapers will call you a racist conspiracy theorist, you cannot get a job in academia, and a riot will break out if you are invited to speak anywhere.

    NATO established an international bank to fund peaceful Islamic movements in the Third World. Its oversight board includes a known affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood, the umbrella organization for all of the terrorist organizations that this effort was meant to oppose. They now know exactly who is getting support from the CIA and can kill them or blackmail them with this information. No one is allowed to disagree with this.

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