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
(Score: 1) by Type44Q on Wednesday November 30 2016, @11:15AM
Invading Iraq for no reason...
No reason that you know of... isn't the same thing. FYI, Saddam was openly preparing to sell Iraqi oil for Euros, thus bypassing "the WRC" (and Col. Omar was about to go a step farther, rejecting all fiat and only selling for bullion).
(Score: 2) by Thexalon on Wednesday November 30 2016, @05:51PM
So instead, we invaded Iraq, and now ISIS is selling oil for whatever they can get. Progress!
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.