US Special Forces train militants near Aleppo, Syria, in June 2018.<\/p>\n
RT.com<\/a><\/strong> is reporting that Western intel agencies led by the United States are planning to use Syrian jihadists affiliated with ISIS as a proxy force against Iran. The report cites Russian Federal Security Service chief Aleksandr Bortnikov as its source for the story.<\/p>\n This is a story you won\u2019t see reported in the West, where corporate media outlets are tightly controlled by the military-industrial-intelligence complex.<\/p>\n According to the RT report<\/a><\/strong>, the jihadists, who fought for the Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and other terrorist groups, are being moved from prisons in Syria to special camps in Iraq, Bortnikov said Tuesday during a meeting of the security chiefs from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Russia\u2019s Irkutsk Region.<\/p>\n \u201cThe history of Islamic State began with similar Iraqi prison complexes under the protection of Western coalition intelligence agencies,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n The actions of Western spy agencies also pose a danger to Russia and its affiliated nations such as Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan as the released terrorists, \u201cinclude individuals from CIS countries who fought in the Islamic State and other terrorist groups and later ended up in Syrian prisons,\u201d Bortnikov warned. They can be used not only across the Middle East, but also in their home countries, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cUndoubtedly, the escalation of the Iranian conflict and the involvement of an increasing number of parties in it is threatening to destabilize the entire Islamic world,\u201d the Russian security chief stressed.<\/p>\n This is a huge story because President Trump has long alleged, as far back as 2016 and with some merit, that former president Barack Obama and his Secretary of State Hillary Clinton were responsible for creating the Islamic terror force that ultimately morphed into ISIS. Obama and Clinton, with help from the late Senatory John McCain, wanted to arm and train a Sunni Muslim fighting force and use them to overthrow Syrian President Bashur Assad in Syria\u2019s civil war (you can read about Trump\u2019s 2016 allegations <\/em>here<\/a><\/strong>.)<\/p>\n Now, according to the RT report, Trump\u2019s own administration may be reviving the old Obama plan of using a Sunni Islamic terror organization against a Shia regime it considers to be a threat to Israel. The only difference is that ISIS is now being turned against Iran instead of Syria.<\/p>\n Trump last week admitted in an interview with Fox News\u2019s Sean Hannity<\/a><\/strong> that he launched the war against Iran mostly on behalf of Israel and U.S.-allied Gulf states.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump announced \u201cmajor combat operations\u201d against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.<\/p>\n Following the announcement of a two-week ceasefire, initial U.S.-Iran talks<\/a> in Pakistan in April failed to reach a peace deal.<\/p>\n Trump later announced the open-ended extension of the ceasefire and the continuation of a U.S. blockade until negotiations are concluded \u201cone way or the other.\u201d<\/p>\n A statement posted to Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei’s official X account and read out on Iranian state television on Tuesday said the countries of the Middle East \u201cwill no longer serve as shields for American bases\u201d as a result of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran.<\/p>\n \u201dThe hand of time does not turn back,\u201d the statement attributed to Khamenei said. \u201cAmerica will no longer have a safe haven for mischief and the establishment of military bases in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n On Tuesday, the U.S. launched what it called \u201cself-defense strikes\u201d in southern Iran<\/strong> in response to escalating tensions and threats. Trump also appears to have widened the scope of any potential Iran war peace deal, saying Tuesday that Iran and its Arab neighbors \u2014 including Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait and others \u2014 must join the Abraham Accords and make peace with Israel.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Tehran continues to prevent the ships of Washington\u2019s allies from sailing through the Strait of Hormuz, which accounts for some 25% of the global crude oil trade, while the US maintains its own blockade of Iranian ports. And average nationwide gas prices have surged to near $5 a gallon in the U.S., which does not bode well for Republicans heading into the November midterm elections.<\/p>\n On Monday, Iran\u2019s top negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf and Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi reportedly arrived in Doha for talks with Qatar\u2019s prime minister on a potential peace deal with the U.S.<\/p>\n But both sides downplayed hopes of any immediate breakthrough, as U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Washington was willing to give diplomacy a chance before deciding whether to deal with Iran in \u201canother way.\u201d<\/p>\n Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said on Monday the fact that the sides were able to reach common ground on some issue \u201cdoes not mean that the signing of an agreement is imminent.\u201d<\/p>\n BOTTOM LINE:<\/strong> I still say, all the talk about a peace deal amounts to smoke and mirrors. The U.S. and Israel are still burning for a regime change in Tehran and will not rest until they get it. The peace talks are merely a stalling tactic for the U.S. and Israel to rearm and regroup for another full-scale attack.<\/p>\n With almost all military advisers warning that a ground invasion of Iran would result in a bloodbath for U.S. troops, it now appears that Trump is reverting to the old Obama strategy of using Sunni Muslim terrorists to attack a nation whose leadership refuses to bend to the will of the U.S. empire.<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n My independent reporting can only continue with the support of you, my readers, so please consider becoming a<\/em> paid subscriber<\/a> <\/strong>or making a <\/em>donation of any size to my GiveSendGo<\/a><\/strong>. Those preferring to send a check can do so c\/o Leo Hohmann, P.O. Box 291, Newnan, GA 30264. Thank you for the much-needed support.<\/em><\/p>\nIran\u2019s Supreme Leader speaks<\/strong><\/h2>\n