The complaint accuses two senior intelligence officials at centcom, major. The pentagons inspector general is looking into claims the documents were altered, the new york times reports. Isis destroys thousands of books and manuscripts in mosul libraries. House investigates alleged doctoring of isis intel. Doctored docs, cooked books, europes crisis share this article. Wikipedia islamic state of iraq and the levant is pretty extensive. No part of this report may be reproduced andor published in any form by print.
A list of fiction and nonfiction literature about isis. Intelligence analysts have given investigators documents they say show senior military officials distorted reports on the progress made against isis, the new york times is reporting. The rise of isis by joby warrick, het meisje dat van is won. The best a nonbeliever can do is report that isis members believe. What is the best book on isis that can provide one with. Initially dismissed by us president barack obama, along with other fledgling terrorist groups, as a jayvee squad compared to alqaeda, the islamic state of iraq and syria isis has shocked the world by conquering massive territories in both countries and promising to create a vast new muslim caliphate. A threat we cant ignore howard books, 2014, jay sekulow discusses the growth of the organization which has oppressed and terrorized countless innocent iraqi and syrian civilians and brought anguish and fear worldwide through reports of its actions. Wikileaks exposes doctored opcw report on alleged cw. The daily beast reports that a 10page report on the scandal should be released by the end of next week. Obama regime cooked books on isis intel confirmed bb4sp. The report says higherups have been changing the reports about isis, alqaida and other terrorism, watering it down to make those groups look weaker and to make the obama administration look better in down. Fake propaganda statement prompts false reports of leader abu.
Joe scarborough suggests team obama likely swayed cooked. While it contains no definitive evidence that senior obama administration officials ordered the. A revelatory look inside the worlds most dangerous terrorist group. The mainstream narrative of the syria conflict has. Saddam hussein founded isisisalqaeda in iraqzarqawi and planted them in the nofly zone to torment the kurds, long before gw invaded. But the video appears to have been made just to troll the man.
On november 23, wikileaks accused the opcw of doctoring its douma, syria chemical weapons report. Former employees of iraq and afghanistan veterans of america iava say the organization has engaged in fundraising fraud including doctoring the books. Mz discussed evidence revealed by wikileaks, proving the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons opcw doctored a report on an. New claims pentagon doctors isis intelligence to suit the.
Its being called a revolt by intelligence pros who are paid to give their honest assessment of the isis warbut are seeing their reports turned into happy talk. A best book of 2015the new york times, the washington post, people. Obamas pentagon cooked the books in war against isis. Farida khalafs harrowing account of sadism and sexual torture is lifted by her bravery. The analysts now calling foul on doctored isis reports have also noted the past experience with al qaeda assessments in the complaint to the inspector general, said two sources familiar with its. Inspector general claiming to have evidence that their superiors doctored the reports to show greater. Its often overwhelming and difficult to pinpoint exactly whats going on, why, where, when and with whom. New claims pentagon doctors isis intelligence to suit the white house as probe widens into manipulation reporters of edited intelligence reports first surfaced in early september. Daily beast a house republican task force has found that officials from the u. Having laid claim to a vast portion of syria and iraq, the militant islamist group isis known alternatively as isil or daesh has eclipsed al qaeda to become one of the wests most worrisome enemies. Someone photoshopped a sikh man to look like an alleged paris attacker and it went viral. Via daily beast a house republican task force has found that officials from the u. When you speak the truth, no one wants to hear that, but there are truths that no one has even recognized until this book. Welsings theories have changed lives and opened minds with this book.
In the wake of friday nights violent attacks in paris, the wall street journal asked several experts for book recommendations on the evolution of terrorism in the middle east. Military officials distorted isis intelligence, congressional panel says. Her 1970 essay, the cress theory of colorconfrontation and racism white supremacy, offered her interpretation on the origins of what she described as white supremacy culture. Its worth asking what the point is of 247 reporting of terror attacks. Centcom employs some 1,500 intelligence analysts composed of civilian employees, members of the military, and contractors at the macdill air force base in tampa, florida. In sickening propaganda, isis school books have been found which reportedly instruct children to make sentences from words like bomb and explode while also featuring a. The analysts now calling foul on doctored isis reports have also noted the past experience with al qaeda assessments in the complaint to the inspector general, said two sources familiar with its contents. The entire policy, ideas and ideology as regards overthrowing the legitimate government, change of power, and shift in policy are based on misrepresentations, fake reports and misinformation.
Inside the army of terror, american journalist michael weiss and syrian analyst hassan hassan explain how these violent extremists evolved from a nearly defeated iraqi insurgent group into a jihadi army of international volunteers who behead western hostages in slickly produced videos and have conquered territory equal to the size of great britain. The pentagons inspector general, who is examining the claims, is focusing on senior intelligence officials who supervise dozens of military and civilian analysts at united states central command, or centcom, which oversees american military operations against the islamic state in iraq and syria. The destruction of mosuls libraries prompted one iraqi. Wikileaks exposes doctored opcw report on alleged cw attack in syria. The united states central command altered its analysis to portray a more optimistic picture of the war than events in iraq and syria warranted, a report concluded. The issue of cooking the books in the fight against isis first surfaced one year ago, when dozens of intelligence analysts said that their reports on isis and al qaeda were being altered by their superiors to make things look rosier than they were things took a more serious turn when a house republican task force revealed that officials with the central command purposely altered u. Analysts claim intelligence on isis war was doctored. Isis burns people and books, but ideas will remain the. Joe scarborough suggests team obama likely swayed cooked books isis reports. Wikileaks exposes doctored opcw report on alleged chemical. Knowing that bad news on isis wasnt welcome meant that, over time, the picture of the fight began being rosier. You wont be able to see the world around you in the same way. That complaint was supported by 50 other analysts, some of whom have complained about politicizing of intelligence reports for months.
More than 50 analysts tracking the inner workings of the islamic state isis and alqaida in syria are reportedly charging their reports were doctored by higherups to put a better political spin on the findings. Did doctored pentagon reports mislead congress and obama. Isis covers the history of the terrorist organization and what it stands for, how its leaders recruit more followers, and the importance of understanding the threat this organization poses for the rest of the world. Two recent books represent the best of isis litand its nowhere near good enough. Intelligence and the campaign against isis the atlantic. Even now, the sects blackclad warriors are holding an entire population at gunpoint. Aligned to common core standards and correlated to state standards. Isis intel was cooked, house panel finds burnt a leading u. The isis intelligence scandal summed up with 1 brutal cartoon. Iava engaged in fundraising fraud, doctored books, say. One of those people said that while the al qaeda history is not a frontandcenter issue. Russian foreign ministry on syria, afghanistan, venezuela. Fake reports of the death of isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi are spreading as the terrorist group continues battles to hold territory in syria and iraq. Fake reports of the death of isis leader abu bakr albaghdadi are spreading as the terrorist group continues battles to hold territory in syria and.
More than 50 analysts tracking the inner workings of the islamic state isis and alqaida in syria are reportedly charging their reports were doctored. Times of london best books of 2015 wall street journal top 10 books on terrorism a remarkable book. Investigators say centcom may have underestimated the threat posed by isis and later overplayed the effectiveness of military operations against the islamic militants. A photoshopped image of veerender jubbal, an outspoken critic of gamergate, was distributed online as a photo of one of the paris attackers and has been printed in newspapers around the world. Pentagon doctored files to make isis fight look better. The interim report, from a task force established by the republican. Anderson cooper weiss and hassan provide a detailed explanation of how the islamic state manages savagery on the ground. Dod analysts claim centcom doctored reports about war on isis. Ontvoerd, verkocht, ontsnapt by farida khalaf, the. Central command ordered their analysts to alter intel assessments to make it look like the fight against isis was going better than it actually was, according to the findings of a house republican task force. A house republican task force has found that officials from the u. A panel of house lawmakers is investigating allegations that intelligence reports about the fight against isis are being doctored to make the obama administrations strategy appear more.
The story of books is the story of books being suppressed a story of staggering cruelty, and of equally staggering futility. David icke wikileaks exposes doctored opcw report on. Two recent books represent the best of isis litand its nowhere. Isis intel was cooked, house panel finds the daily beast. Atran looks at the appeal of isis for young people from every walk of life, and the misguided counterradicalization. The beast no conservative koch brothers mouthpiece is reporting that some 50 intelligence analysts working at the militarys central command claim their reports on isis are being doctored to. September 14, 2016 there is a lot of information out there in regards to isis, alqaeda and terrorism. James verinis book will stand up with some of the best war reporting. Analysts accuse centcom of covering up cooked isis. It published email information from an opcw whistleblower, a member of its fact finding mission to douma, expressing his gravest concern over intentional bias introduced to a redacted version of the report he coauthored. March 18, 1935 january 2, 2016 was an american afrocentrist psychiatrist. Key language was sanitized to change to overall outlook of reports. Although it offers no definitive evidence that senior obama administration officials ordered the reports to be doctored, it describes analysts as feeling as though they were under pressure from centcom leaders to present a more optimistic view of the threat posed by the islamic state, also known as isis or isil.
Footage of gruesome executions and unspeakable atrocities committed by isis has made it. Fake propaganda statement prompts false reports of. Trump cited an isisstyle video when he claimed a man who rushed a stage at a rally was connected to isis. Working with saddam, isis is who killed most of our kids in iraq and almost all the bombings of civilians and religious shrines. The shocking truth and millions of other books are available for. Part of my job as a reporter covering the middle east for the guardian is to report on the atrocities the group carries out on a regular basis, from the murders and killings of journalists and activists, to the largescale atrocities against christians and minorities, the suicide bombings and the destruction of. The reports were changed by centcom higherups to adhere to the administrations public line that the u.
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