Russia’s Federal Security Service chief Aleksandr Bortnikov has claimed that Western intelligence agencies have plans to deploy radical Islamic terrorists against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“Western spy agencies are intending to use Syrian militants as a proxy force against Iran, Russian Federal Security Service chief Aleksandr Bortnikov has said,” RT reported. “The jihadists, who fought for Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) and other terrorist groups, are being moved from their detention facilities in Syria to special camps in Iraq, Bortnikov said during a meeting of the security chiefs from the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) in Russia’s Irkutsk Region on Tuesday.”
The jihadis that are being considered for the alleged insurgency are from Al Qaeda-adjacent terror groups such as ISIS. These militants are radical Sunni Muslims. Iran is run by radical Shia Muslims, which are seen as enemies by the Sunni terrorists.
“The Islamic State (IS, also known as ISIS, ISIL, or Da’esh) is a transnational Sunni Islamist insurgent and terrorist group,” the U.S. Congress said.
While Washington is alleged to be considering the use of terrorism against Tehran, the U.S. State Department continues to claim it stands behind a “global coalition to defeat ISIS.”
“ISIS continues to commit gross, systematic abuses of human rights and violations of international law, including indiscriminate killing and deliberate targeting of civilians, mass executions and extrajudicial killings, persecution of individuals and entire communities on the basis of their identity, kidnapping of civilians, forced displacement of Shia communities and minority groups, killing and maiming of children, rape and other forms of sexual violence, along with numerous other atrocities,” the State Department said.
As one his first acts as Commander in Chief in 2017, President Donald Trump launched a widespread bombing campaign against ISIS forces in Syria and Iraq.
One main talking point Trump continued to parrot in 2016 was his alleged objection to radical Islamic terrorism. Trump continued his fight against ISIS into the first month of his second term, but just months later abandoned his hostility in favor of friendship.
With the ISIS-adjacent Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) takeover of Syria at the tail-end of the Biden regime, Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the HTS leader, changed his name to Ahmed al-Sharaa.
While al-Jolani was one of the most wanted terrorists by Washington, al-Sharaa is a close friend and ally of Donald Trump, despite being the same man.
“Abu Mohammad al-Jolani is a Syrian who fought for Al Qaeda in Iraq and founded Jabhat al-Nusra, the Al Qaeda affiliate in Syria. He later broke with Al Qaeda and ISIS. He leads Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, an Islamist group that opposes Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The United States has designated him a terrorist,” PBS said.
While HTS is associated with the radical Islamic terror group that was blamed for the 9/11 terror attacks, Al Qaeda, the militants who took over Syria were referred to as “diversity-friendly jihadis” in the Western press and quickly won over the admiration of President Trump.
“Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, the HTS leader, has a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head. He joined both al-Qaeda and the Islamic State (IS),” The Washington Institute for Near East Policy said.
Trump welcomed the former terrorist Ahmed al-Sharaa (who plays basketball with top U.S. military officials) into the White House in November 2025, even calling the Arab man “young” and “attractive” after an earlier interaction in May of that year.
Chatham House detailed Trump’s newfound friendship the former terrorist:
It is still hard to comprehend that the so-called leader of the free world shook hands with the man who led Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), a former al-Qaeda affiliate, before cameras – later describing him as a ‘young attractive tough guy’.
It also says a lot about Donald Trump’s leadership style. As recently as December 2024 he had posted on social media platform X: ‘Syria is a mess, but is not our friend, & THE UNITED STATES SHOULD HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. THIS IS NOT OUR FIGHT. LET IT PLAY OUT. DO NOT GET INVOLVED !’ But on 13 May, during a 48 minute address to the US-Saudi Investment Forum, Trump had made a surprise announcement: the US would lift all sanctions on Syria.
Now that the President has shifted his military operations to ISIS’s Muslim competitor, Iran, a new partnership with the old enemy is being mulled, according to Bortnikov.
This precedent is deeply rooted in American foreign policy, and is not unusual by any means. The U.S. is on record as backing the very same terrorists it fights for over 40 years.
“The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon have led to major decisions by the Bush administration to conduct operations against terrorists wherever they may reside. Osama bin Laden, the apparent mastermind behind the September 11th incidents, is based in Afghanistan where U.S. military strikes are now underway. In the recent past, during the 1980s, the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) played a significant role in inserting U.S. influence in Afghanistan by funding military operations designed to frustrate the Soviet invasion of that country,” the National Security Archive said in 2001. “CIA covert action worked through Pakistani intelligence services to reach Afghani rebel groups. That operation began after December 1979, when Russian forces mounted a surprise intervention in Afghanistan. Fighting between CIA-funded Afghans and the Russians with their Khalq allies continued through 1988. At that time Moscow, having suffered substantial losses and incurred excessive costs in the country, decided to withdraw. The last Soviet forces left Afghanistan in early 1989, but warfare continued as the rebel forces contested with the Khalq regime for control of Kabul.”
Declassified government documents confirming the U.S./terrorist relationship can be viewed here.
While the backing of Islamic militants in the 1980s centered around countering the Soviet Union, the support continued long after the Berlin Wall fell. While Trump may appear to have hypocritical agendas, he is only abiding by the American tradition of supporting its enemies to keep perpetual war alive.
“It is common knowledge that the Afghanistan withdrawal was a complete disaster, but lots of people do not know that the Biden administration has been sending cash to the Taliban every week since then,” Rep. Tim Burchett’s office said in 2024. “When the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, our troops were ordered to leave behind $7 billion worth of military equipment which ended up in the hands of the Taliban. According to the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the Taliban also likely gained access to approximately $57.6 million in funds that the United States had provided to the former Afghan government. But that was just the beginning of the financial atrocities.”
While the Trump administration shifts from combatting radical Islamic terrorism to befriending radical Islamic terrorism, it has found a new form of alleged “terrorism” in those who supported Trump throughout the last decade, like Alex Jones.
7 Responses
Trumps a dumb ass-which is why Israel is giving him the orders.
“Your comment is awaiting moderation (possible censorship – goes against the 1st Amendment!). This is a preview (of your comment); your comment will be visible after it has been approved (by our ANTI-1st Amendment team of “reviewers”).
Yup, the old place was much more free than here
Not surprised! The USA and Israel created groups like ISIS and Al Qaeda. They are the real terrorist!
You are 100% correct. The U.S. government (or, at least, the CIA) created Al-CIAda (“Al-Qaeda”) & “ISIS”. So, it isn’t like Trump is suddenly making a deal with the Devil, as that deal was already made. Part of me thinks – WHY NOT let the absolute “crazy-town” EXTREMIST MUSLIMS KILL EACH OTHER OFF? That way, there are FEWER of them to terrorize those of us who are NOT mentally deranged, and who MIND OUR OWN business, do NO harm to others, do NOT steal what belongs to others, take FULL responsibility for our own thoughts, actions and lives, WORK HARD, and are able to actually THINK critically, and do NOT fall into the trap of allowing ourselves to be USED for someone else’s agenda!
Here is a photo of what he used to be, wink wink
akm-img-a-in.tosshub.com/indiatoday/styles/medium_crop_simple/public/2025-11/c_4o4faxoaajtpa.jpeg?VersionId=qqATaPyfXgKzyBrAxHuIvbtrNuVyimHJ
He changed costumes from scary terrorist garb to terrorist in a suit and tie, so he can look respectable in the White House talking to Trump
===========================
indiatoday.in/world/story/donald-trump-welcomes-syrian-president-ahmed-al-sharaa-white-house-diplomatic-ties-2818425-2025-11-12