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The Secret History of ISIS
2016 · Film · documentary · 54 min
Directed by Michael Kirk
Recently released top secret files from the early 2000's expose the lies told to the American people by senior US government in this PBS documentary, which outlines the real creators of ISIS.
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Among the Frontline documentaries, The Secret History of Isis gives better regional details:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/the-secret-history-of-isis/
What would Isis have achieved without the chaos of the US/UK invasion? Was Zarqawi surprised to find himself at the head of a movement that was convenient for Cheney? Was the 2003 invasion destined to make someone like Al-Anbari?
Yes - its quite well done. It is a PBS Frontline Documentary: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/saudi-arabia-uncovered/. Also, more salient to the NYT article, I would strongly suggest http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/the-secret-history-of-isis/ . The synposis on the latter is: The Bush Administration was so intent on proving the existence of WMD's in Iraq that they inadvertently gave power to what was soon to be ISIS.