DISINFO: The United States controls and manages Al-Qaeda and ISIS
DISINFORMATION CASE DETAILS
  • Outlet: pl.sputniknews.com (archived)*
  • Date of publication: July 17, 2019
  • Outlet language(s): Polish
  • Reported in: Issue 159
  • Countries / regions discussed: US
Tags:
Al-Qaeda Conspiracy theory Terrorism Daesh

DISINFO: The United States controls and manages Al-Qaeda and ISIS

SUMMARY

The Americans have been successfully managing global terrorism since the end of the 20th century – starting with Al-Qaeda and ending with ISIS.

RESPONSE

No evidence given. This message is a wide-spread conspiracy theory that the United States established many terrorist organizations and that it has full control over global terrorism. Examples of similar messages are here, here and here.

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