# Officials: Islamic State arose from US support for al-Qaeda in Iraq

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**Created:** [14 August 2015 02:00 UTC](https://ageoftransformation.discourse.group/t/officials-islamic-state-arose-from-us-support-for-al-qaeda-in-iraq/36 "2015-08-14T02:00:00Z")\
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A new memoir by a former senior State Department analyst provides stunning details on how decades of support for Islamist militants linked to Osama bin Laden brought about the emergence of the ‘Islamic State’ (ISIS).

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This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at [https://ageoftransformation.org/officials-islamic-state-arose-from-us-support-for-al-qaeda-in-iraq/](https://ageoftransformation.org/officials-islamic-state-arose-from-us-support-for-al-qaeda-in-iraq/)