‘Al-Qaeda Is on Our Side’: How Obama/Biden Team Empowered Terrorist Networks in Syria

‘Al-Qaeda Is on Our Side’: How Obama/Biden Team Empowered Terrorist Networks in Syria
Ayman al-Zawahiri speaking from an undisclosed location in an al-Qaeda's as-Sahab video released on Sept. 10, 2012. IntelCenter/AFP/Getty Images
Aaron Maté
RealClearInvestigations
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Hours after the Feb. 3 U.S. military raid in northern Syria that left the leader of ISIS and multiple family members dead, President Biden delivered a triumphant White House address.

The late-night Special Forces operation in Syria’s Idlib province, Biden proclaimed, was a “testament to America’s reach and capability to take out terrorist threats no matter where they hide around the world.”

Aaron Maté has provided extensive coverage of corruption within federal intelligence agencies as a contributor to RealClearInvestigations. He is also a contributor to The Nation, and his work has appeared in Democracy Now!, Vice, Al Jazeera, Toronto Star, The Intercept, and Le Monde Diplomatique. Maté is the host of the news show “Pushback with Aaron Maté.”
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