Enemy of Enemies: The Rise of ISIL (P1) | Featured Documentary

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  • ISIL has been truly devastating to those it comes in contact with and bloody to those under its control. Its sudden rise and expansion in 2014 has perplexed many. It has humiliated its enemies, including those in Damascus, Baghdad, Tehran and Washington. Armed with extensive weaponry, boasting an international fighting force and adept in the art of digital media propaganda, the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has become the de facto authority across an area the size of the United Kingdom. This two-part series peels back the rhetoric to examine how a volunteer organization managed to rise up from the ashes of post-invasion Iraq and defeat standing armies many times its size and capacity. How did it begin? How did it grow so astonishingly quickly? And how is it being used by global and regional powers to change the geopolitical map of the Middle East? With critical testimony from informed insiders and experts from across three continents, as well as original footage from Syria and Iraq, this series mixes documentary and discussion to unravel the interweaving nexus of events and alliances, at once aligned and conflicting, that have given rise to the world’s most notorious, and powerful, insurgent group.

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  • @Hidfhjccbxcbhc
    @Hidfhjccbxcbhc 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Am watching 8 years later, ISIS were actively gaining territories these years, I was also busy in my services, Somali military operations fighting against Alshabaab terrorists and liberating Swath land in a harsh time, I'm impressed and amazing how Al Jazeera satisfies it's listener's, fascinating well prepared documentary, great channel, thank you so much.

    • @abdirahmaanmohamed1582
      @abdirahmaanmohamed1582 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Are you SNA soldier

    • @Hidfhjccbxcbhc
      @Hidfhjccbxcbhc 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @abdirahmaanmohamed1582 Haa sxb.

    • @abdirahmaanmohamed1582
      @abdirahmaanmohamed1582 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Hidfhjccbxcbhc waad ku mahadsantehey adeega aad shacabka soomaaliyeed u qabatey Guul SNA

  • @kim-ir2em
    @kim-ir2em 9 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    can't wait for the second part... my God! if any body is still left ignorant of what has really happened and is happening in Iraq then they're forever destined to remain ignorant about it!... the perfect documentary.

  • @thephenomenon6258
    @thephenomenon6258 5 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    Everyone thought Saddam was bad he had to manage to control all these mess together without any help from anyone imagine that

    • @normmacdonaldrules4602
      @normmacdonaldrules4602 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Not true. The actions of Bremmer from the United States caused most of this. He disbanded all military personnel...which were career military people and declaired all debts settled which enraged the wealthy. Put those two together and you have a well funded death machine on top of the Middle East being a 3000 year long death circus.

    • @jamiewilden2702
      @jamiewilden2702 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I know a few soldiers who've said saddam warned the United nations about the insurgency before he got killed as did gaddafi

    • @TomTom-xp2jb
      @TomTom-xp2jb 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Exactly! Saddam was the only person who could control all the different groups. One of the worst decisions to turn on him. The Americans Shot their collective foot off with this one! Bremmers decision to disarm the Baath Party was the single most destabilizing action the CIA could have dreamed up. Well done fellas, not!!! So much carnage, so little intelligence. Sad for all the needless death on both sides.

    • @jamiewilden2702
      @jamiewilden2702 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@TomTom-xp2jb well said

    • @yourtrappedinmygenjutsu
      @yourtrappedinmygenjutsu 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TomTom-xp2jb the thing is if Nato and America didn't kill him Israel would've, he hated Isreal and wanted them gone, at some point all this would've happened. Just a horrible situation overall.

  • @petrplunder8219
    @petrplunder8219 9 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Good to get some insight into the issue. Thanks Al Jazeera! Looking forward for the 2nd part.

    • @aljazeeraenglish
      @aljazeeraenglish  9 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      +Petr Plunder, your comment has been featured in reVIEW's 'Your View' section: www.aljazeera.com/review/

    • @spiralarray1969
      @spiralarray1969 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I have watched documentaries on subjects like these, done by CNN and a few others , but Al Jazeera really captures everything and presents it really well.

  • @lvgxc10
    @lvgxc10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Al Jazeera English... providing the English speaking world with documentaries with meticulous eye for detail. Well balanced

  • @MrBparker001
    @MrBparker001 9 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    Good production - Accurate & unbiased reporting - credible sources

    • @jpmnky
      @jpmnky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Gjvefu

    • @priestsonaplane2236
      @priestsonaplane2236 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Imagine being biased in favor of ISIS

  • @saptarshibanik4656
    @saptarshibanik4656 5 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    44:15 "I remember telling him (Assad) that it'll backfire on Syria."
    What a Prophecy!!

    • @timothynesbitt9148
      @timothynesbitt9148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Not prophecy M8!
      Just following the script the US had already written

    • @NOONE-uk6qs
      @NOONE-uk6qs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      not prophecy , the mujahedeen wer planing to liberate palestine and the key for it, is syria

    • @mimzyjinx8142
      @mimzyjinx8142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@timothynesbitt9148 The U.S. isn't God.

  • @erricomalatesta8741
    @erricomalatesta8741 9 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    another excellent programme from the al jazeera team. informative, well balanced and insightful. the key point of radicalisation of prisoners is still relevant in the EU or elsewhere.

  • @alkhdir4092
    @alkhdir4092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This people are hardworking people who don't deserve mass genocide. I am Muslim by heart. I am just on the other side of the world.

  • @adielkhan3568
    @adielkhan3568 5 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    The narrator says at 20:21 Nouri al-Maliki became Iraq's first democratically elected prime minister and then the American says at 21:22 "we SELECTED him to be prime minister in 2006".hmmmm lol something a bit fishy here.

    • @mattbloodstain
      @mattbloodstain 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Lol I only checked the comments to see if anyone else had this thought.

    • @kingrapid
      @kingrapid 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Let me play Devil’s Advocate and say that the dude meant America “selected” Nouri as a... “candidate” that just happened to win... 🤔

    • @thisfacebelievesyou8862
      @thisfacebelievesyou8862 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I was wondering if I was the only person who caught that. It’s not shocking, the US has a history of propping up nobodies thinking they’ll remain loyal. But they’re usually at least a little more subtle than that.

    • @adielkhan3568
      @adielkhan3568 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@kingrapid You wish

    • @kingrapid
      @kingrapid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Paddy le Blanc that's my point exactly. I don't understand what u missed from my comment.

  • @ofarah7902
    @ofarah7902 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Great doco. That's why I love Al Jazeera.

  • @jtnachtlauf1961
    @jtnachtlauf1961 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Excellent documentary. Thank you from the Czech Republic.

  • @AlComorya
    @AlComorya 9 ปีที่แล้ว +80

    Interesting documentary. It shows that it's more about politics,power and historical mistakes. Religion is a minor factor in this war, since the baath party is a secular one.

    • @aljazeeraenglish
      @aljazeeraenglish  9 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      +masiwa comorya, your comment has been highlighted in reVIEW's 'Your View' section: www.aljazeera.com/review/

    • @qusaisaher
      @qusaisaher 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +Al Jazeera English
      can you put an Arabic Translation
      your wide subscribers are talking Arabic ..

    • @liamj2363
      @liamj2363 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +masiwa comorya I think aspects of Islam do lend themselves toward radicalism and violence, but it's hardly unique in that regard, Christianity & Judaism can and were used just as effectively. The reasons they (for the most part at least, there are examples of extreme Christian/Jewish violence today) aren't like that now are myriad and mainly political/cultural. I see no reason why the middle east doesn't have the potential to undergo a sort of enlightenment like Europe did, but it's kind of difficult when you're being bombed, invaded and having governments overthrown and replaced by puppets all the time. I'm not saying it should become like the west, just ditch the fundamentalism.

    • @stza16
      @stza16 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +masiwa comorya Religion is the sole factor!

    • @stza16
      @stza16 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Liam J Which governments are puppets?

  • @danieljakubik3428
    @danieljakubik3428 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Excellent documentary with intelligence and perceptiveness. .

  • @harryrupam01
    @harryrupam01 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    A very good documentary about this topic. Thank you

  • @AT-cy7im
    @AT-cy7im 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a very good documentary - finally an american jewish guy having an open conversation with an iraqui guy. I'm glad the moderator is there though :)

  • @vincentaurelius2390
    @vincentaurelius2390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif said it best, "If the US stops bothering the rest of the world everything will be fine."

    • @odie8
      @odie8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      100% agree. I used to ask my step dad when I was young way b4 9/11, why do we act like we are the boss of the world.

    • @arijao92
      @arijao92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      US goverment has been bought and payed for by people who dont care about death and destruction they cause, only money and power matters to these people

    • @tsmk6599
      @tsmk6599 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@odie8 yep

    • @royarsofficial4788
      @royarsofficial4788 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      💯

    • @Wilson-xd4zq
      @Wilson-xd4zq ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And if Iran stopped bothering the world everything will be fine. Iran is in Syria. Iran is involved in Yemen. Iran is involved in Lebanon. But then getting lectured by Muslim countries about interference is ironic to say the least. Muslim countries want an international law that will define the limits of freedom of speech in western countries.

  • @assemahmed1218
    @assemahmed1218 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The documentary of al jazeera really surpassed any other documentaries made ....well done

  • @markwebster5749
    @markwebster5749 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    6 years ago this doc wow how the world changes🙏🏻🤲🏽🙌🏼

  • @bhanuthirteen
    @bhanuthirteen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    it was never for democracy or chemical and nuclear weapons....it was for oil

    • @Brice23
      @Brice23 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was for all of the above, and more. To say "it was never this, never that, it was only this" is a reductionist view of geopolitical motivations.

  • @talijah007
    @talijah007 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Religions have brought so much solace and peace in this world. If you think the violence unleash by humans in the name of religion is unabated think of those billions of people who are peaceful and suppress evil intentions all in the name of religion, you will realise the goods of religion tip the scale....

  • @EarthUncutTV
    @EarthUncutTV 8 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    Opening sequence very much inspired by Homeland it would seem!

    • @LoriONeill
      @LoriONeill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lol I thought the same thing

    • @jpmnky
      @jpmnky 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Where’s the crazy gurl?

  • @stevebrindle1724
    @stevebrindle1724 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    That Yank claiming that the Americans had good intentions would be hilarious except for the tragedy they were responsible for!

    • @MrBagpipes
      @MrBagpipes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      America only does what is best for America. They are loathsome.

  • @sunnerboys
    @sunnerboys ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Iraq is the one of most eye-catching example for pplz of the world How amarica distroyed a country wid making a propeganda

  • @markwebster6018
    @markwebster6018 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Civilians need peace to grow

  • @dietmarbitterlich3500
    @dietmarbitterlich3500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    America is part of the biggest problems and are criminals themselves.

  • @chibuike9395
    @chibuike9395 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The religion of peace

    • @unnanointedonesufi
      @unnanointedonesufi 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Liberalism the ideology of peace? Or is it not the one who caused this civil war?

  • @johnmcentegart8537
    @johnmcentegart8537 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    America Is The Most Dangerous Country On Earth.

  • @abc123iamhesham
    @abc123iamhesham 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Divide and Conquer.

  • @iliyag.k.51
    @iliyag.k.51 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The beginning reminds of Homeland so much.

  • @valbalane8323
    @valbalane8323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Vry informative discussion..

  • @marcysss93
    @marcysss93 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Otče naš, ktory jesi v nebesah, nehaj svęti sę imę Tvoje.
    Nehaj prijde krålevstvo Tvoje, nehaj bųde volja Tvoja, kako v nebě tako i na zemji.
    Hlěb naš vsjakodenny daj nam dneś, i odpusti nam naše grěhi, tako kako my odpušćajemo našim grěšnikam.
    I ne vvedi nas v pokušeńje,
    ale izbavi nas od zlogo.
    Ibo Tvoje je krålevstvo i moć i slava, na věki.
    Amin.
    Отче наш, кторы јеси в небесах, нехај свети се име Твоје.
    Нехај пријде кралевство Твоје, нехај буде вольа Твоја, како в небе тако и на земји.
    Хлеб наш всьакоденны дај нам днес, и одпусти нам наше грехи, тако како мы одпушчајемо нашим грешникам.
    И не введи нас в покушенје, але избави нас од злого.
    Ибо Твоје је кралевство и моч и слава, на веки.
    Амин.

  • @odie8
    @odie8 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I can still hear Nick Berg's screams in my head. I didn't realize what I was about to see when I clicked play. I was very naive to the internet when that happened. That was so horrible.
    All the innocent people on all sides that have been killed bc of all this. So pointless.
    It fixes nothing and only brings pain, sadness and breeds another generations hate and anger toward one another.

    • @asimchaudhry
      @asimchaudhry ปีที่แล้ว

      Nick berg was a money launderer for white supremacist groups.. info's hard to find but that's why it happened

  • @mdjones4
    @mdjones4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Damned if you do, damned if you don't. The US has always been in an un winnable position.

    • @mdjones4
      @mdjones4 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      i agree. brutal dictators retain control of their countries and populations are suprresed. however, by removing them like we did with saddam, we created so much destruction and a power vacuum that a sectarian civil war started and is likely to not end in our lifetimes. i feel sorry for the innocent civilians and people that are just trying to live their lives in the region. a sad state of affairs.

    • @mdjones4
      @mdjones4 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      hence why i said "unwinnable"

    • @dabadc
      @dabadc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We never should have invaded Iraq. Our leaders were never even honest with us, as to why we were over there in the first place.

  • @markovucic
    @markovucic 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Really great insights. I learned a lot from this one.

  • @aaronfalconer7805
    @aaronfalconer7805 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Great documentary. When is part 2 going to be uploaded?

    • @mk-ee7vx
      @mk-ee7vx 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hopegully there will be no need!

    • @younge252
      @younge252 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      U can go find it part 2 today 😆

    • @mohamedwaititi6192
      @mohamedwaititi6192 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@younge252 says the Arab Somali joking 🙃 😂😂

    • @younge252
      @younge252 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@mohamedwaititi6192 With all due respect im not an arab im Somali East African.

    • @mohamedwaititi6192
      @mohamedwaititi6192 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@younge252 read my comment again I said joking stupid 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️😂😂

  • @vincentaurelius2390
    @vincentaurelius2390 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Interesting that Abu Ghraib was all over the news in the US but comparatively Camp Bucca was barely mentioned.

  • @KhalisRau
    @KhalisRau 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    May Allah bless the mujahidin

  • @michaelvegas4109
    @michaelvegas4109 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    When is part II coming?

  • @UnKnown-yc8pt
    @UnKnown-yc8pt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    MERICA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586
    @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Why would the USA spend over a Trillion dollars, Human Military Forces, and Arms when American citizens need help and to be invested in first! These people(the Middle East) do nothing but fight! Let those people fight it out for themselves and take personal responsibility for their own Country. The arrogance of that Iraqi guy is mind boggling! Fight your own battles.

    • @1339freedomfighter
      @1339freedomfighter ปีที่แล้ว

      You're totally wrong. If United States hadn't falsely attacked and destroyed the government in Iraq, there wouldn't have been a need for any of the killings and atrocities. And, no need for US to spend 2.7 Trillion dollars. Iraq had no WMD, and had no part in the so called 9/11 attack. US attacked and destroyed Iraq based on lies, and killed around one Million people in Iraq.

  • @poisonhand8078
    @poisonhand8078 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    They are all evils, strong evils against weak evils :(

  • @edwardrawn8157
    @edwardrawn8157 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mowaffak is an artist at making himself the hero prophet in every single critical moment of the past. Man, it's a good thing the US left Iraq so that he and his government could turn it into the cultural uptopia free of mismanagement that it is today.

  • @anthonycomer8410
    @anthonycomer8410 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ali Khedery is a BOSS

  • @befranklintoo
    @befranklintoo 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The westerns and the Americans should have never been in Irak in the first place...

  • @dietmarbitterlich3500
    @dietmarbitterlich3500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Removing Saddam was a mistake he kept the middle east in check and now the US is the war criminal in the 21st century.

  • @lemonzooropa
    @lemonzooropa 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can you add subtitles, please?

    • @sherridecembrini7949
      @sherridecembrini7949 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      subtitles all the way through and down,please...never read so much gibberish..

  • @albertpetiquan1498
    @albertpetiquan1498 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hope and pray for peace

  • @khanimran1238
    @khanimran1238 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    american had invaded Afghanistan an all foreign fighters had left but the minute they attacked iraq THEY gave the foreign fighters a cause and able to fight again the americans paid in blood but the Iraqi people suffered the most

  • @carlabroderick5508
    @carlabroderick5508 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    True that Isis is the remnant of “centuries of power, privilege, and patronage” in Saddam’s Baathist state.

    • @timothynesbitt9148
      @timothynesbitt9148 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And the remnants of the Iraqi army that the US had enveigled to stand down, while they invaded to get 'just Saddam!'
      But was then betrayed by the west

    • @JohnDoe-rp3mx
      @JohnDoe-rp3mx ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah you know😅hiw bout Cheney, Powell and co

  • @krsmovie1939
    @krsmovie1939 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The US and EU provided ISIS with money, weapons, vehicles! A coalition of 65 countries couldn't do anything against them untill the day Russia step in.
    1 country did more damage to ISIS within first 3 months than this so called coalition during 4 years. That's all you need to know about coalition and the US "help".
    They called them terrorists and yet helped them and provided with all the resources to continue a war against Syrian people and Assad.

    • @bencenemeth2456
      @bencenemeth2456 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      the fact is.
      the ISIS was created by Syrian Regime for weaken the Syrian opposition. If ISIS was never formed the civil war ends in 2013 with a FSA victory. If ISIS was never formed the US armed FSA could easily defeat ASSADS loyalists.
      edit: The russian propagandists of youtube are deleted the video which contained the Syrian Regime admitted that they are created ISIS. The russian propaganda was infected the people very very fast. I don’t understand the people why they don’t realize that ISIS started weakening opposition forces when the opposition almost won. And they didn't attacked Assad's forces, they attacked the opposition ONLY.

    • @krsmovie1939
      @krsmovie1939 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bencenemeth2456 ISIS was created by Syrian Regime? The dumbest thing I've ever heard.

    • @pradyumnkaushal5391
      @pradyumnkaushal5391 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@krsmovie1939 ISIS was a breakaway unit of al Qaeda of Iraq

    • @JohnDoe-rp3mx
      @JohnDoe-rp3mx ปีที่แล้ว

      Sckmydck

    • @SamirBentaleb-oq3og
      @SamirBentaleb-oq3og ปีที่แล้ว

      Toozzz les gouvernements arabe sont des chiens des usa

  • @skate7destroy1
    @skate7destroy1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    If human beings put their efforts into living by spiritual principles (kindness, loving, tolerant, compassionate, empathetic) and less into religion and it's rules and expectations that were created by man to control people using fear and shame, the world would be a much nicer place to be. Religion has become nothing more than another means by which humanity can separate and divide ourselves from one another. There is only one God. What mask we put on it is immaterial. Unfortunately, human beings in our inability to see clearly that we are all one, and all God's children, has somehow been fooled into believing that we all believe in different Gods. Our imperfect humanness has turned religion into something that divides us and something in which we create pain and suffering for those who are in the minority considering what part of the world in which you live. Religion has become a means to suffering. It's too bad we can't just all focus our attention inward into what we need to change within ourselves instead of trying to change others into what we think they should be. Instead of trying to get people to see the world the way we see the world. Instead of trying to get people to accept the God that we accept as the one true God. What's sad is that everybody makes their choices and decisions based on their past experiences, their religious indoctrination as children, their world view that's been shaped by their experiences. The result is that each person fighting and dying to support what they think is right, truly believes that they're fighting for what's right. Perception is reality. We all perceive the world and God differently because we've all experienced life differently. I can't expect people from another part of the world to see the world the way I see the world because that would require that they have experienced life the way I've experienced it. Of course Iraqis are angry at America for what America did to their country in our attempts to oust Saddam from power. The US's intention was good. To oust a dictator who had oppressed his people for decades. It was America's intention to help Iraqis. To give Iraq to it's people. To give Iraqis the ability to self determination and to give them hope for the future. There was a lot of short sightedness. Of course those who fought American troops did so because they perceived Americans as an occupying force. They also questioned our motives and intentions. How could they trust that this was really about freeing Iraq from a dictator? Was it really about oil and about a hidden objective? Human beings are selfish and when you inject the imperfect human condition into the mix, they you have the recipe for conflict. Al Qaeda was a response to the US abandoning Afghanistan after the Soviets withdrew in 83 and left Afghanistan in shambles. The US Congress voted against helping the Afghan people rebuild their roads, hospitals, schools, infrastructure. It was a very clear indicator that American involvement in Afghanistan wasn't really about helping the Afghan people against Communist aggression, but rather to stop what the US government perceived was Communism sweeping westward. It was evidence that the US was only funding Afghan militias because of selfish and self serving interests. OBL saw this clearly after the US abandon the Afghan people and that's when radical Islamic fundamentalists turned their attention and anger towards the west. Also, the US support for Israel and the US's disinterest in stopping Israeli's from continuing to build on Palestinian land has also not helped the perception by Muslims that American involvement in the Middle East is fair and impartial. With the American occupation of Iraq and the subsequent destruction by the many groups vying for power of Iraq, groups like ISIL were destined to flourish and prosper. The whole thing is a mess and it's sad that as human beings we've all failed to protect the truly innocent and helpless, which our the women and children. So much suffering and so much hatred. And it's all justified with religion. If only we could all just get back to living selflessly and caring about each other. Looking at each other from the perspective of the challenged and struggles we face. As much as I hate groups like ISIL, I have to admit that in their hearts they're only doing what they feel they need to do to protect their interests. They're doing what they do out of desperation. They feel that it's their only means by which to take what they need for survival. The Iraqi government alienated the Sunni population and rising up against what they believed was a oppressive Iraqi Shi'a government was they're last and only option. Again, if we could all just get back to this understanding that we're all one and we're all created and children of the one true God, whatever you call Him/Her/It, they world would be a much nicer place to live. Unfortunately, I think there's too much water under the bridge for that ever to happen. Sad...

    • @khanimran1238
      @khanimran1238 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      May be they did not need rescuing the americans thought they needed rescuing to relive them for there oil and gas killed a counrty

    • @morugascorpion6021
      @morugascorpion6021 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      James Boyle Your thinking is more nuanced than most people but you are missing some vital information to provide a fuller perspective: Given the history of US/UK/French involvement in the ME post WW2, there is a pattern of supporting radical Islamists and radical nationalists/dictators by western powers, as a tactic to...
      A. Fight proxy war (as in the case of Afghanistan with islamists)
      B. To prevent democracy and autonomy so as to control price of oil, minerals and other resources as well as geopolitical advantage. (As in KSA With their theocracy, in Iraq with Saddam, in Libya with Ghaddafi, etc).
      C. To keep the nationalist dictators they’ve selected in check using Islamist groups as a threat to their power.
      D. To divide and rule
      E. As in case of Islamists- to destabilise the region to gain control of resources, fight proxy war, gain geopolitical advantages
      There are other factors. To understand US strategy in the region wrt islamists, I recommend “Secret Affairs: Britain’s Collusion with Radical Islam, by Mark Curtis. It’s been very well researched, based on declassified government documents, accounts from high officials in Security, historical documents, etc. It’s been praised by Chomsky, Pilger and others. Really worth a read to fully grasp why there is such a proliferation of islamists. Britain’s strategic model is identical to that of the US in so far as supporting islamists go. Unfortunately this Al Jazeera is just more obfuscation.
      I believe people have a natural proclivity toward moderation, to wanting freedom and progress, and toward greater spirituality. Under 1000 years of Islamic rule in many regions accords the world, Islam was practised in a spiritual way with great emphasis on debating ideas and encouraging progress, when there wasn’t war or great strife. People reach for a more ossified religiosity when they feel their lives spinning out of control since it gives them a psychological sense of structure when all else is in chaos.

    • @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586
      @inspiredbynatureinspiredby5586 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Then take responsibility of your own Fights, Government, and People. Don't invite other countries to fight your battle then cry victim. You don't get to do that especially when the USA spend Trillions, used our American citizen military, and gave you Arms. Stop the bull!

    • @camerontaylor7471
      @camerontaylor7471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It’s all by design... in order for the elite world leaders to maintain power they need the people have an enemy to distract them from the fact that the world leaders live in luxury and opulence, and get to do whatever they want with no consequences... while us the little people have to fight to survive... our anger should be at the elite and everyone who protects them...

    • @camerontaylor7471
      @camerontaylor7471 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Steve Lyons yup but who has the US? ... who owns America? Who is really in control? Who owns the federal reserve? Who benefits from the extraction of the lands natural resources? ... the joke is definitely on America here... how many people would accept that the UAE and the SAUDI ARABIAN ROYAL FAMILY own the USA and the federal reserve? ... how many people would be paying their taxes and fighting in war knowing they are serving the SADUIS?!

  • @williamkyle4215
    @williamkyle4215 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    And commercial free! Love Aljazeera, baby!

  • @nrsrymj
    @nrsrymj 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Need part 2!

    • @mingala123
      @mingala123 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +nrsrymj Coming Sunday

  • @goodoldblighty7481
    @goodoldblighty7481 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ISIL we’re are you now??destroyed on the battlefield.jerry brammer made the biggest mistake by standing down the Iraq army,and the bad part of the army the bathest .they blow up their own people kidnapped their own people & generally terrorised their own people.pure evil.the younger generation helped destroy the former bathest army members & ISIL,the new Iraqi army(mostly younger Iraqi recruits)these men were brave and did not give any ground to these criminals,these young men were heroes of their be loved country.peace to Iraq from a friend from uk 🇬🇧 ☮️💕🙏💛

    • @JohnDoe-rp3mx
      @JohnDoe-rp3mx ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂😂 Destroy on the battlefield😂😂😂the bravest guerilla of all times

  • @keyboarddancers7751
    @keyboarddancers7751 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Some similar material appears in CNN's recent "Blindsided: How ISIS Shook The World" (available on Daily Motion) especially the Camp Bucca disaster. This doc is more nuanced, detailed and (with part two) considerably longer. Popular mainstream debate (if you can call it that) and reportage on this intractable issue is clouded with jingoistic retaliatory fervour and ultimately remains dangerously devoid of critical historical analysis.

    • @dycie1
      @dycie1 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you Alex, I'll take "How to sound like a douchebag leftist Islamist idiot by overusing adjectives" for $1000

    • @Coolidge2329
      @Coolidge2329 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      CNN sucks

    • @imneverwrongsometimestruthlies
      @imneverwrongsometimestruthlies ปีที่แล้ว

      cnn can only tell stories from the western left side and not the encompassing total reality

  • @MadameaprokoBlogspot
    @MadameaprokoBlogspot 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Before i start watching, i'll make one guess. America and Jews are blamed for ISIL's behaviour.

    • @ofarah7902
      @ofarah7902 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Madameaproko.com Stupid comment.

    • @fuzinho1
      @fuzinho1 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Madameaproko.com Good comment, imagine there would be nazi uprising in Germany and Allies would be blamed. My point is, debaathification was not strong enough, and here they complain how unfair it was...

    • @TheTechController
      @TheTechController 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Bman Chu or a historic pattern

    • @fieldmarshallrommel4695
      @fieldmarshallrommel4695 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      There was no ISIS in Iraq before the US illegally invaded, so yes the US is to blame.

    • @JohnDoe-rp3mx
      @JohnDoe-rp3mx ปีที่แล้ว

      They dont even exist Til us juden didnt arrived

  • @maribelvaldez2382
    @maribelvaldez2382 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That's the role of, America. Bully!!

  • @JohnSmith-on2ud
    @JohnSmith-on2ud ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Are we gonna forget about America and Israel 🇮🇱 created ISIS?😅😅😅😅

  • @Aalliiiq
    @Aalliiiq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Shi'a behaved in a very emotional way. Yes they were tortured by Saddam but that too fueld secretarial violence.
    They should've focused on unity but instead they chose to assassinate Saddam. Who shocking still had support
    The US must understand that Governance differs from country to country. what worked in America may not work in Iraq. There isnt a template of democracy each country is unique.

  • @senatorofutah
    @senatorofutah 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Feel very sad 😔 Sadam sir

  • @ybet1000
    @ybet1000 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    How they treated the prisoners in the detention centres might have alot to do with it too =p

  • @tlatoanimachi
    @tlatoanimachi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Where is part 2 damnitt ?

  • @mohammadqarawolos3924
    @mohammadqarawolos3924 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He killed my moms dad he killed my dads cousin when he was the cop and he killed my cousin when he was the millitary

  • @MsJinkerson
    @MsJinkerson 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    that one guy won't shut up

  • @kristJ25
    @kristJ25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Sounds like George Orwell's book Animal Farm.

  • @soxway
    @soxway 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    very nice

  • @oye1teri
    @oye1teri 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    The person mentioned in the last scenes of the documentary, the man who hid his face, can be easily identified, as John Perkins would say, an Economic Hitman.

  • @mimzyjinx8142
    @mimzyjinx8142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When we are hurt, angry, treated unjustly we look to our religion for guidance. What did Islam advise . . .

  • @vwittysternraj.vwitty4687
    @vwittysternraj.vwitty4687 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the meaning of Frozen with Fear and so explain.

  • @soubhikmukherjee6871
    @soubhikmukherjee6871 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The fall of Hussein has actually worsened the situation 😳

  • @tomriddle1195
    @tomriddle1195 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ISIS: Sorry merica The Enemy of your Enemy is still your Enemy even worse in this case🤣🤣

  • @riallaibsairrait1813
    @riallaibsairrait1813 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lail'lairri_ai_do Bombers, on the Earth.
    Lail'lairri_ai_do Enemy of Enemies.

  • @vasudevakrishna5195
    @vasudevakrishna5195 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Keep calm and support to counter terrorist

  • @secaccnt9931
    @secaccnt9931 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Were any weapons of mass destruction really recovered from iraq?

  • @kisselev
    @kisselev 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    hurry up with part 2

  • @irfankabir7355
    @irfankabir7355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    America shouldn't have came here in the first place.😤😤

    • @gersonpineda9003
      @gersonpineda9003 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i agree. That place is garbage.

    • @ansaridesignerhuawei6423
      @ansaridesignerhuawei6423 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gersonpineda9003 ur parents r garbage who didn't teach you attiquete of how to talk

    • @trevorlastname2139
      @trevorlastname2139 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree we should nuke the middle east

  • @tracymuckle8512
    @tracymuckle8512 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Where is part 2?

  • @edwardnakagawa3554
    @edwardnakagawa3554 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    * Great Job * US !!!

  • @khalidpeacenowar4474
    @khalidpeacenowar4474 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    GEORGE BUSH Kill his Thousand Army.. 😅😅😅 Where is *SADAM HUSEIN Nuclear WEAPON..??* 😅😅😅

    • @TheIMD09
      @TheIMD09 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Buried in a garden under his sons orders, dug up with the Blueprints for the centrifuge, the component which no Nuke becomes viable in it's absence, the long range missiles were paid for to be provided by N Korea. Your emoji's are applicable to self deprecation, exclusively. War on each group or individual who justify killing those who hold a different view to that of fanatics who refuse to be content with their own belief and seek to force the entire human population to believe as they do while pointing an AKG at our children as they seek to destroy their future. Shoot every last 1 of them, start with the vermin who send their own children to be martyrs with assurances that their suicide vest explodes outwards and they will survive to return home. Just saying

  • @najiur.
    @najiur. 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Nice

  • @hesham9357
    @hesham9357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I'm I the only one struggling to understand what's going on

    • @harleythebrit6386
      @harleythebrit6386 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep

    • @frankleaney6267
      @frankleaney6267 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      hesham khalid simply put. Isis was a U.S product established and recruited from camp bucca with al Bahgdadi it’s leader to go into Syria and fight Assad. Except it back fired when the bathists of isis went back into Iraq.

  • @shuebkhan787
    @shuebkhan787 ปีที่แล้ว

    whats the name of the documentary where Shehzad Hameed Ahmad went into Isis territory undercover

  • @justwannaseethevid
    @justwannaseethevid 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    When's part two?

  • @andrewmarshall4604
    @andrewmarshall4604 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    27:39 I love this checkpoint guard casually kicking the guys tires

  • @travelnewsbeneficialknowle3020
    @travelnewsbeneficialknowle3020 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Mr Maufik or shia munafiqs Adviser & Mr khedry centcom Adviser why have you not mentioned the shia chanting & cursing ?

  • @iqbalpbvr8138
    @iqbalpbvr8138 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's a. nice documentary

  • @Caligulalia
    @Caligulalia 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    When is Part II coming out?

    • @mingala123
      @mingala123 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Caligulalia ..Coming Sunday

    • @Caligulalia
      @Caligulalia 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +ne yaa Zaw Thank you!

  • @pete3050
    @pete3050 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    If there was no oil in either Iraq or Afganistan the Americans would have no interest, but there is meaning $$$$$

    • @TheIMD09
      @TheIMD09 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Will the iraqi economy benefit from the revenue of the cleanest oil in the region which is possibly the 2nd largest reservoir on earth or will they secretly wish for the return of Saddam who spent the entire income on himself ? A new well has recently been discovered, Saddam gave up exploration, it's estimated that well alone exceeds the Saudi resources. An end to poverty is a reality today for the entire population of Iraq, Afghanistan is different, not an oil rich zone, the only crop that thrives is the poppy, the U.S. choose to destroy the crops as much as possible, the entire profits go to the Taliban, USA pay Billions to Turkey for opium, Afghanistan would become incredibly prosperous if their, better quality, poppy fields were paid for and supported by the global community

  • @dovzhxn2993
    @dovzhxn2993 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice intro

  • @Rajeev_kumar991
    @Rajeev_kumar991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Those who leaded the group(abu bakr al baghdadi and his fellows) were in detention(abu ghraib, etc) in past
    Who put them in detention for not so serious crime ?
    America
    Later they released them for having no such big proofs few faced mental problems few wants to rebel few left the country...
    Isis is not something to say proudly they did good because then they killed shia, yazidi mens and raped many
    They abused power too
    1 chronicles 17 : 26

  • @odd6554
    @odd6554 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One thing more painful to watch is ill-informed people making ill-informed comments as seen in the YT comments. College kids, people working in supermarkets and other jobs not even related to this subject feel what they believe to be true is true. Despite not being educated on the subject nor having any experience on the subject.

    • @Maianhfz6
      @Maianhfz6 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      i agree.

    • @angryreader8857
      @angryreader8857 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      The most basic understanding of Middle Eastern history would do them well.

    • @dunique26
      @dunique26 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even with some of the main players involed, pretty much having a round table discussion, detailing the event. These supermarket cashier's,college students,blue collar or no collar folks should keep they're thoughts and opinions to themselves?
      Instead of educating them on wht they have wrong with that opinion. I guess another generation of dummies

  • @philaumaine9731
    @philaumaine9731 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I wish the role of various foreign secret services in insurgency and terrorism would have been part of this documentary, but excellently done nonetheless.

  • @bismilhameed2150
    @bismilhameed2150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Just imagine. Saddam single handedly controlled these masses without a single bullet fired and Iraq was prospering

    • @royarsofficial4788
      @royarsofficial4788 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes...
      And America came in and destroyed everything.

    • @bismilhameed2150
      @bismilhameed2150 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@royarsofficial4788 Every tyrant (nation) will be trampled its about time. America has always fought wars on others porche once the fire comes to its own home it will be turned to ashes

    • @FlyingSpaghettiMonster2000
      @FlyingSpaghettiMonster2000 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you serious ? He made people kill their own family, he gassed the kurds!

    • @thegame7557
      @thegame7557 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bismilhameed2150 wasn't he using chemical weapons on Kurds in the north?

  • @LilShamsky
    @LilShamsky 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hamdu Li Llah Astagfirullah Ameen! Inshaallah Syria and Iraq Will Remove and Delete Isil Qaida Hezbollah Talibans and Others Terrorist and In Sha Allah it will be Free! Salam Alaikum to my Iraqi and Syrian Bros and Sis Peace To All!

  • @abdiduale29
    @abdiduale29 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Call it conspiracy theory. But I was 20 year's old, when the invasion took place. Prior to the invasion of 2003. I never heard of suicide bombings, car explosions on the news. fair enough Saddam was no angle but the dude had grip on his country. therefore the obvious conclusion is that the invasions brought destruction & chaos!! on a different note. I know & most people see that 911 was inside job. But for argument sake lets just that it wasn't. the question we have to ask ourselves is. did those aircraft took off from Iraq. were the terrorist Iraqis, the answer is NO. then what reason did the coalition forces especially the U.S had, to invade Iraq. if Iraq production was potato & carrot, do you think that they'll be there...

    • @Khaled4life
      @Khaled4life 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      For your information suicide bombings did exist before 2003 so yes you are a conspiracy theorist and 9/11 was not an inside job LOL

    • @petrplunder8219
      @petrplunder8219 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Abdi Duale To large extent. the invasion was based on the claims by Rāfid Aḥmad Alwān (an Iraqi citizen living in Germany at that time) that Iraq posseses WMD. German and the UK's secret services warned the USA about the authenticity of the claims. So basically bad US intelligence. One would think that the USA with all their spy tools would know better. They also thought that al qaeda had huge several stories high command centers and millitary bases drilled into some mountains in Afganistan. Saddam was a bad apple, he gassed the Kurds and that alone was probably good reason to get him out but as you say he had a grip on things. Who would know it'll turn into this madness? Anyway the world is a mad place. Saudi Arabia where people are being crucified and stoned serves a term in the UNHR council until next year. Go figure.

    • @Seyfullahalasiya
      @Seyfullahalasiya 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@petrplunder8219LoL we all know that CIA gave Saddam the poison gas,they also asked him to fight Iran,but we all acting like we don't know 😂

  • @atomeinstein3168
    @atomeinstein3168 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Americans days are counted

  • @physicshuman9808
    @physicshuman9808 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    13:55
    This dude would come up later in the Islamic state in Iraq and Syria or Isis

  • @oustaz1
    @oustaz1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How does people like Bush and Tony Blair sleep at night ?

  • @tufail1823
    @tufail1823 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The 6 yrs old comments are better to read. The post-truth world is a mess now. Today it becomes more about Al-Jazeera itself than the content it provides for the viewers