The Father Of ISIS - Documentary

The Man Who Created ISIS: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. What turned the wannabe lawyer into public enemy number one? We go in search of the roots of Abu Bakr al Baghdadi and speak to those who knew him, including his ex wife. 

Saja, the mother of his daughter, as well as his sister-in-law, now serving a long prison sentence for trying to carry out a suicide attack. Exclusive new photos and documents shed fresh light on Al Baghdadi and we also hear from the elite Iraqi brigade, tasked with hunting him down. 

Filmed in Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan. This documentary was produced by Nova Productions and directed by Sofia Amara. It was first released in 2017. ISIS, like Al Qaeda and the Taliban, were not formed by the CIA or any other part of the American government. 

The government's stupidity and poor decisions did create the atmosphere for these groups to form though. Decisions like barring anybody who was a member of the Baath Party an opportunity to work in government or the armed forces, which put the minority Sunnis out of work, making them angry and wanting revenge, helping to form ISIS. 

Also, not separating Islamic extremists from the ordinary prison population so they can't be radicalized was a stupid decision as well, which is what happened in the case of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. The Taliban and Al Qaeda is a different story, but similar in some ways.

Al Qaeda and the Taliban WERE created, or helped a long, by the Pakistani ISI, their intelligence agency, which tends to be headed by Islamic fundamentalists, which wouldn't seem like a smart idea to me.