From Syria to Iraq – Chains of Custody, Chains of Empire

News: The U.S. military has completed the transfer of over 5,700 ISIS detainees from Syria to Iraqi custody. Washington frames this as “reducing its footprint” in Syria while preventing a resurgence of the group.

Analysis: Let’s be clear—this is not about justice, it’s about control. By shifting thousands of detainees into Iraq’s prisons, the U.S. exports instability while pretending to exit. These prisons have already been breeding grounds for ISIS in the past—Camp Bucca gave birth to Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

History repeats: Washington creates monsters, then claims to fight them, while Arab lands pay the price. The “transfer” is less about ending ISIS than about keeping the region chained to American security logic.

The empire doesn’t leave; it rearranges its cages.

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