Fact check
Is it true: ISIS/Boko Haram Created by CIA/Mossad Claims?
Unsubstantiated65% confidence
There's no solid evidence for it.
Draft only: separate documented blowback, state support networks, and intelligence failures from claims of direct creation or command.
The claim
Claims that jihadist groups such as ISIS or Boko Haram were created or controlled by US or Israeli intelligence services.
Key evidence
CIA funded Afghan mujahideen during the Soviet-Afghan War
ISIS actively fought U.S. forces and killed U.S. citizens
Conspirafy steelmans each claim, then follows the evidence. How we reach a verdict · Check another claim