WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — The first known Western journalist to have embedded with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria terror group blames former President George W. Bush for its existence.
German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer, 74, spent ten days with the terror group in Mosul. Speaking with the German website TZ, Todenhöfer said that the U.S. air campaign against ISIS will have little effect on the group.
“With every bomb that is dropped and hits a civilian, the number of terrorists increases,” he said.
Todenhöfer pointed the finger at Bush for the rise of ISIS.
“Without George W. Bush’s Iraq war, there would be no IS,” he said.
Todenhöfer explained to TZ about the growing number of ISIS fighters, stating that hundreds arrive to support the group every day from around the world and that they have “dimensions larger than the U.K.”