It was Al Qaeda that knocked down the World Trade Center towers and hit the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001. And it was Al Qaeda that formed the radical edge of the Sunni-based insurgency during Iraq War II that killed approximately 4,000 of the 4,500 US troops who died in that war. The CIA runs the Counterterrorism Mission Center, which officially exists to prevent groups like Al Qaeda from knocking down our towers. He was funded by the CIA, broke ties with Al Qaeda and merged his group with other Islamist factions to form Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS). We obviously hope for your success al-Sharaa, because at the end of the day, your success is our success.”Get that?