Follow up to this story from yesterday.
[AlAhram] The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group has grabbed credit for Monday's attack on a civilian bus in northern Syria that killed 13 people and maimed three.
The holy warrior group said in a statement late Monday that its button men attacked the bus with automatic rifles. It also posted photos of the attack. The Syrian army said 11 of those killed were soldiers. Three soldiers were also maimed, the military said.
The bus was attacked while on the road in the northern province of Raqqa, heading to the central city of Homs.