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Terror Networks
IS and Nusra: ruling through fear and intimidation
2015-05-21
[EN.ZAMANALWSL.NET] Extremist groups have forced their laws on the people of northern and eastern Syria, severely restricting freedoms and imposing harsh sentences for disobedience.
No! Really?!? How utterly unexpected.
The Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems....
group's extreme interpretation of Islamic teaching holds sway in large areas of the country, including its "capital" Raqqa, while the al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front has imposed its version on Idlib and parts of Aleppo.
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