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Al Qaeda Takes On ISIS In Syria

Two of the world’s largest terrorist groups who were once allies are now fighting for supremacy in Syria. Al Qaeda is heading to Syria to replace ISIS as the lesser of two evils. Raw Story reports: According to Ali Soufan, the CEO of strategic-security firm The Soufan Group, the brutal activities of ISIS — also known as ISIL — have led the Muslim world to view Al Qaeda more favorably. “What ISIS did made so many people in the Muslim world think, ‘Al Qaeda are the good guys. ISIS are the bad guys,’” said Soufan, adding that Al Qaeda wants use the “opportunity off of what ISIS did” to elevate itself in the eyes of those who oppose the West. While ISIS is proudly brutal — promoting it’s ideology with well-publicized beheadings — Al Qaeda takes the longer view despite having much in common with their rivals. “You can see Al Qaeda taking advantage thinking strategically,” Soufan explained. “ISIS is not thinking strategically. ISIS is just doing crazy stuff, a lot of violence, trying to bring a lot of people in. ISIS is becoming like a smoke screen. We’re all looking at ISIS all the time. ‘Oh, look, ISIS, they did a video, [...]