![Opinion: Thanks, Al-Qaeda](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/qaeda-ISIS.jpg)
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Vehicles drive past a flag of the al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at the entrance to the city of Raqqa, eastern Syria, on October 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Nour Fourat)
![Opinion: Thanks, Al-Qaeda](https://eng-archive.aawsat.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/qaeda-ISIS.jpg)
Vehicles drive past a flag of the al-Qaeda linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant at the entrance to the city of Raqqa, eastern Syria, on October 4, 2013. (REUTERS/Nour Fourat)