12 Aug '16 16:49>
Originally posted by KazetNagorraI'm reminded of the anecdotal yarn which had two fiercely competitive retail shops across the street from one another, waging sale wars, each under-cutting the other with lower prices, better deals.ISIS is the Al-Qaeda branch in Iraq and Syria.
Even the most casual observer of conflicts in the Middle East knows that Al-Qaeda and ISIS are not only different organizations, but actually enemies. Until about two weeks ago the Al-Qaeda branch in the Levant was the al-Nusra Front, and they renamed themselves Jabhat Fateh al-Sham and cu ...[text shortened]... sted:
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/01/middleeast/al-nusra-rebranding-what-you-need-to-know/
Even their going-out-of-business sales were aimed at diverting traffic from the other store.
Only after both businesses where shuttered did the truth come out: the proprietors were brothers, who had been splitting the spoils the entire time.