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Armed pickup trucks flying the black ISIS flag quickly became familiar sights on TV news in the 2000s.

do not believe in peace as Muslims do. They want to push their radical and violent brand of Islam on the world. They move into Syria and meet up with others who share their views. They call themselves the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria—ISIS, for short. Its founder is a man named Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. He is a one-time petty criminal and a bloodthirsty fanatic. He moved to Iraq from his native Jordan to fight the Americans and their allies during the Iraq War. He died in 2006 when US war- planes attacked his lair. Zarqawi is dead, but ISIS lives on.

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