Who is the Islamic Rage Brigade? The U.S. State Department has not heard of the group claiming to hold a former Denver man, Aban Elias, as a hostage in Iraq. Neither have experts on Middle East terrorism. But experts say such groups have emerged as an elusive and increasingly menacing threat to civilians in a country wracked by low-level daily warfare. “What we’re seeing is a very splintered landscape of Iraqi insurgency groups,” said Jonathan Schanzer, a Washington Institute for Near East Policy research fellow.Full Story
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