Trajan
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They had plenty of names that didn't fit the ISIS but ISI. It wasn't until 2013 in Syria( U.S. trained Rebels) renamed themselves ISIS.
On 14 May 2014, the United States Department of State announced its decision to use "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) as the group's primary name.[87] The debate over which acronym should be used to designate the group, ISIL or ISIS, has been discussed by several commentators.[84][85] Ishaan Tharoor from The Washington Post concluded: "In the larger battlefield of copy style controversies, the distinction between ISIS or ISIL is not so great.
ISI is changed by the U.S. twice for their usage. What I find is funny is the 3 heads( The esoteric phrase for Trinity) of ISIS( spokesman, field commander, and Caliph) is all named Abu.
Nah you got it twisted breh.
They can be called both. ISIL and ISIS mean the same thing. The Islamic State of Iraq expanded their franchise to the Levant or Sham in Arabic. Hence ISIS/ISIL. It's simply to reflect the changed circumstances. They have now dropped that name and just go by the Islamic State,
And they are all called Abu because it's a nickname meaning ''Father of''. It's a common Arab tradition whereby a man is referred to as ''Father of______(insert name of oldest child...usually). E,g Will Smith might refer to himself as Abu Jaden