A piece of footage in an Al-Jazeera English segment showing Free Syrian Army fighters showed a black-and-white flag similar (but not the same) as that used by the Islamic State of Iraq and Somalia's Al-Shabab. The footage also shows a banner reading, "Al-Bara' bin Malik Brigade," named after a prominent Companion of the Prophet Muhammad who is renowned for his bravery and military prowess. This historical personage is popular. Al-Qa'ida in the Land of the Two Rivers (Iraq) named its martyrdom brigade after him.

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