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Mass Murder is How ISIS Tries to Stay Relevant

No one has claimed responsibility for an attack on a mosque in Egypt. But no points should be awarded for guessing that the Islamic State is at fault.
Source: Samer Abdallah / AP

Updated on November 25 at 9:39 a.m. ET

Once death tolls get above 50 or so, they become impossible to process. The attack Friday on the Rawdah mosque in Bir al-Abed, north Sinai, killed more than 300 people, with a combination of bombs and light weaponry. The attackers executed survivors and gunned down first

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