More on Iran's move here. A profile of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is here.

I hope the media doesn't change ISIS to ISIL. They are the same but ISIS resonates much better. ISIL is Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) while ISIS is either Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham or Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. The differences apparently are geographical.

Sham is the common Arabic word for Syria, but it refers to an older meaning of Syria before Colonial powers drew the modern borders of what is now called, ‘Suriya.’ Today, we refer to the older ‘Sham’ designation as Greater Syria,” he says. “Greater Syria commonly refers to what is today Syria, Lebanon, Palestine and Jordan.”

The media mostly paints a picture of Iraqis being petrified of ISIS and fleeing. But the Washington Post article says ISIS has its supporters among Iraqis, including in Mosul:

“Normal people, like me, we aren’t scared,” said Wissam Attiyeh, a 33-year-old electrical engineer who was leaving town with his wife and five children; he said it was fear of Maliki’s response, not ISIS rule, that was driving them to flee. “The ones who are scared are those who did something bad in the past, like those in the army and the police.”

He said ISIS had restored electricity, were running services and that shops and businesses have reopened. “People are willing to give them a chance,” he said.

Of course, since ISIS issued its ultimatum saying those who repent and embrace them will be forgiven, it's hard to tell whether any civilian expressing support for ISIS is telling the truth or just trying to stay alive.

“Whoever hated us yesterday is safe, unless he rejects, fights or abandons Islam,” the charter said. Those who oppose their new rulers, however, will be “killed, crucified or have their hands and feet cut off,” it added.

There's nothing on the Iran state news site about sending the Quds to fight in Iraq. Hassan Rouhani, the President of Iran and Iraq's Prime Minister, Nuri Al-Maliki, had a telephone chat today.

In related news, U.S. contractors are pulling out their employees by the planeload and relocating them.