New Video Overshadows IS Obsession With Kobani, Possible Flaws

Photos and video of Jordanian Air Force pilot Muath al-Kaseasbeh being burned alive at the hands of his Islamic State captors had U.S. officials searching for words, trying to describe another act of violence committed by a group that has continually found a way to shock the Western world. But to those who have been closely following Islamic State, neither the level of violence nor the resulting drama is much of a surprise. Instead, it fits the pattern of a group that has acted with...

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