USAToday: 'Al Qaeda's increased presence & the increased use of IEDs go hand in hand in Syria!'

"... The presence of improvised explosive devices, or IEDs, and the heightened level of fighting suggests that Syria has moved beyond a citizen revolt, analysts say. "We have reached a point where it is an insurgency," said Joe Holliday, an analyst at the Institute for the Study of War. The U.S. government has said there are signs that al-Qaeda in Iraq may be behind some of the violence in Syria ..."