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ISIS is the new name for Al Qaeda in Iraq. Al Qaeda in Iraq did not exist until we deposed Saddam and attempted to democratize Iraq.
If I recall, even after the deposing of Saddam, Al Qaeda in Iraq wasn't a factor. The main combatants against the coalition forces were the Baath party. ISIS came to rise only after the power vacuum when the Status of Forces agreement between the US and Iraq wasn't achieved and the retreat of the incompetent and politically appointed leaders of the Iraqi security forces.
Had the Status of Forces agreement been achieved, and US forces left in Iraq, likely that the Iraqi based ISIS wouldn't have taken as much land or forces as they ended up taking.