Al Qaeda in Iraq

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Al-Qaeda in Iraq
(Organization of Jihad's Base in Mesopotamia)
القاعدة في العراق
LeadersAbu Musab al-Zarqawi  (17 October 2004 – 7 June 2006)
Abu Ayyub al-Masri  (7 June 2006 – 15 October 2006)
Dates of operation17 October 2004[1] – 15 October 2006
Active regionsIraq
IdeologySalafi Jihadism[2]
Anti-Shi'ism[3]
Qutbism
Part of Al-Qaeda
Mujahideen Shura Council (from January 2006)
Opponents Coalition forces
Iraq Republic of Iraq
Coalition Provisional Authority
Islamic Army in Iraq
Ansar al-Sunna
Hamas of Iraq
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq[4]
Mahdi Army[5]
 Jordan
 Israel
 United Nations
Battles and warsIraq War
Designated as a terrorist group by Iraq[6]
 Malaysia[7]
 Saudi Arabia[8]

Al-Qaeda in Iraq or Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn was a Salafi militant group related to Al-Qaeda.[9][10][11][12][13] It was created on the 17th of October 2004 and was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri until it become the Islamic State of Iraq on the 15th of October 2006.

References[change | change source]

  1. "Zarqari's Pledge of Allegiance". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
  2. "War between ISIS and Al-Qaeda" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 Febuary 2015. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  3. "Al-Zarqawi declares war on Iraqi Shia". Al Jazeera. 14 September 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  4. "موقع المقاومة الإسلامية عصائب أهل الحق - الشهيد السعيد لـيث صـــاحب كـــــان مــــــؤمناً أن طريـــــق أهـــل الحـــق هــــــــو طريـــــــــــق الخـــــــــــــــــــــــلاص والتحــــــــــرُّر". Archived from the original on 18 July 2018. Retrieved 19 July 2018.
  5. "Mahdi Army | Mapping Militant Organizations". Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  6. "Iraq issues 'most wanted' terror list". 4 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
  7. Archived copy Archived 9 October 2022 at ghostarchive.org [Error: unknown archive URL]
  8. "سياسي / وزارة الداخلية: بيان بالمحظورات الأمنية والفكرية على المواطن والمقيم ، وإمهال المشاركين بالقتال خارج المملكة 15 يوما إضافية لمراجعة النفس والعودة إلى وطنهم / إضافة أولى وكالة الأنباء السعودية". Archived from the original on 22 October 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  9. "Govt bans al-Zarqawi terror group". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 February 2005. Archived from the original on 27 June 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
  10. Pool, Jeffrey (16 December 2004). "Zarqawi's Pledge of Allegiance to Al-Qaeda: From Mu'Asker Al-Battar, Issue 21". Terrorism Monitor. 2 (24): The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  11. Pool, Jeffrey (16 December 2004). "Zarqawi's Pledge of Allegiance to Al-Qaeda: From Mu'Asker Al-Battar, Issue 21". Terrorism Monitor. 2 (24): The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  12. Pool, Jeffrey (16 December 2004). "Zarqawi's Pledge of Allegiance to Al-Qaeda: From Mu'Asker Al-Battar, Issue 21". Terrorism Monitor. 2 (24): The Jamestown Foundation. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 30 July 2014.
  13. "The War between ISIS and al-Qaeda for Supremacy of the Global Jihadist Movement" (PDF). Washington Institute for Near East Policy. June 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.