al-Qaeda in Iraq
| al-Qaeda in Iraq (Organization of Jihad's Base in Mesopotamia) | |
|---|---|
| الْقَاعِدَةُ فِي الْعِرَاقِ | |
 One of several flags used by AQI in their video releases; others used white text for the circle and the shahada. | |
| Leaders | Abu Musab al-Zarqawi † (17 October 2004 – 7 June 2006) Abu Ayyub al-Masri (7 June 2006 – 15 October 2006) |
| Dates of operation | 17 October 2004[1] – 15 October 2006 |
| Active regions | Iraq |
| Ideology | Salafi Jihadism[2] Anti-Shi'ism[3] Qutbism |
| Part of |  al-Qaeda Mujahideen Shura Council (from January 2006) |
| Opponents |  Coalition forces 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 wars | Iraq 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 (Arabic: تنظيم قاعدة الجهاد في بلاد الرافدين, romanized: tanẓīm qā‘idat al-jihād fī bilād ar-rāfidayn, lit. 'Organization of Jihad's Base in the land of two rivers') was a Salafi jihadist militant group affiliated with 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 became the Islamic State of Iraq on the 15th of October 2006.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Zarqari's Pledge of Allegiance". Archived from the original on 30 September 2007.
- ↑ "War between ISIS and Al-Qaeda" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2015.
- ↑ "Al-Zarqawi declares war on Iraqi Shia". Al Jazeera. 14 September 2005. Archived from the original on 3 March 2011. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Mahdi Army | Mapping Militant Organizations". Archived from the original on 22 September 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
- ↑ "Iraq issues 'most wanted' terror list". 4 February 2018. Archived from the original on 25 July 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- ↑ Archived copy Archived 9 October 2022 at ghostarchive.org [Error: unknown archive URL]
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
