Jamaat Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah
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| Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah جيش أهل السنة والجماعة | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi† |
| Dates of operation | 2004 – October 16, 2006 |
| Active regions |  Iraq |
| Ideology | Salafist jihadism Anti-Shi'ism |
| Part of |  MSC(from January 15, 2006) |
| Opponents | Iraq United States Mahdi Army Iraqi KurdistanIslamic Army of Iraq |
| Battles and wars | Iraq War |
Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah(Arabic:جيش أهل السنة والجماعة,romanized:Army of the Ahlus Sunnah) was an Iraqi Salafi insurgent group that fought against US troops and their local allies during theIraq War.In 2006 the group aligned itself withal-Qaedaand helped establish theMujahideen Shura Council.[1][2]
History
[edit]Following the US invasion of Iraq,Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi,along with some associates, created Jamaat Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah (JJASJ) – the Army of the Sunni People Group – and it operated in Samarra, Diyala, and Baghdad.[3][4]
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi served as head of the group and led it to establish caliphate.[5][6]
On January 15, 2006, an organization known as theMujahideen Shura Council in Iraqannounced its establishment. Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah has been declared one of its constituent groups, along with al-Qaeda in Iraq, the Monotheism Brigades, the Sarai al-Jihad group, the al-Ghurab Brigades and the al-Ahwal Brigades.
The dissolution of the 'Jaysh Ahl al-Sunna wa al-Jama'a' group occurred after the announcement of the rise of the 'Islamic State of Iraq' just like the rest of the groups of the 'Majlis Shura Mujahideen al-Iraq', and Abu Bakr became one of the fighters under command ofAbu Omar al-Baghdadi,and he assumed in that time a number of responsibilities among them amirship of the Shari'i committees in the Islamic State. He would eventually go on to succeed Abu Omar al-Baghdadi as emir of theIslamic State of Iraqthe latter's death and he would eventually establish theIslamic State.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^https://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IS-leaders-report.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ^"Currently listed entities".December 21, 2018.
- ^"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: Islamic State's driving force".BBC News.July 31, 2014.
- ^"The Sun: ABU Bakr al-Baghdadi has risen from a shy, polite and talented schoolboy to being a mass killer with a $25 million bounty on his head".
- ^abAl-Tamimi, Aymenn Jawad (November 7, 2019)."'Stations' of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's Life: Translation and Analysis ".Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi.
- ^"Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi: The 'loner' who became leader of Islamic State".
