Jamaat Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah
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Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah جيش أهل السنة والجماعة | |
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Leaders | Islamic Army of Iraq |
Battles and wars | Iraq War
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Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jamaah (
History
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 the Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq announced 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 of Abu 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 the Islamic State of Iraq the latter's death and he would eventually establish the Islamic State.[5]
See also
- List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War
- Al-Qaeda in Iraq
- Iraqi insurgency
References
- ^ https://henryjacksonsociety.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IS-leaders-report.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".
- ^ a b Al-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".