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Jeish al-Taiifa al-Mansoura (Arabic جيش الطائفة المنصوره for "Army of the Victorious Sect") is a militant Sunni group known to take part in the Iraqi insurgency. The group was founded by Sheikh Abu Omar al-Ansari.
On January 15, 2006, the umbrella organization known as the Mujahideen Shura Council announced its formation. The Army of the Victorious Sect was announced as one of its constituent groups, along with al-Qaeda in Iraq, Monotheism Supporters Brigades, Saray al-Jihad Group, al-Ghuraba Brigades, and al-Ahwal Brigades.
They claim attacks against Shi'ite civilians on a regular basis and once claimed responsibility for an attack on what it claimed were Badr and Interior Ministry officers in the Doura district of Baghdad using police commando uniforms and official ministry vehicles. They kidnapped and killed 11 people, including one hostage who was beheaded.
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Baathists
A paramilitary organization loyal to the former Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein.
This group is composed of former Ba'ath Party officials, intelligence agents, former members of the Republican Guard, the Special Republican Guard and Fedayeen Saddam militia.
- General Command of the Armed Forces, Resistance and Liberation in Iraq
- New Return
- Patriotic Front
- Political Media Organ of the Ba‘ath Party (Jihaz al-Iilam al-Siasi lil hizb al-Baath)
- Popular Resistance for the Liberation of Iraq
- Al-Abud Network
Sunni
An guerrilla group opposed to the coalition forces, composed primarily of Sunnis it is believed to have Baathist ties.
A Sunni militant Iraqi insurgent group taking part in several guerrilla attacks against coalition forces.
An Iraqi guerrilla organization battling multinational troops in Iraq. The organization's ideology appears to be radical Sunni Islamism.
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Sunni(continued)
An Arab Sunni Muslim group that operates in and around Fallujah.
The pseudonym of a leader of a Sunni group taking part in the Iraqi insurgency, operating north of Baghdad.
A group first identified in late January 2007. Alleged to have been planning to attack Shia pilgrams from the Zarqa district of Najaf.
Islamist
A group that fought the US-led occupation and US-backed interim government of Iyad Allawi, and continues to fight the new ruling government of Nouri al-Maliki.
Pan-Arab Nationalists
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- New Iraqi Army
The Iraqi Army is a component of the Iraqi Security Forces tasked with assuming responsibility for all Iraqi land-based military operations following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
- Iraqi Police
The Iraqi Police are the organic civil police force of the Republic of Iraq. There are three main branches.
- Iraqi Police Service (IPS): Responsible for the day to day patrolling of cities around most crimes.
- National Police (NP): Paramilitary force for counterinsurgency, public disorder and counter terrorist tasks.
- Supporting Forces: Remaining police organizations, primarily the Department of Border Enforcement (DBE).
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Shia militia
The Mahdi Army is a militia force created by the Iraqi Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in June of 2003.
In the fall of 2006, Abu Deraa and his supporters formed their own militia.
The armed wing of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI).
Kurdish militia
- Peshmerga
Peshmerga is the term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters.
Others
(Organization for the Holy Struggle Foundation in Mesopotamia, a.k.a. al-Qaeda in Iraq)
A militant organization allegedly affiliated with al Qaeda based on that it includes the Arabic word qa'adah in its name which means foundation/base, principle, or standard.
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