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[edit] War faction infobox
| Midowga Maxkamadaha Islaamiga اتحاد المحاكم الإسلامية Islamic Courts Union |
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| Participant in the Somali Civil War | |
  Flag and seal of the ICU. |
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| Active | June 6, 2006–present |
| Clans/tribes | Habar Gidir, Abgaal, Rahanweyn, Ogaden, Marehan and some support from many other clans |
| Leaders | Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Hassan Dahir Aweys |
| Headquarters | Mogadishu |
| Area of operations |
Central and southern Somalia |
| Originated as | Unaligned Islamic sharia courts movements |
| Allies | Mujahideen organizations, including Al Qaeda, Various Muslim and anti-Ethiopian nations including Eritrea (alleged) |
| Opponents | Clan-based warlords, Alliance for the Restoration of Peace and Counter-Terrorism, Juba Valley Alliance, Transitional Federal Government, Puntland, Galmudug, Ethiopia, United States |
A war faction infobox may be used to summarize information about a particular faction participating in a war; it should not be used for regular military units and formations (which should use {{Infobox Military Unit}} instead). The infobox should be added using the {{Infobox War Faction}} template, as shown below:
{{Infobox War Faction
|name=
|war
|image=
|caption=
|active=
|leaders=
|clans=
|headquarters=
|area=
|strength=
|partof=
|previous=
|next=
|allies=
|opponents=
|battles=
}}
- name – the formal name of the faction.
- war – the war or wars in which the faction participated; for proper grammar, it may be necessary to insert "the" before the name.
- image – optional – an image representative of the faction. The image must be given in the form [[Image:Example.jpg|300px]]; in particular, the thumb attribute must not be selected.
- caption – optional – the text to be placed below the image.
- active – the period during which the faction was active.
- leaders – the leaders of the faction.
- clans – optional – the clans or tribes the faction includes, if relevant.
- headquarters – optional – the headquarters of the faction.
- area – optional – the area in which the faction operated; a map may be included here, if one is available.
- strength – optional – the number of personnel comprising the faction.
- partof – optional – the larger group of which the faction is a part, if any.
- previous – optional – the previous identity of the faction, or the factions from which it emerged.
- next – optional – if the faction transformed into another one, the name of that faction.
- allies – optional – the faction's allies in the war.
- opponents – optional – the faction's opponents in the war.
- battles – optional – any notable battles or wars in which the unit participated. The decision of what constitutes a notable battle is left to the editors of the specific article.
