Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance

The Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance (Arabic: الجبهة الإسلامية للمقاومة العراقية - جامع, romanizedal-Jabha el-Islamiya lil-Moqawama al-Iraqiya, JAMI), also known as the Islamic Resistance in Iraq (Arabic: المقاومة الإسلامية في العراق, romanizedal-Moqawamat al-Islamiat fi al-Iraq), was a Sunni Islamist insurgent group in Iraq that fought the U.S.-led Coalition as a part of the Iraqi Insurgency.[1][2] The group announced itself around May 2004. The nationalist group has affirmed several times that it only focuses on fighting U.S. forces, not Iraqis. It is believed[by whom?] that JAMI has affiliations with the former Iraqi Republican Guard and that some of the JAMI members might be ex-members of the Republican Guard. JAMI's field of operations stretched from Baghdad to Anbar Governorate, Saladin Governorate and Diyala Governorate.

Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance
al-Jabha el-Islamiya lil-Moqawama al-Iraqiya
الجبهة الإسلامية للمقاومة العراقية - جامع
Dates of operationMay 2004 – 18 December 2011
January 2014 – 9 December 2017
IdeologySunni Islamism
Iraqi nationalism
Battles and warsIraq War
Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)
War in Iraq (2013–2017)

The group was believed to be of Muslim Brotherhood background, similar to the 1920 Revolution Brigades.

The group has been reported several times by al-Jazeera, claiming that their reporters have "master's degree in media" the group also has proclaimed to specifically say that it only attacks US forces, not iraqis.

References

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  1. ^ MacAskill, Ewen (11 October 2007). "Sunni insurgents form alliance against US". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
  2. ^ Stepanova, Ekaterina (2007). "Islamist Terrorism Today: Global And Regional Levels". Security Index: A Russian Journal on International Security. 13 (1): 79–94. doi:10.1080/19934270.2007.9756490. ISSN 1993-4270.
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