General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries
| General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries | |
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| المجلس العسكري العام لثوار العراق | |
Official logo (top) and flag (bottom) of General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries | |
| Dates of operation | 15 January 2014 – 2 December 2014 |
| Active regions | Iraq |
| Ideology | Iraqi nationalism Ba'athism Arab socialism |
| Size | 75,000 |
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The General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries (Arabic: المجلس العسكري العام لثوار العراق al-Majlis al-‘Askari al-‘Āmm li-Thuwwār al-‘Irāq; GMCIR), was a Ba'athist militant group in Iraq headed by Saddam Hussein-era military and political leaders. It was described by Al Jazeera as "one of the main groups" in the Iraqi insurgency.
GMCIR began its insurgency against the Iraqi government in January 2014, during the War in Iraq (2013-17), as a unifying command for the former Sunni Arab Spring protesters that Nouri al-Maliki's government had cracked down upon since 2012. The figures associated with the GMCIR have stated that it has a central command and "the footprints of a professional army", that it follows the Geneva Convention protocol rules, as well as claiming to be non-sectarian and seeking a "democratic solution" to the Iraqi crisis. The GMCIR has announced its opposition to Iranian influence in Iraq and the role the IRGC have played with Iraqi security forces.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace characterized the GMCIR as an Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party – Iraq Region front group.
By the end of 2014 the group was eclipsed by ISIL and had become defunct.