General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries

General Military Council for Iraqi Revolutionaries
المجلس العسكري العام لثوار العراق
Dates of operation15 January 2014 – 2 December 2014
Active regionsIraq
IdeologyIraqi nationalism
Ba'athism
Arab socialism
Size75,000
Allies
Opponents
Battles and wars

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.