Mujahideen Shura Council (Iraq)
| Mujahideen Shura Council | |
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| Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen | |
The logo of the Mujahideen Shura Council, consisting of three hands holding aloft the black flag of jihad. | |
| Leaders | Abu Ali al-Anbari (5 January 2006 – 16 April 2006) Abu Musab al-Zarqawi † (16 April 2006 – 7 June 2006) Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (7 June 2006 – 15 October 2006) |
| Dates of operation | 15 January 2006 – 15 October 2006 |
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| Headquarters | Al Anbar Governorate |
| Active regions | Iraq |
| Ideology | Sunni Islamism Jihadism Qutbism Salafi Jihadism |
| Allies | Al-Qaeda |
| Opponents | Coalition forces Republic of Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority Mahdi Army |
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Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (1999‑2004) Al-Qaeda in Iraq (2004‑2006) Jama'at Jaysh Ahl al-Sunnah wa-l-Jama'ah (2003‑2006) Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah (2004‑2006) Mujahideen Shura Council (2006) Islamic State of Iraq (2006‑2013) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant |
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The Mujahideen Shura Council in Iraq (Arabic: مجلس شورى المجاهدين في العراق, romanized: Majlis Shura al-Mujahideen fi al-Iraq, abbr. MSC), was an umbrella organization of at least six Sunni Islamist insurgent groups taking part in the Iraqi insurgency against U.S.-led Coalition and Iraqi forces. The groups included in the MSC were: Al-Qaeda in Iraq, Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah (Army of the Victorious Sect), Katbiyan Ansar Al-Tawhid wal Sunnah, Saraya al-Jihad Group, al-Ghuraba Brigades, and al-Ahwal Brigades. In mid-October 2006, a statement was released, stating that the Mujahideen Shura Council had been disbanded, and was replaced by the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI).