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Front</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Political_Council_for_the_Iraqi_Resistance" title="Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance">Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Allies</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Islamic_Army_in_Iraq" title="Islamic Army in Iraq">Islamic Army in Iraq</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Opponents</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" 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title="Israel">Israel</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_designated_terrorist_groups" title="List of designated terrorist groups">Designated as a terrorist group</a> by</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/23px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/35px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Flag_of_Iraq.svg/45px-Flag_of_Iraq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Mujahideen Army</b> (<a href="/wiki/Arabic" title="Arabic">Arabic</a>:جيش المجاهدين; <a href="/wiki/Literal_translation" title="Literal translation">lit</a>. <b>Army of the Holy Warrior</b>) was a <a href="/wiki/Sunni" class="mw-redirect" title="Sunni">Sunni</a> militant group in <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>. The group first emerged in late 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-Group_Profile:_Mujahideen_Army_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Group_Profile:_Mujahideen_Army-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Mujahideen Army is one of the founding members of the <a href="/wiki/Jihad_and_Reform_Front" title="Jihad and Reform Front">Jihad and Reform Front</a> as well as a member of the <a href="/wiki/Political_Council_for_the_Iraqi_Resistance" title="Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance">Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance</a> (PCIR). The Mujahideen Army is comprised almost exclusively of native Iraqi Sunni Muslims, including ex-members of Saddam Hussein's military and security agencies such as <a href="/wiki/Fedayeen_Saddam" title="Fedayeen Saddam">Fedayeen Saddam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Special_Republican_Guard_(Iraq)" title="Special Republican Guard (Iraq)">Special Republican Guard</a>, <a href="/wiki/Republican_Guard_(Iraq)" title="Republican Guard (Iraq)">Republican Guard</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Iraqi_Special_Security_Organization" title="Iraqi Special Security Organization">Special Security Organization</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ideology">Ideology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mujahideen_Army_(Iraq)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ideology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Religious in the nature, the Mujahideen Army takes on a more nationalist tone in its rhetoric. The militant group is believed to have an ideology similar to that of fellow Iraqi insurgent group, the <a href="/wiki/Islamic_Army_in_Iraq" title="Islamic Army in Iraq">Islamic Army in Iraq</a> (IAI).<sup id="cite_ref-State_of_the_Sunni_Insurgency_in_Iraq:_August_2007_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_of_the_Sunni_Insurgency_in_Iraq:_August_2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2006 the Mujahideen Army released a statement condemning Iraq's ethnic and sectarian infighting and urged Iraqis to work "with a sense of national and religious responsibility for the sake of future generations."<sup id="cite_ref-State_of_the_Sunni_Insurgency_in_Iraq:_August_2007_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-State_of_the_Sunni_Insurgency_in_Iraq:_August_2007-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In late January 2006, the Mujahideen Army issued a communiqué calling for attacks against <a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a> and <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>, in response to the publication of cartoons depicting the <a href="/wiki/Prophets_in_Islam" class="mw-redirect" title="Prophets in Islam">Islamic prophet</a> <a href="/wiki/Muhammad" title="Muhammad">Muhammad</a> in several Danish newspapers.<sup id="cite_ref-Communiqué_from_the_Mujahideen_Army_of_Iraq_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Communiqué_from_the_Mujahideen_Army_of_Iraq-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They also threatened attacks following controversial comments made by <a href="/wiki/Pope_Benedict_XVI" title="Pope Benedict XVI">Pope Benedict XVI</a> in September 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-Mujahideen's_Army_threatens_Pope_with_suicide_attack_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mujahideen's_Army_threatens_Pope_with_suicide_attack-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They announced their intention to "destroy their cross in the heart of Rome… and to hit the Vatican."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Mujahideen Army have also taken the unique step of appealing directly to the American public via several English-language videos purportedly produced and distributed by the group.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Mujahideen_Army_Releases_Video_in_English_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Mujahideen_Army_Releases_Video_in_English-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Attacks">Attacks</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mujahideen_Army_(Iraq)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Attacks"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Mujahideen Army has taken credit for numerous attacks against American forces in Iraq. The majority of these claims are issued in communiqués or videos posted on <a href="/wiki/Mujahideen" title="Mujahideen">mujahideen</a> websites. </p><p>Some notable attacks in which the Mujahideen Army has claimed responsibility: </p> <ul><li>The January 2007 downing of a <a href="/wiki/Black_Hawk_helicopter" class="mw-redirect" title="Black Hawk helicopter">Black Hawk helicopter</a> north of <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mujahideen_Army_in_Iraq_Issues_Video_of_Downing_a_Black_Hawk_in_al-Niba'i_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mujahideen_Army_in_Iraq_Issues_Video_of_Downing_a_Black_Hawk_in_al-Niba'i-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Shooting down an American <a href="/wiki/Apache_helicopter" class="mw-redirect" title="Apache helicopter">Apache helicopter</a> in January 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-The_Mujahideen_Army_Issues_a_Video_Depicting_the_Downing_of_an_Apache_Helicopter_in_al-Taramiya_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Mujahideen_Army_Issues_a_Video_Depicting_the_Downing_of_an_Apache_Helicopter_in_al-Taramiya-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Leadership">Leadership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mujahideen_Army_(Iraq)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Leadership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Little is publicly known about the Mujahideen Army's leadership and command structure. </p><p>In October 2005, the U.S. military announced that it had captured Ahmad Ni'mah Khudayyir Abbas (a.k.a. Abu Shihab), a group "lieutenant and propaganda chief" in the <a href="/wiki/Abu_Ghraib" title="Abu Ghraib">Abu Ghraib</a> district west of <a href="/wiki/Baghdad" title="Baghdad">Baghdad</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Jaysh_al-Mujahideen_terrorist_lieutenant_and_propaganda_chief_captured_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jaysh_al-Mujahideen_terrorist_lieutenant_and_propaganda_chief_captured-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In a January 2006 statement urging the Mujahideen Army to join the then-fledgling <a href="/wiki/Mujahideen_Shura_Council_(Iraq)" title="Mujahideen Shura Council (Iraq)">Mujahideen Shura Council</a>, al-Qaida in Iraq identified the <a href="/wiki/Emir" title="Emir">emir</a> of the Mujahideen Army as "The Leaping Lion."<sup id="cite_ref-Joining_al-Qaeda,_Declining_al-Qaeda_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Joining_al-Qaeda,_Declining_al-Qaeda-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The intelligence analyst Malcolm Nance claims that Mujahidin Army of Iraq was a liaison between former Baath militias like the fedayeen and the Islamists. However, most Mujahidin Army commanders appear to be former soldiers who were anti-Baathist politically and became Islamist mujahidin after they left army service and the United States invaded.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. 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class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Mujahideen_Army_Releases_Video_in_English_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications29005&Category=publications&Subcategory=0">"The Mujahideen Army" Releases Video in English</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060625083238/http://www.siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications29005&Category=publications&Subcategory=0">Archived</a> 2006-06-25 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> <a href="/wiki/SITE_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="SITE Institute">SITE Institute</a>, March 22, 2005</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Mujahideen_Army_in_Iraq_Issues_Video_of_Downing_a_Black_Hawk_in_al-Niba'i-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Mujahideen_Army_in_Iraq_Issues_Video_of_Downing_a_Black_Hawk_in_al-Niba'i_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.siteinstitute.org/bin/articles.cgi?ID=publications256107&Category=publications&Subcategory=0">Mujahideen Army in Iraq Issues Video of Downing a Black Hawk in al-Niba'i</a><sup class="noprint Inline-Template"><span style="white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Link_rot" title="Wikipedia:Link rot"><span title=" Dead link tagged February 2018">permanent dead link</span></a></i><span style="visibility:hidden; color:transparent; padding-left:2px">‍</span>]</span></sup> <a href="/wiki/SITE_Institute" class="mw-redirect" title="SITE Institute">SITE Institute</a>, February 26, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Mujahideen_Army_Issues_a_Video_Depicting_the_Downing_of_an_Apache_Helicopter_in_al-Taramiya-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a 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href="#cite_ref-Jaysh_al-Mujahideen_terrorist_lieutenant_and_propaganda_chief_captured_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/news/2005/11/mil-051124-mnfi02.htm">The Jaysh al-Mujahideen terrorist lieutenant and propaganda chief captured</a> GlobalSecurity.org</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Joining_al-Qaeda,_Declining_al-Qaeda-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Joining_al-Qaeda,_Declining_al-Qaeda_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://threatswatch.org/inbrief/2006/01/joining-alqaeda-declining-alqa/">Joining al-Qaeda, Declining al-Qaeda</a> ThreatsWatch.org, January 31, 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Malcolm Nance, <i>Terrorists of Iraq</i>, 2014.</span> </li> </ol></div> <div 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