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Ansar al-Islam
keywords: organization related topics: Kurd related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ansar_al-Islam , http://www.iraqinews.com/org_ansar_al-islam.shtml explanation: Radical Islamic group established in northern Iraq near Iranian border before Iraqi war. They were accused to give a logistic supports for al-Qaeda members. For this reason, it was massively bombarded by Americans during Iraqi war, though relatively tiny group (700 members). They were founded in 2001 by a merger of 2 Islamic groups, Jund al-Islam and Islamic Movement in Kurdistan. Ansar al-Islam means "supporters of Islam". Baath Party
alternative words: Ba'ath Party, Baath keywords: organization related topics: Saddam Hussein related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baath_Party , http://www.iraqinews.com/party_baath_party.shtml , http://www.baath-party.org explanation: Secular pan-Arabic party founded in Damascus, Syria in 1947, of which ideologies is based on 3 dogmas: Freedom (from colonialism), Unity (of Arabic nations) and Socialism. They arrived to the power in February 1963 in Iraq and one month later in Syria. After successive internal struggles and purges, the moderate wings were progressively eliminated and the dictatorship was established: by Saddam Hussein in Iraq and Hafez al-Assad in Syria. Baath means "renaissance" in Arabic. Fedayeen Saddam
keywords: organization related topics: Saddam Hussein , Uday Hussein , Baath Party related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fedayeen_Saddam explanation: Iraqi Governing Council
alternative words: Iraq Interim Governing Council keywords: organization related topics: Ahmed Chalabi , Abdul-Aziz al-Hakim , Jalal Talabani , Massoud Barzani , Iyad Allawi , Ghazi al-Yawer , Ibrahim al-Jaafari , Assyrian , Turkmen related web sites: http://www.sotaliraq.com/iraqi-governing-council.html , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iraq_interim_governing_council , http://www.cpa-iraq.org explanation: Interim government established by Americans after the fall of Saddam's regime. The membership appointed by Coalition provisional authority (CPA) represents Iraq's different ethnic and religious groups: 13 Shia Arabs, 5 Sunni Arabs, 5 Kurds, 1 Turkmen and 1 Christian Assyrian. Their main duties are appointing interim ministers and preparing a transition government by drafting the constitution. On June 1, 2004, Iraqi Governing Council dissolved after choosing Ghazi al-Yawer as President. Mahdi Army
alternative words: Jaish-i-Mahdi, Al-Mahdi, Jaish al-Mahdi keywords: organization related topics: Muqtada al-Sadr , Najaf related web sites: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Mahdi_Army , http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3604393.stm explanation: Initially charitable organization which had distributed foods to poor Shia residents of Sadre city in Northern Baghdad, it grew to a paramilitary organization and took the military control of not only Sadre city but also some Shia towns such as Najaf by taking advantage of a political vacuum left after the fall of Saddam Hussein. Its members count no more than 10,000 but very active under the direction of a charismatic leader, Muqtada al-Sadr. Al-Mahdi means "Messiah". Page number: 1 5 articles extracted from postgresql database. | |
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