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| |name = al-Qaeda Kurdish Battalions | |||
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| |dates = 2007–2010 | |||
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| |status = {{flagicon|USA}} Designated as ] by the ] | |||
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| '''al-Qaeda Kurdish Battalions (AQKB)''' is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in the northern ]-] border. It is a ]-affiliated branch of ] that has launched several attacks on the ] in northern Iraq. The group was classified as a ] by the ] on January 1, 2012.<ref>{{cite web|title=Terrorist Designation of the al-Qaida Kurdish Battalions|url=http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/01/180166.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref> | |||
| ==Formation== | |||
| AQKB was founded in 2007 after the apparent disbandment of ], another al-Qaeda-affiliated group. The group is considered to be relatively small, but it has camps in the Iranian towns of ] and ].<ref name="rudaw">{{cite web|url=http://www.rudaw.net/english/world/4306.html |title=Rudaw in English The Happening: Latest News and Multimedia about Kurdistan, Iraq and the World - US Designates Kurdish Group Terrorists |publisher=Rudaw.net |date=2012-01-15 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> | |||
| ==Attacks== | |||
| The group has launched several attacks, including its largest one being against ]'s Ministry of Interior in ] that killed 19 people in May 2007.<ref name="rudaw"/> AQKB killed 7 border guards and one ] security officer in Penjwan in July 2007.<ref name="aina">{{cite web|url=http://www.aina.org/news/20120105102642.htm |title=Terrorist Designation of the Al-Qaida Kurdish Battalions |publisher=Aina.org |date=2012-01-05 |accessdate=2012-01-29}}</ref> In September 2010, two police officers were hurt by a failed suicide attack in ].<ref name="aina"/> | |||
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