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| |caption=The ] flag commonly used by al-Qaeda. | |caption=The ] flag commonly used by al-Qaeda. | ||
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|active=March 2007–present<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/print_view/395#note2 |title=Mapping Militant Organizations, Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions |access-date=14 February 2016 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118225155/http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/print_view/395#note2 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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| * ] | * ] | ||
| * ] | * ] | ||
| * ]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hudson|first1=Valerie|title=The Hillary Doctrine|date=30 June 2015|publisher=Columbia University|page=154|isbn=9780231539104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3apBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA154&dq=wahhabi+al+nusra#q=wahhabi%20al%20nusra|accessdate=15 January 2016}}</ref> | * ]<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hudson|first1=Valerie|title=The Hillary Doctrine|date=30 June 2015|publisher=Columbia University|page=154|isbn=9780231539104|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j3apBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA154&dq=wahhabi+al+nusra#q=wahhabi%20al%20nusra|accessdate=15 January 2016|archive-date=20 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020011554/https://books.google.com/books?id=j3apBgAAQBAJ#q=wahhabi%20al%20nusra|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| |leaders= Dilshad Kalari (Unknown to Unknown): Very little is known about Kalari although some sources believe him to be the operational leader of AQKB. | |leaders= Dilshad Kalari (Unknown to Unknown): Very little is known about Kalari although some sources believe him to be the operational leader of AQKB. | ||
| Abdullah Hassan al-Surani (2007 to Unknown): Surani has released public statements of behalf of AQKB and is believed to be the group’s official spokesman.<ref> |
Abdullah Hassan al-Surani (2007 to Unknown): Surani has released public statements of behalf of AQKB and is believed to be the group’s official spokesman.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/print_view/395#note2 |title=Mapping Militant Organizations, Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions |access-date=14 February 2016 |archive-date=18 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118225155/http://web.stanford.edu/group/mappingmilitants/cgi-bin/groups/print_view/395#note2 |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
| |headquarters=Mountains of ] | |headquarters=Mountains of ] | ||
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| '''al-Qaeda's Kurdish Battalions (AQKB)''' is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in the northern ]. It is the ] 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=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/01/180166.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=13 October 2015}}</ref> | '''al-Qaeda's Kurdish Battalions (AQKB)''' is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in the northern ]. It is the ] 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=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/01/180166.htm|website=U.S. Department of State|accessdate=13 October 2015|archive-date=19 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019213504/https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2012/01/180166.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> | ||
| ==Formation== | ==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> | 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 |archive-date=26 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326190318/http://www.rudaw.net/english/world/4306.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
| ==Attacks== | ==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. In September 2010, two police officers were hurt by a failed suicide attack in ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions |url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/al-qaeda-kurdish-battalions |publisher=Stanford - CISAC |accessdate=13 June 2019}}</ref> | 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. In September 2010, two police officers were hurt by a failed suicide attack in ].<ref>{{cite web |title=Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions |url=https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/al-qaeda-kurdish-battalions |publisher=Stanford - CISAC |accessdate=13 June 2019 |archive-date=9 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609140636/https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/al-qaeda-kurdish-battalions |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 18 August 2021
Militant Islamist organization
| al-Qaeda's Kurdish Battalions | |
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 The Shahada flag commonly used by al-Qaeda. | |
| Leaders | Dilshad Kalari (Unknown to Unknown): Very little is known about Kalari although some sources believe him to be the operational leader of AQKB. Abdullah Hassan al-Surani (2007 to Unknown): Surani has released public statements of behalf of AQKB and is believed to be the group’s official spokesman. |
| Dates of operation | March 2007–present |
| Headquarters | Mountains of Kurdistan |
| Ideology | |
| Part of | al-Qaeda |
| Allies |
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| Opponents | State opponents
Non-state opponents |
| Battles and wars | the Iraq War and the Global War on Terrorism |
| Designated as a terrorist group by |  United States |
al-Qaeda's Kurdish Battalions (AQKB) is a militant Islamist organization, primarily active in the northern Iran–Iraq border. It is the Kurdish branch of al-Qaeda that has launched several attacks on the Kurdistan Regional Government in northern Iraq. The group was classified as a terrorist organization by the US State Department on January 1, 2012.
Formation
AQKB was founded in 2007, after the apparent disbandment of Ansar al-Islam, another al-Qaeda-affiliated group. The group is considered to be relatively small, but it has camps in the Iranian towns of Mariwan and Sanandaj.
Attacks
The group has launched several attacks, including its largest one being against KRG's Ministry of Interior in Erbil that killed 19 people in May 2007. AQKB killed 7 border guards and one PUK security officer in Penjwan in July 2007. In September 2010, two police officers were hurt by a failed suicide attack in Sulaymaniyah.
References
- "Mapping Militant Organizations, Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- "Mapping Militant Organizations, Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Archived from the original on 18 November 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- Hudson, Valerie (30 June 2015). The Hillary Doctrine. Columbia University. p. 154. ISBN 9780231539104. Archived from the original on 20 October 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2016.
- "ISI Confirms That Jabhat Al-Nusra Is Its Extension in Syria, Declares 'Islamic State of Iraq And Al-Sham' As New Name of Merged Group". MEMRI. 8 April 2013. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- "Terrorist Designation of the al-Qaida Kurdish Battalions". U.S. Department of State. Archived from the original on 19 October 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
- ^ "Rudaw in English The Happening: Latest News and Multimedia about Kurdistan, Iraq and the World - US Designates Kurdish Group Terrorists". Rudaw.net. 15 January 2012. Archived from the original on 26 March 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
- "Al Qaeda Kurdish Battalions". Stanford - CISAC. Archived from the original on 9 June 2019. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
