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| Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah جيش الطائفة المنصورة | |
|---|---|
| Leaders | Abu Omar al-Baghdadi †[1] |
| Dates of operation | 2004 – 16 October 2006 |
| Active regions | Iraq |
| Ideology | Salafist jihadism Anti-Shi'ism |
| Part of |  MSC(from 15 January 2006) |
| Opponents |  Iraq United States Mahdi Army Iraqi KurdistanIslamic Army of Iraq |
| Battles and wars | Iraq War |
Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah (Arabic:جيش الطائفة المنصورة,romanized: Army of the Victorious Sect) was an IraqiSalafi-jihadist insurgent group that fought against US troops and their local allies during theIraq War. In 2006 the group aligned itself withal-Qaeda and helped establish theMujahideen Shura Council.
The group was founded byAbu Omar al-Baghdadi with the support ofAbu Musab al-Zarqawi, but exactly when is uncertain.
In May 2004, Jaish al-Taif al-Mansour kidnapped Interenergoservice workers Alexander Gordienko and Andrei Meshcherakov[2] and demanded the withdrawal of foreign forces from Iraq.
This group gained notoriety on August 31, 2005,[3] thanks to the mortar shelling near the Al-Aim Bridge over the Tigris River, across which a Shia procession marched to the tomb of Imam Musa al-Kazim. As a result of the bombing, 7 people were killed and 35 injured,[4] and another 935-1033 people died and 322-815 were injured in the ensuing stamped on the bridge in what became known as the2005 Al-Aimmah Bridge disaster.
On January 15, 2006, an organization known as theMujahideen Shura Council in Iraq announced its establishment. Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah has been declared one of its constituent groups, along withal-Qaeda in Iraq, the Monotheism Brigades, the Sarai al-Jihad group, the al-Ghurab Brigades and the al-Ahwal Brigades.
