| Shield of Islam Brigade | |
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| لواء درع الإسلام | |
| Dates of operation | 2005–2011 |
| Dissolved | 2011 |
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| Battles and wars | Iraqi insurgency |
Shield of Islam Brigade (Arabic:لواء درع الإسلام,romanized: Liwāʼ Dirʻ al-Islām) was a small and mostly unknown insurgent group during theIraq War.[2][3]
During the group's active times, Shield of Islam Brigade usedsniping tactics during theIraq Insurgency, they also mostly assassinated people at checkpoints.[4] The group would rarely get any prominence from any other group during the insurgency.[3] They also would do smallfront-line attacks onIraqi andU.S. military check points.[2] Even though the group wouldn't get prominence from other insurgent groups, they did receivearms andally-ship withAl-Qaeda in Iraq.[5][3]
Shield of Islam Brigade posted videos of them assassinating people and uploaded it ontoJihadist forums.[4][6]
