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Badr Organization

Badr Organization
منظمة بدر
Leader Hadi Al-Amiri
Founder Ayatollah Sayyed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim
Founded 1982–2003 (1982–2003) as a militia of the ISCI
2003–present as a political movement
Ideology Shia Islamism
Religion Shi'a Islam
National affiliation National Iraqi Alliance
Seats in the Council of Representatives of Iraq:
22 / 325
Website
http://www.almejlis.org/ (Arabic)
Badr Organization
Participant in the Iraq War
Badr Organisation Military flag.svg
Flag of the Badr Organisation Military Wing
Active 1982–2003 (officially)
Groups Al-Hakeem
Leaders Hadi Al-Amiri
Headquarters Najaf, Iraq
Area of operations Baghdad and Southern Iraq
Strength 10,000-15,000
Part of Popular Mobilization Forces
Opponents Ba'ath Party
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Battles and wars

Iran–Iraq War
1991 uprisings in Iraq

Iraqi Kurdish Civil War
Iraq War

Iraqi Civil War (2014–present)


The Badr Organization (Arabic: منظمة بدر‎‎ Munaẓẓama Badr), previously known as the Badr Brigades or Badr Corps, is an Iraqi political party headed by Hadi Al-Amiri. The Badr Brigade was the Iran-officered military wing of the Iran-based Shia Islamic party, Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq (SCIRI), formed in 1982. Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq most of Badr's fighters have entered the new Iraqi army and police force. Politically, Badr Brigade and SCIRI were considered to be one party since 2003, but have now unofficially separated with the Badr Organization now an official Iraqi political party. Badr Brigade forces, and their Iranian commanders, have come to prominence in 2014 fighting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) in Iraq. It is a part of the Popular Mobilization Forces.

The organization was formed in Iran in 1982 as the military wing of the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq. It was based in Iran for two decades during the rule of Saddam Hussein and led by Iranian officers. It consisted of several thousand Iraqi exiles, refugees, and defectors who fought alongside Iranian troops in the Iran–Iraq War. The group was armed and directed by Iran.

They briefly returned to Iraq in 1991 during the 1991 Iraqi uprising to fight against Saddam Hussein, focusing on the Shia holy cities of Najaf and Karbala. They retreated back into Iran after the uprising was crushed.

In 1995, during the Kurdish Civil War, Iran deployed 5,000 Badr fighters to Iraqi Kurdistan.


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