Islamic State of Iraq
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دولة العراق الإسلامية (Arabic) Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah Participant in the Iraq War, the Iraqi insurgency, and the Global War on Terrorism |
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| Active | 15 October 2006 – 8 April 2013 |
| Ideology |
Islamism Jihadism Takfirism Anti-Shia |
| Leaders |
Abu Ayyub al-Masri (2006–2010) † |
| Area of operations | Iraq |
| Part of |
 al-Qaeda
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| Originated as |
 al-Qaeda in IraqMujahideen Shura Council |
| Became |
 Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| Opponents |
 Multi-National Force – Iraq Republic of IraqKurdish and Shia militias Awakening Councils |
| Battles and wars |
Iraqi insurgency (2003–11) Iraqi insurgency (2011–13) |
Abu Ayyub al-Masri (2006–2010) †
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi (2010) †
The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI; Arabic: دولة العراق الإسلامية Dawlat al-ʿIrāq al-ʾIslāmiyyah) (commonly referred to as al-Qaeda in Iraq) was a militant Islamist group that aimed to establish an Islamic state in Sunni, Arab-majority areas of Iraq during the Iraq War. It was formed on 15 October 2006 from the merger of a number of Iraqi insurgent groups, including Al-Qaeda in Iraq and its Mujahideen Shura Council allies.
At their height in 2006–2008, ISI had military units or strongholds in Mosul and in the governorates of Baghdad, Al Anbar and Diyala, and they claimed Baqubah as their capital.
In April 2013, ISI transformed itself into the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL, ISIS, IS), which is still active today.
On 13 and 15 October 2006, messages on the Internet in the name of the Mujahideen Shura Council declared the establishment of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), which should encompass the governorates of Baghdad, Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Salaheddin, Niniveh and parts of Babel and Wasit – a swathe of central and western Iraq where most Sunni Arabs live.
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