Jaish al-Rashideen
| Jaish al-Rashideen Army of the Guides |
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جيش الراشدين Participant in Iraq War |
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| Active | 2003–2008, 2013 - present |
| Ideology |
Sunni Islamism Anti-Coalition |
| Part of | Jihad and Reform Front |
| Opponents |
 Iraqi security forces
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| Battles and wars |
Iraqi insurgency Anbar campaign (2013–14) |
The Jaish al-Rashideen (English: "Army of the Guides") group is a Sunni Iraqi terrorist group resisting against the American occupation of Iraq, taking part in many guerrilla attacks against coalition forces. The group has been operating in Iraq since the middle of 2003. Since then the group has carried out multiple attacks against coalition forces, using IEDs, and firing rockets and mortar bombs.
The group's goals are to end the presence of US troops in the country, and the departure of all other coalition forces in the country. The group was suspected to have joined the Mujahideen Shura Council, but so far no conclusive evidence have pointed to a connection.
On September 7, 2007 eight insurgency groups made a pact together and established a new umbrella group called Jihad and Reform Front". The groups are:
1. 1920 Revolution Brigade
2. Jaish al-Rashideen
3. Jaish al-Muslimeen
4. Islamic Movement of Iraq's Mujahideen
5. Jund al-Rahman
6. Saraya al-Dawa wa'l Ribaat
7. Empowerment Brigades
8. Battalions of Muhammed al-Fatih
Established at the first day of the occupation, and began to collect weapons from the former Iraqi Army military camps in the suburbs of Baghdad, the Army announced its existence at the same day when its fighters carried out an attack against a US occupation patrol after nine days of the occupation of Baghdad. Al-Rashideen Army battalions are located in different parts of Iraq, including the provinces of North and South.
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