Kurdistan Islamist Conflict

Kurdish Islamist Conflict
Part of The Iraqi no-fly zones conflict and the Iraq War
Iraqi Kurdistan 2003
Date September 2001 – March 2003 Location Iraqi Kurdistan Result Kurdish victory, Islamists flee south and join the Iraqi Insurgency
Belligerents
Ansar al-Islam Kurdistan Islamic Group Kurdistan Islamic Movement al-Qaeda	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Kurdistan Democratic Party United States United States Army
Commanders and leaders
Mullah Krekar Mullah Ali Bapir Abu Abdullah al-Shafi'i	Jalal Talabani Massoud Barzani Tommy Franks
Strength
Ansar al-Islam: 700-1000 fighters IUM: 40 fighters	KDP and PUK: 70,000 ~40 Americans
Casualties and losses
200+ killed	Unknown, at least 45 killed and 93 wounded

Patriotic Union of Kurdistan
Kurdistan Democratic Party
United States

The Kurdistan Islamist conflict was a military conflict in Iraqi Kurdistan between the Islamist militant group Ansar al-Islam and the two main Kurdish parties; the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan. The conflict began in 2001, but subsequently merged with the larger 2003 invasion of Iraq, which led to the defeat of Ansar al-Islam. After the invasion, Ansar al-Islam continued a low level terrorist insurgency against the Kurdish Democratic Party and the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan.

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