Promised Day Brigades
| Promised Day Brigade (PDB) | |
|---|---|
| Participant in the Iraq War | |
Flag of the Promised Day Brigade
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| Active | November 2008 – June 2014 |
| Leaders | Muqtada al-Sadr |
| Headquarters | Sadr City, Baghdad |
| Area of operations | Iraq and Syria |
| Strength |
15,000 (2008) 5,000 (2011) |
| Part of |
 Special Groups
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| Originated as | Mahdi Army |
| Became | Peace Companies |
| Allies |
Other Special Groups
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| Opponents |
 United States-Iraq MNF–I Free Syrian Army Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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| Battles and wars |
Iraq War Syrian Civil War |
15,000 (2008)
Syria
Iran
Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
Kata'ib Hezbollah
The Promised Day Brigade (PDB) (Arabic: لواء اليوم الموعود Liwa al-Youm al-Mawud), originally called the Muqawimun (Arabic: المقاومون; Resisters) was a Shi'a organization and was an insurgent group operating in Iraq during the war. In 2010 it was one of the largest and most powerful of what the US military call "Special Groups" in Iraq. The group was created as successor to Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army, which was Iraq's largest Shi'a militia until its disbanding in 2008, he also called on other Special Groups to join the brigade. Sadr had earlier already talked about the creation of a smaller guerrilla unit which would continue the Mahdi Army's armed activities but for the first time gave the organisation a name in November 2008 when he declared the creation of the Promised Day Brigade. Its activities have particularly increased since May 2009. The group is alleged to receive Iranian support. A crackdown against the group in end 2009 led to the arrest of 18 of its members including several commanders. On November 29, 2009, the group's Basra leader was arrested in al-Amarah.
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