al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers

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insurgent group jihadist militant group terrorist organization

Al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers is the former name of the jihadist militant group better known as al-Qaeda in Iraq, which later evolved into the organization now called ISIS.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers canonical	2
Organization of Jihad's Base in the Land of the Two Rivers	1
al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	insurgent group ⓘ jihadist militant group ⓘ terrorist organization ⓘ
activeInConflict	Iraq War ⓘ Iraqi insurgency ⓘ
alliedWith	local Sunni insurgent groups ⓘ
associatedWith	foreign fighters in Iraq ⓘ
countryOfOperation	Iraq ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ European Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
evolvedInto	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: ISIL ISIS ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State group al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq
goal	establishment of an Islamic state in Iraq ⓘ implementation of strict sharia law ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers ⓘ surface form: al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn ⓘ surface form: al-Qaida fi Bilad al-Rafidayn
hasFormerName	Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad ⓘ surface form: Jamaʿat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
hasSuccessor	ISIS ⓘ Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ
ideology	Salafi jihadism ⓘ
linkedTo	global jihadist movement ⓘ
opposes	Government of Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraqi government Shia Muslims in Iraq ⓘ United States military presence in Iraq ⓘ
partOf	al-Qaeda ⓘ surface form: al-Qaeda network
perpetrated	attacks on Iraqi civilians ⓘ attacks on coalition forces in Iraq ⓘ sectarian attacks against Shia targets ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Sunni-majority areas of Iraq ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
usedPropagandaMedium	internet statements ⓘ online videos ⓘ
usesTactic	guerrilla warfare ⓘ hostage taking ⓘ improvised explosive devices ⓘ kidnapping ⓘ suicide bombing ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

al-Qaeda in Iraq → alsoKnownAs → al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers ⓘ

al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers → hasAlternativeName → al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers ⓘ

this entity surface form: al-Qaeda in the Land of the Two Rivers

Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn → alsoKnownAs → al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers ⓘ

Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn → nameMeaning → al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers ⓘ

this entity surface form: Organization of Jihad's Base in the Land of the Two Rivers