Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn

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insurgent group jihadist militant organization terrorist organization

Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn is a jihadist militant organization better known as al-Qaeda in Iraq, which waged an insurgency against U.S.-led coalition forces and the Iraqi government after the 2003 invasion.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn canonical	1
al-Qaida fi Bilad al-Rafidayn	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	insurgent group ⓘ jihadist militant organization ⓘ terrorist organization ⓘ
activePeriodStart	2004 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AQI ⓘ al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ surface form: al-Qaida in Mesopotamia al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers ⓘ
areaOfOperations	Sunni-majority areas of Iraq ⓘ
conflict	Iraq War ⓘ Iraqi insurgency after 2003 invasion ⓘ
countryOfOperation	Iraq ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy	Australia ⓘ Canada ⓘ European Union ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United Nations ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dissolvedInto	al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq
foundedBy	Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ⓘ
goal	establish an Islamic state in Iraq ⓘ expel U.S.-led coalition forces from Iraq ⓘ overthrow Iraqi government ⓘ
ideology	Salafi jihadism ⓘ
languageOfName	Arabic ⓘ
leader	Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ⓘ
mergedInto	Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq
nameMeaning	al-Qaida in the Land of the Two Rivers ⓘ surface form: Organization of Jihad's Base in the Land of the Two Rivers
notableEvent	involvement in 2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing in Samarra ⓘ
opposedTo	Government of Iraq ⓘ surface form: Iraqi government Multinational force in Iraq ⓘ surface form: U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	al-Qaeda ⓘ surface form: al-Qaeda network global jihadist movement ⓘ
pledgedAllegianceTo	Osama bin Laden ⓘ al-Qaeda ⓘ surface form: al-Qaeda central leadership
regionNameRefersTo	Mesopotamia ⓘ
religion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
successor	al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ surface form: Islamic State of Iraq
targeted	Iraqi government officials ⓘ Iraqi Security Forces ⓘ surface form: Iraqi security forces Shia civilians in Iraq ⓘ U.S. military forces in Iraq ⓘ
usedTactic	beheadings ⓘ car bombings ⓘ kidnappings ⓘ suicide bombings ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

al-Qaeda in Iraq → alsoKnownAs → Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn ⓘ

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

this entity surface form: al-Qaida fi Bilad al-Rafidayn