Al-Qaeda in Iraq

al-Qaeda in Iraq or Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn () was a Salafi jihadist militant group affiliated with al-Qaeda. It was created on the 17 October 2004 and was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi and Abu Ayyub al-Masri until  it became the Islamic State of Iraq on the 15 October 2006.

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Category:Islamist militant groups