Hamas of Iraq | |
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حماس العراق | |
Flag of Hamas of Iraq Logo of Hamas of Iraq | |
Foundation | 2007 |
Dates of operation | 18 March 2007 – 18 December 2011; still existed until 9 December 2017 |
Dissolved | 2017 |
Active regions | Central Iraq |
Ideology | Iraqi nationalism Sunni Islamism Anti-Imperialism Anti-West |
Part of | Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance |
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Battles and wars | Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) War in Iraq (2013-2017) |
Designated as a terrorist group by | ![]() |
Hamas of Iraq (Arabic: حماس العراق, romanized: Ḥamās al-'Irāq) was a Sunni militia group based in Iraq, which split from the 1920 Revolution Brigades on 18 March 2007.[3] The group claims to have released videos of its attack on US troops.[4] The 1920 Revolution Brigades insists that Hamas in Iraq was involved in assisting US troops in their Diyala operations against Al-Qaeda in Iraq.[5][6] former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had feared the US-armed 'concerned local citizens' were an armed Sunni opposition in the making, and has argued that such groups should be under the command of the Iraqi Army or police.[7] On October 11, 2007, the militia group joined a political council that embraced armed insurgency against American forces.[8]