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Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance المجلس السياسي للمقاومة العراقية | |
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| Founded | 11 October 2007 |
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| Ideology | Sunni Islamism Iraqi nationalism Anti-ISI Anti-Zionism |
| Seats in the Council of Representatives: | 0 / 328
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| Seats in the Governorate Councils: | 0 / 601
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Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance (PCIR), or the Political Council of Iraqi Resistance, is an Iraqi insurgent political coalition of six major Sunni militant groups operating inside Iraq. The formation of the umbrella organization was announced on October 11, 2007 by a group spokesman in a speech broadcast on the Arabic satellite channel Al Jazeera.[1] The announcement was also published on several jihadist websites.[2] The council's formation is unique in that it is one of the first times Iraq's Sunni insurgent groups have united in an attempt to form a political faction as opposed to a strictly militant one.[3]
- ^ "Iraqi fighters form political group". Al Jazeera English. 2007-10-13. Archived from the original on 2007-10-14. Retrieved 2021-03-12.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Insurgent Groups in Iraq Further Consolidate, Establishing the Political Council for the Iraqi Resistance Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine SITE Institute, October 11, 2007
- ^ Iraq Press Roundup Archived 2007-10-20 at the Wayback Machine United Press International, October 19, 2007