AQI

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AQI is a former Iraqi Sunni extremist militant group that became a key precursor to the organization later known as ISIS.

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instanceOf Sunni extremist organization
militant group
militant leader
terrorist organization
alternativeName Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia
linked to: al-Qaeda in Iraq

Al-Qaida in Iraq
linked to: al-Qaeda in Iraq

Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn
causeOfDeath U.S. airstrike in Iraq
countryOfOperation Iraq
Jordan
Syria
dateFounded 2004
dateOfDeath 2006
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy Canada
European Union
United Kingdom
United Nations
United States
foundedBy Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
fullName Al-Qaeda in Iraq
linked to: al-Qaeda in Iraq
goal establish an Islamic state in Iraq
expel U.S. and coalition forces from Iraq
overthrow Iraqi government
hasLeader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
ideology Salafi jihadism
keyPrecursorOf ISIS
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
lostLeader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
mergedInto Islamic State of Iraq
notableEvent 2003–2011 Iraq insurgency
2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing in Samarra
operationalFocus attacks against Iraqi government forces
insurgency against U.S.-led coalition in Iraq
sectarian attacks against Shia civilians
originatedFrom Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
partOf global al-Qaeda network
pledgedAllegianceTo Osama bin Laden
al-Qaeda central leadership
linked to: al-Qaeda
religion Sunni Islam
role founder of AQI
successor Islamic State of Iraq
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
timePeriodOfProminence mid-2000s
usedTactics beheadings
improvised explosive devices
kidnappings
suicide bombings
weakenedBy Sunni tribal Awakening movement in Iraq
linked to: Iraqi insurgency

U.S. counterinsurgency operations

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