Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah

Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah
جيش الطائفة المنصورة
Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah; جيش الطائفة المنصورة
Leaders	Abu Omar al-Baghdadi †
Dates of operation	May? 2004 – 16 October 2006
Active regions	Iraq
Ideology	Salafist jihadism; Anti-Shi'ism
Part of	MSC; (from 15 January 2006)
Opponents	Iraq; United States; Mahdi Army; Iraqi Kurdistan; Islamic Army of Iraq
Battles and wars	Iraq War Iraq Spring Fighting of 2004; Islamic Army–Al-Qaeda conflict; Sectarian violence in Iraq (2006–2008);

Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah (Arabic: جيش الطائفة المنصورة, romanized: Army of the Victorious Ta'ifa) was an Iraqi Salafi-jihadist insurgent group that fought against US troops and their local allies during the Iraq War. In 2006 the group aligned itself with al-Qaeda and helped establish the Mujahideen Shura Council.

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