Islamic State of Iraq

The Islamic State of Iraq (ISI, ), is an umbrella organization of a number Iraqi insurgency groups established on October 15 2006.Its formative body referred to itself as the Hilf al-Mutayyibin or "Pact of the Perfumed" in reference to a treaty described by the Prophet Muhammad in a hadith. ft.com, 2006-10-15. Retrieved 2010-11-07. Registration required.The group is composed of and supported by a variety of insurgency groups, including its predecessor, the Mujahideen Shura Council, Al-Qaeda, Jeish al-Fatiheen, Jund al-Sahaba, Katbiyan Ansar Al-Tawhid wal Sunnah, Jeish al-Taiifa al-Mansoura, etc, and other clans whose population is of Sunni faith.It aims to establish a caliphate in the Sunni dominated regions of Iraq.

It claims a presence in the governorates of Baghdad, Al Anbar, Diyala, Kirkuk, Salah ad Din, Ninawa, and parts of Babil and Wasit, etc. It initially claimed Baqubah as its capital. Washington Post, 2006-SEP-10. Washington Post, 2006-11-28

2007 events

Between late 2006 and May 2007, the ISI brought the Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad under its control. Numerous Christian families left, unwilling to pay the Jizya tax. US efforts to drive out the ISI presence stalled in late June, 2007, despite the walling-off of streets and the use of......
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