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Ansar al Islam

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Noun1.Ansar al Islam - a radical Islamic group of terrorists in the Iraqi part of Kurdistan who oppose an independent secular nation as advocated by the United States; some members fought with the Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan; said to receive financial support from Saddam Hussein
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
Al-Iraq, Irak, Iraq, Republic of Iraq - a republic in the Middle East in western Asia; the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia was in the area now known as Iraq


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Spain detains rebel suspect Spain has detained for further questioning a Moroccan suspected member of the extremist Ansar Al Islam group believed to have played a role in sending extremist fighters to Iraq, judicial sources said July 1.
In its inaugural declaration on the internet in September 2003, five months after Saddam's Baathist regime was overthrown, Ansar Al Sunnah indicated that it was made up of veteran jihadists who had fought elsewhere; former members of Ansar Al Islam (Defenders of Islam), a Kurdish Islamist organisation formed on 10 December 2001 from which the new group had splintered; and newly recruited Iraqi Sunnis opposed to the US-led occupation, all committed to an Islamic state.
US forces last night claimed to have destroyed a terror camp used by the Ansar al Islam group - Victory of Islam - in the north east mountains of Iraq.
 
 
 
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