Black Banner Organization

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{{Infobox militant organization

| name = Black Banner Organization

| native_name = تنظيم الراية السودة

| logo = Flag of Black Banner Organization.svg

| leader = Omar Hadid al Falluji

| ideology = Sunni islamism

| war = Iraqi Insurgency

}}

The Black Banner Organization (Arabic: تنظيم الراية السودة, Tandhīm Al Rāyah Al Sawdāh) was an Iraqi guerrilla organization that battled multinational troops in Iraq. The organization's ideology was believed to be radical Sunni Islamism.

Organization

Black Banners has been identified as the armed battalion of the Secret Islamic Army. The group's leader has been identified as Omar (variant: Umar) Hadid al-Falluji, an Iraqi who is believed to have international militant Islamist links. {{Cite web |last=KyleWOrton |date=2017-01-30 |title=The Leader of the Islamic State in the 2004 Fallujah Battles: Umar Hadid |url=https://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/30/the-leader-of-the-islamic-state-in-the-2004-fallujah-battles-umar-hadid/ |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=Kyle Orton's Blog |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Two locals were core of Fallujah insurgency |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6578062 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=NBC News |date=24 November 2004 |language=en}} Some U.S. and Iraqi officials believe Hadid was close to Jordanian terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, whose al-Qaida-linked movement allegedly used Fallujah as a headquarters.{{Cite web |title=Two locals were core of Fallujah insurgency |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna6578062 |access-date=2022-10-19 |website=NBC News |date=24 November 2004 |language=en}} A large share of its membership is believed to be composed of non-Iraqi fighters, especially from Syria.

This group was an active member of the Iraqi insurgency, sharing joint control of Falluja with other militant groups, where it imposed strict Sharia law, and was responsible for a number of kidnappings. This included the abduction of three Indians, two Kenyans, and an Egyptian working for a Kuwaiti company operating in Iraq in 2004.{{Cite web |last=MROUE |first=BASSEM |date=2004-09-05 |title=Iraqi militants seek religious edict on kidnapping |url=https://www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Iraqi-militants-seek-religious-edict-on-kidnapping-1665397.php |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Chron |language=en-US}} The aim was to compel the company to stop its activities in Iraq. The hostages were later released.

Attacks against

Coalition military officials believe that a campaign of airstrikes against insurgent safehouses and positions in Fallujah seriously disrupted the network of the Black Banner Organization. Omar Hadid is said to have narrowly avoided capture by U.S. forces twice.{{Cite web |last=KyleWOrton |date=2017-01-30 |title=The Leader of the Islamic State in the 2004 Fallujah Battles: Umar Hadid |url=https://kyleorton.co.uk/2017/01/30/the-leader-of-the-islamic-state-in-the-2004-fallujah-battles-umar-hadid/ |access-date=2023-01-04 |website=Kyle Orton's Blog |language=en}}

References

Sources

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3713614.stm
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040722-084908-1295r
http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/irq/irq_83_1_eng.txt
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/international/middleeast/27marines.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5094&en=c904464482078c63&hp&ex=1098936000&partner=homepage
https://web.archive.org/web/20090221182934/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002097538_realboss22.html

Category:Factions in the Iraq War

Category:Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)

Category:Jihadist groups in Iraq