Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade
{{Short description|Islamist militant organization in southwestern Russia from 1998 to 2002}}
{{Infobox war faction
| name = Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade
| native_name = Исламская международная миротворческая бригада
| native_name_lang = ru
| war = War in Dagestan
| image = 200px
| caption =
| active = 1998–2002
| ideology = Islamic fundamentalism
Separatism
| position =
| leaders = Shamil Basayev
Ibn al-Khattab
Arbi Barayev
Ramzan Akhmadov
| clans =
| headquarters = Grozny, Chechnya
| partof = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Majlis of Muslims of Ichkeria and Dagestan.png}} Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan
| predecessor =
| successor =
| allies = File:Chechen Special Purpose Islamic Regiment symbol.png Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
| split =
| opponents = {{flag|Russia}}
- {{flag|Dagestan}}
| battles = Chechen–Russian conflict
| website =
| designated_as_terror_group_by = {{BHR}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.mofa.gov.bh/Default.aspx?tabid=12342&language=en-US|title=Bahrain Terrorist List (Individuals – entities)}}
{{IRQ}}{{Cite web|url=https://moj.gov.iq/upload/pdf/4580.pdf|title=Iraq Terrorist List}}
{{USA}}
}}
The Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade ({{langx|ru|Исламская международная миротворческая бригада}}; {{Small|abbr.}} IIPB), also known as the Islamic International Brigade and the Islamic Peacekeeping Army, was the name of an international Islamist mujahideen organization{{cite web|url=http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4357|title=Terrorist Organization Profiles – Start – National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism|access-date=7 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221123515/http://start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4357|archive-date=21 December 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/iipb.htm|title=Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (IIPB)|access-date=7 December 2014}} founded in 1998. IIPB was designated a terrorist entity by the United States in February 2003.{{cite web|url=https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/ct/rls/crt/2006/82732.htm |title=Chapter 2 – Country Reports: Europe and Eurasia Overview |date=4 May 2007 |access-date=22 September 2016 }}
History
The unit was composed of between 400 and 1,500 militants, most of them Dagestanis (mainly Avars and Darginians), as well as Chechens, Arabs, Turks and other foreign fighters.{{cite web|url=http://users.jyu.fi/~aphamala/pe/2003/tsets-5.htm |work=The Eurasian Politician |first1=Anssi |last1=Kullberg |date=6 Oct 2003 |title=The Background of Chechen Independence Movement V: The Dagestan Provocation|access-date=22 September 2016}} Its Emirs were Ibn al-Khattab, Shamil Basayev who fought during the War in Dagestan. Many of the group's members were killed or captured by Russian forces. They gained notoriety during their involvement in the Tukhchar massacre where they executed six Russian POWs on tape, all of which were members of the Russian Interior Troops. Most of its remaining members fought in the Second Chechen War, in which its former leaders died (Khattab in March 2002 and Basayev in July 2006).
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Category:Organizations established in 1998
Category:Defunct organizations designated as terrorist
Category:Organizations designated as terrorist by Bahrain
Category:Organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq
Category:Islamic terrorism in Russia
Category:Moscow theater hostage crisis
Category:Defunct Islamic organizations
Category:Organizations disestablished in 2002