Shield of Islam Brigade
{{Short description|Iraqi Militant Group}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox militant organization
| name = Shield of Islam Brigade
| native_name = لواء درع الإسلام
| native_name_lang = ar
| logo =
| active = 2005–2011
| dissolved = 2011
| ideology = * Jihadism
| allies = * Al-Qaeda in Iraq{{Cite journal |date=February 15, 2009 |title=Terrorist, Insurgent & Militant Group Logo Recognition Guide |url=https://faculty.uml.edu/jyurcak/44.248/ADMIN/US%20Army%20TRADOC%20Terrorist%20Insurgent%20and%20Militant%20Group%20Logo%20Recognition%20Guide%2015%20Feb%2009.pdf |url-status=live |journal=TRISA Handbook |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=90 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127043146/https://faculty.uml.edu/jyurcak/44.248/ADMIN/US%20Army%20TRADOC%20Terrorist%20Insurgent%20and%20Militant%20Group%20Logo%20Recognition%20Guide%2015%20Feb%2009.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-27 |access-date=2022-11-26 |via=University of Massachusetts Lowell}}
| opponents = * United States of America
- Iraq
| battles = Iraqi insurgency
}}
Shield of Islam Brigade ({{Langx|ar|لواء درع الإسلام|translit=Liwāʼ Dirʻ al-Islām}}) was a small and mostly unknown insurgent group during the Iraq War.{{Cite web |last= |date=August 14, 2008 |title=Iraqi Insurgent Factions Launch Military Campaigns |url=https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/site-intel-group-8-14-08-iraqi-groups-new-campaigns.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126011720/https://ent.siteintelgroup.com/site-intel-group-8-14-08-iraqi-groups-new-campaigns.html |archive-date=2022-11-26 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=SITE Intelligence Group |language=en-gb}}
Iraq Insurgency
During the group's active times, Shield of Islam Brigade used sniping tactics during the Iraq Insurgency, they also mostly assassinated people at checkpoints.{{Cite web |title=Shield of Islam Brigade – Iraq |url=https://trackingterrorism.org/group/shield-islam-brigade-iraq/ |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126012732/https://trackingterrorism.org/group/shield-islam-brigade-iraq/ |archive-date=2022-11-26 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=TRAC |language=en-US}} The group would rarely get any prominence from any other group during the insurgency.{{Cite journal |last=Gabbay |first=Michael |year=2008 |title=Mapping the Factional Structure of the Sunni Insurgency in Iraq |url=https://ctc.westpoint.edu/mapping-the-factional-structure-of-the-sunni-insurgency-in-iraq/ |journal=CTC Sentinel |volume=1 |issue=4 |pages=3 |via=Combating Terrorism Center}} They also would do small front-line attacks on Iraqi and U.S. military check points. Even though the group wouldn't get prominence from other insurgent groups, they did receive arms and ally-ship with Al-Qaeda in Iraq.{{Cite journal |date=February 15, 2009 |title=Terrorist, Insurgent & Militant Group Logo Recognition Guide |url=https://faculty.uml.edu/jyurcak/44.248/ADMIN/US%20Army%20TRADOC%20Terrorist%20Insurgent%20and%20Militant%20Group%20Logo%20Recognition%20Guide%2015%20Feb%2009.pdf |url-status=live |journal=TRISA Handbook |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=90 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221127043146/https://faculty.uml.edu/jyurcak/44.248/ADMIN/US%20Army%20TRADOC%20Terrorist%20Insurgent%20and%20Militant%20Group%20Logo%20Recognition%20Guide%2015%20Feb%2009.pdf |archive-date=2022-11-27 |access-date=2022-11-26 |via=University of Massachusetts Lowell}}
Online presence
Shield of Islam Brigade posted videos of them assassinating people and uploaded it onto Jihadist forums.{{Cite web |date=June 23, 2008 |title=Sniper Attack Video By Shield Of Islam Brigade |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sniper-attack-video-by-shield-of-islam-brigade/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221126013451/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sniper-attack-video-by-shield-of-islam-brigade/ |archive-date=2022-11-26 |access-date=2022-11-26 |website=CBS |language=en-US}}
References
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{{Armed groups in the Iraqi conflict}}
{{Militant Islamism in the Middle East}}
Category:Jihadist groups in Iraq
Category:Organizations established in 2005
Category:Defunct organizations based in Iraq
Category:Islamic terrorism in Iraq
Category:Organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq
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