AQI

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AQI is a former Iraqi Sunni extremist militant group that became a key precursor to the organization later known as ISIS.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Sunni extremist organization ⓘ
militant group ⓘ
militant leader ⓘ
terrorist organization ⓘ
alternativeName Al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaeda in Iraq

Al-Qaida in Iraq ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaeda in Iraq

Tanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn ⓘ
causeOfDeath U.S. airstrike in Iraq ⓘ
countryOfOperation Iraq ⓘ
Jordan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
dateFounded 2004 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2006 ⓘ
designatedAsTerroristOrganizationBy Canada ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
United States ⓘ
foundedBy Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ⓘ
fullName Al-Qaeda in Iraq ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaeda in Iraq
goal establish an Islamic state in Iraq ⓘ
expel U.S. and coalition forces from Iraq ⓘ
overthrow Iraqi government ⓘ
hasLeader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ⓘ
ideology Salafi jihadism ⓘ
keyPrecursorOf ISIS ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
lostLeader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi ⓘ
mergedInto Islamic State of Iraq ⓘ
notableEvent 2003–2011 Iraq insurgency ⓘ
2006 al-Askari Mosque bombing in Samarra ⓘ
operationalFocus attacks against Iraqi government forces ⓘ
insurgency against U.S.-led coalition in Iraq ⓘ
sectarian attacks against Shia civilians ⓘ
originatedFrom Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad ⓘ
partOf global al-Qaeda network ⓘ
pledgedAllegianceTo Osama bin Laden ⓘ
al-Qaeda central leadership ⓘ
linked to: al-Qaeda
religion Sunni Islam ⓘ
role founder of AQI ⓘ
successor Islamic State of Iraq ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence mid-2000s ⓘ
usedTactics beheadings ⓘ
improvised explosive devices ⓘ
kidnappings ⓘ
suicide bombings ⓘ
weakenedBy Sunni tribal Awakening movement in Iraq ⓘ
linked to: Iraqi insurgency

U.S. counterinsurgency operations ⓘ

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