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Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade
Исламская международная миротворческая бригада
Leaders	Shamil Basayev Ibn al-Khattab Arbi Barayev Ramzan Akhmadov
Dates of operation	1998–2002
Headquarters	Grozny, Chechnya
Active regions	Chechnya Dagestan
Ideology	Islamic fundamentalism Separatism
Size	1,000–3,000
Part of	Congress of the Peoples of Ichkeria and Dagestan
Allies	Special Purpose Islamic Regiment
Opponents	Russia  Dagestan
Battles and wars	Chechen–Russian conflict War in Dagestan (main) Second Chechen War
Designated as a terrorist group by	Bahrain  Iraq  United States

The Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (Russian: Исламская международная миротворческая бригада; abbr. IIPB), also known as the Islamic International Brigade and the Islamic Peacekeeping Army, was the name of an international Islamist mujahideen organization founded in 1998. IIPB was designated a terrorist entity by the United States in February 2003.

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. 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).

References

1. ^ Chechnya, Wahhabism and the Invasion of Dagestan Archived 2011-05-31 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Bahrain Terrorist List (Individuals – entities)".
3. "Iraq Terrorist List" (PDF).
4. ^ "Chapter 2 – Country Reports: Europe and Eurasia Overview". 4 May 2007. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
5. "Terrorist Organization Profiles – Start – National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism". Archived from the original on 21 December 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
6. "Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (IIPB)". Retrieved 7 December 2014.
7. Kullberg, Anssi (6 Oct 2003). "The Background of Chechen Independence Movement V: The Dagestan Provocation". The Eurasian Politician. Retrieved 22 September 2016.

• Jihadist groups
• Organizations established in 1998
• Defunct organizations designated as terrorist
• Organizations designated as terrorist by Bahrain
• Organizations designated as terrorist by Iraq
• Islamic terrorism in Russia
• Moscow theater hostage crisis
• Second Chechen War
• Defunct Islamic organizations
• Pan-Islamism
• Organizations disestablished in 2002
• Islamic organizations established in 1998
• War in Dagestan (1999)