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Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
Jama'at al-Tawhid wal Jihad members with Jack Hensley and with the banner in the background.
LeadersAbu Musab al-Zarqawi
Dates of operation2003-2004
Active regionsIraq, Jordan
OpponentsMultinational force in Iraq,
Iraq (Iraqi Security Forces, Kurdish and Shia militias,
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Battles and warsIraqi insurgency
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Same group, same banner this time with Eugene Armstrong in orange, seated, before his decapitation.
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Jama'at al-Tawhid wa'l Jihad members with Kim Sun-il giving Korea 24 hours to withdraw Korean troops out of Iraq.

Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad (Template:Lang-ar, Unification (Monotheism) and the Holy Struggle Group) was a radical Salafi militant group in the Sunni Iraqi insurgency which was led by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

This group's name, which is usually abbreviated as JTJ or shortened to Tawhid wal-Jihad or Tawhid al-Jihad (or just Tawhid), purposely contrasted the strict monotheism of Islam with the "God in three persons" of the Christian Trinity, which it saw as polytheism.

In 2004, following the October 17 2004 Zarqawi's pledge of allegiance to Osama bin Laden's al-Qaeda network, the group became known as al-Qaeda in Iraq (official name Tanzim Qai'dat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn).

Tactics

JTJ differed from other Iraqi insurgent groups considerably in its tactics. Rather than just using conventional weapons and guerrilla tactics, it has relied heavily on suicide bombings, mostly with vehicles, targeting a wide variety of groups but most especially Iraqi civilians, Iraqi security forcesand those facilitating the occupation. U.S and coalition forces, the United Nations, foreign civilians, humanitarian organizations, Iraqi Shiite and Kurdish political and religious figures, Iraqi police and security forces, and Iraqi interim officials have also been targeted.

Zarqawi's militants have been known to use a wide variety of other tactics, however, including targeted assassinations, kidnappings and beheadings, the planting of improvised explosive devices, mortar attacks, and beginning in a late June 2004 offensive urban guerilla-style attacks using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms.

JTJ cites various texts from the Qur'an and the Sunnah (traditions) of the prophet Muhammad that they perceive to support their tactics. They refer to the tradition of the prophet Muhammad where he said to the people of Makkah when conquering them, "By the one in whose hand the soul of Muhammad is in, I came to you with slaughter" narrated in the books of Hadith (traditions) including, Musnad Imam Ahmad, Saheeh Al Muslim and others. They also quote the prophet Muhammad saying, "Whoever slaughters a non-Muslim (at war with Islam, i.e. those perceived to be 'enemy occupiers') sincerely for the sake of Allah, Allah will make hellfire prohibited upon him." as well as many verses of the Qur'an calling Muslims to fight invading non-muslims and even behead them, such where Allah says in the Qur'an, "when you meet the non-muslim (enemies in battle) strike their necks."

Activities

TWJ was blamed for some of the biggest early insurgent attacks, including:

TWJ claimed credit for a number of attacks targeting Coalition and Iraqi forces including the October 2004 massacre of 49 unarmed, out-of-uniform Iraqi National Guard recruits.

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