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Kata'ib Jund al-Imam
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Kata'ib Jund al-Imam (Arabic: كتائب جند الإمام; Soldiers of the Imam Battalion) is an Iraqi Shia militant organization and the sixth brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces.[4]
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History
The group was originally formed as a militia during the 1991 Iraqi uprisings with help from Iran.[5] The group came back to prominence after re-grouping in Iraq to fight against the Islamic State, one of the main motives for the re-grouping was the Camp Speicher massacre.[6]
In 2014, it participated in the liberation of Jurf Al Sakhar in helping take back control of the area from the Islamic State.[7]
In 2017, the group, along with six other groups, formed the Popular Mobilization Forces as an alliance group.[8]
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