Islamic International Brigade
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| Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade | |
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| Participant in the 1999 invasion of Dagestan | |
 Flag of the Majlis of Muslims of Ichkeria and Dagestan |
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| Active | 1998-1999 |
| Leaders | Ibn al-Khattab Shamil Basayev |
| Headquarters | Chechnya |
| Strength | Between 400 and 1,500[1][2] |
| Opponents | Russia |
The Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (also known as The Islamic International Brigade, the Islamic Peacekeeping Army, IIPB) was the name of an international unit of Islamic militants founded in 1998.
The unit was composed of between 400 to 1,500 militants, most of them Dagestanis (mainly Avars and Darginians), as well as Chechens, Arabs, Turks and other foreign fighters.[3][4][5]
Its Emirs (leaders) were the Arab Mujahid Ibn al-Khattab and Chechen Shamil Basayev, and was active in the War in Dagestan where many of its members were killed or captured by Russian forces. 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).
In 2003, IIPB was placed on the United States list of terrorist organizations.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade
- ^ CHECHNYA, WAHHABISM AND THE INVASION OF DAGESTAN
- ^ CHECHNYA, WAHHABISM AND THE INVASION OF DAGESTAN
- ^ The Wolves of Islam: Russia and the Faces of Chechen Terror by Paul Murphy
- ^ The Dagestan Provocation
- ^ The US list of Chechen terrorist organizations
