The Black Banner Organization is an Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

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Guerrilla warfare

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 organization battling multinational troops in Iraq. The organization's ideology appears to be radical Sunni Islamism

Islamism

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Organization

Black Banners has been identified as the armed battalion of the Secret Islamic Army. The group's leader has been identified as Omar Hadid, an Iraqi who is believed to have international militant Islamist links.
A large share of its membership is believed to be composed of non-Iraqi fighters, especially from Syria.

This group is an active member of the Iraqi insurgency

Iraqi insurgency

The Iraqi Resistance is composed of a diverse mix of militias, foreign fighters, all-Iraqi units or mixtures opposing the United States-led multinational force in Iraq and the post-2003 Iraqi government...

, sharing joint control of Falluja with other militant groups, where it imposes strict Sharia

Sharia

Sharia law, is the moral code and religious law of Islam. Sharia is derived from two primary sources of Islamic law: the precepts set forth in the Quran, and the example set by the Islamic prophet Muhammad in the Sunnah. Fiqh jurisprudence interprets and extends the application of sharia to...

law, and responsible for a number of kidnappings. This includes the abduction of three Indians, two Kenyans, and an Egyptian working for a Kuwaiti company operating in Iraq. The aim was to compel the company to stop its activities in Iraq. The hostages were later released.

Attacks against

Coalition military officials believe that a campaign of airstrikes against insurgent safehouses and positions in Fallujah has seriously disrupted the network of the Black Banner Organization. Omar Hadid is said to have narrowly avoided capture by U.S. forces twice.

Sources

• http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3713614.stm
• http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20040722-084908-1295r
• http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/irq/irq_83_1_eng.txt
• http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/international/middleeast/27marines.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5094&en=c904464482078c63&hp&ex=1098936000&partner=homepage
• http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002097538_realboss22.html