The Islamic Front for the Iraqi Resistance (Arabic: الجبهة الإسلامية للمقاومة العراقية - جامع, ''al-Jabha el-Islamiya lil-Moqawama al-Iraqiya'') abbreviated ''JAMI'', was a Sunni islamist insurgent group in Iraq, fighting the U.S.-led Coalition as a part of the

Iraqi Insurgency Iraqi insurgency may refer to: * Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011), part of the Iraq War ** Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006), 2003–2006 phase of the Iraqi insurgency ** Iraqi civil war (2006–2008), multi-sided civil war in Iraq * Iraqi insurgency (2 ...

. The group announced itself in around May 2004. The nationalist group has affirmed several times that it only focuses on fighting U.S. forces, not Iraqis. It is believed that JAMI has affiliations with the

Republican Guard A republican guard, sometimes called a national guard, is a state organization of a country (often a republic, hence the name ''Republican'') which typically serves to protect the head of state and the government, and thus is often synonymous wi ...

and that some of the JAMI members might be ex-members of the Iraqi Republican Guard. JAMI's field of operations stretches from

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

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and

Diyala Governorate Diyala Governorate ( ar, محافظة ديالى ) or Diyala Province is a governorate in central-eastern Iraq. Provincial government *Governor: Muthana al-Timimi *Deputy Governor: Mohammed Jassim al-Jubouri Council Geography Diyala Gov ...

. The group is believed to be of an ikhwan background, similar to the Islamic Resistance Movement.

External links

Website of JAMI (In Arabic)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Islamic Front For The Iraqi Resistance Arab militant groups Factions in the Iraq War Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) Islamist insurgent groups Muslim Brotherhood Rebel groups in Iraq