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Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation

The Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation (a.k.a. Supreme Council of Jihad and Liberation or SCJL or Ba'athist Loyalists) is an Iraqi front comprising some 23 militia groups formed in October 2007 and were led by former Iraqi vice president and deputy chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri. The name is also often used to refer to the largest militia in the front, the Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order (also known by its Arabic initials JRTN), which was commanded by Douri himself.[1]

Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation

Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri

3 October 2007 – 18 December 2011

Iraq, Sunni Triangle

Ba'athism
Iraqi nationalism
Arab socialism

1,000+

Naqshbandi Army
MCIR
Free Iraqi Army
Anbar Tribal Councils

Iraq Republic of Iraq

Kurdistan Region Kurdistan Regional Government

Iran Iran

Syria Syria

ISIL

Iraqi insurgency (2003–11)
Civil war in Iraq (2006–07)
Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)

The formation of the coalition was announced on 3 October 2007 in a videotaped message broadcast on the Arab satellite television channel Al Arabiya and in a statement posted on a Ba'athist website.[2]

Lieutenant General 'Amir Muhammad Amin (Deputy Supreme Commander for Military Affairs)

Shaykh 'Ali 'Abdallah al-'Ubaydi (Head of Religious Consultation Body)

General Khalid Sulayman Khalaf (Head of National Security Board)

Lieutenant General Muhammad Salig 'Alwan (Head of Board for Administrative and Financial Affairs)

General Salah ad-Din Ahmad (Head of Board for Information and Mobilization)

Dr. Kan'an Amin (Official Spokesman)

In addition to naming ad-Douri head of the group, the Supreme Command for Jihad and Liberation also appointed several others to its general staff:[4]

List of armed groups in the Iraqi Civil War

Reuters, 3 October 2007

Iraq insurgents form front under ex-Saddam aide: TV

on the START terrorism database.

Attacks attributed to the SCJL