Islamic International Brigade

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Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade
Participant in the 1999 invasion of Dagestan
Flag of the Majlis of Muslims of Ichkeria and Dagestan
Active	1998-1999
Leaders	Ibn al-Khattab Shamil Basayev
Headquarters	Chechnya
Strength	Between 1,000 and 3,000^[1]^[2]
Opponents	Russian Federation

The Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade (IIPB), also known as The Islamic International Brigade, the Islamic Peacekeeping Army, was the name of an international Islamist mujahideen military organization,^[3]^[4]^[5] founded in 1998.

History

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.^[2]^[6]^[7]

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).

References

↑ Islamic International Peacekeeping Brigade
↑ 2.0 2.1 CHECHNYA, WAHHABISM AND THE INVASION OF DAGESTAN
↑ http://www.start.umd.edu/start/data_collections/tops/terrorist_organization_profile.asp?id=4357
↑ http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/iipb.htm
↑ http://www.trackingterrorism.org/group/islamic-international-peacekeeping-brigade
↑ The Wolves of Islam: Russia and the Faces of Chechen Terror by Paul Murphy
↑ The Dagestan Provocation

Chechen–Russian conflict

Key events	Conflict	Federalists	Separatists	Mujahideen

Wars First Chechen War War of Dagestan Second Chechen War War in Ingushetia Insurgency since 2009 First Chechen War (1994–96) 1994 Grozny 1994 Khankala 1994–95 Grozny 1996 Shatoy 1996 Grozny 1996 Khasavyurt Accord Second Chechen War (1999–2009) 1999 bombing campaign 1999–2000 Grozny 2000 Height 766 2000 Komsomolskoye 2000 Zhani-Vedeno 2002 Mi-26 shootdown Guerrilla phase 2004 Nazran raid 2004 Grozny raid 2005 Nalchik raid Counter-insurgency operations	Major attacks 1995 Budyonnovsk 1996 ferry seizure 1996 Kizlyar 1999 apartment bombings 2002 Moscow theater 2002 Grozny truck bombing 2004 aircraft bombings 2004 Beslan school Related topics Censorship of Chechnya coverage Crimes and terrorism Mass graves Suicide attacks Assassinations Casualties (Second Chechen War) Aircraft losses International response Politics of Chechnya Chechenpress Kavkaz Center	Combatants Russian Federation Russian Army Ground Forces Internal Affairs OMON · ODON · Internal Troops Federal Security (FSB) Military Intelligence (GRU) Special Forces (Spetsnaz) Republic of Chechnya Militia (Kadyrovtsy) Leaders Russian Federation Boris Yeltsin Vladimir Putin Chechnya † Akhmad Kadyrov Alu Alkhanov Ramzan Kadyrov † Sulim Yamadayev † Dzhabrail Yamadayev † Ruslan Yamadayev	Combatants Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Leaders † Dzhokhar Dudayev † Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev † Aslan Maskhadov † Abdul-Halim Sadulayev † Ruslan Gelayev † Shamil Basayev † Arbi Barayev † Salman Raduyev Akhmed Zakayev † Turpal-Ali Atgeriyev † Vakha Arsanov Ilyas Akhmadov † Movsar Barayev † Muslim Atayev † Rasul Makasharipov † Ilias Gorchkhanov † Rappani Khalilov	Combatants Caucasus Emirate Foreign Mujahideen Caucasus Front Riyad-us Saliheen Brigade Islamic International Brigade Leaders Dokka Umarov Aslambek Vadalov (POW) Akhmed Yevloyev † Anzor Astemirov † Supyan Abdullayev Aslan Byutukayev Movladi Udugov † Khuseyn Gakayev Tarkhan Gaziyev † Said Buryatsky † Magomed Vagabov † Asker Dzhappuyev † Ibn al-Khattab † Abu al-Walid † Abu Hafs al-Urduni † Muhannad † Abdulla Kurd

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