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In Iraq’s 2006 Sunni-Shiite civil war, 268 armed organizations fought. Some were born out of it, and some had been established before it erupted. Some of those organizations’ include the Mahdi Army, the Mukhtar Army, the Islamic Virtue Party, the League of the Guide, the Soldiers of Heaven, League of the Righteous, Harakat Thaer Allah (God’s Vengeance Movement), Lajna al-Qasas al Adel (Just Punishment Committee), the Jerusalem Forces, the Earthquake Brigade, the 1920 Revolution Brigade, the Organization of Monotheism and Jihad, Al-Qaeda, the Muhammad Army, the Assembly of the Helpers of Sunnah, the Jaish al Fatihin (Army of Conquerors), Ansar al-Sharia (Supporters of Shariaa), Kataeb Al-Haq Al-Mobin (The Revealed Right Brigade), Ansar Ibn Taymiyyah, the Army of Honor and Dignity, the Islamic Anger Brigade, the Omar Ibn Al-Khattab Army ...