High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ansar al-Sunnah or Jamaat Ansar al-Sunnah or Group of the Followers of Sunnah (faith) (Arabic: ????? ????? ??????), (formerly Jaish Ansar al-Sunna, or "Army of the Followers of the Sunna") is a terrorist salafi group in Iraq that is fighting the U.S.-led occupation and the elected government led by Nouri al-Maliki. The group is based in northern and central Iraq, and includes mostly Iraqi fighters. The group was founded in September 2003 as an umbrella organization for guerrillas, with former members of Ansar al-Islam, a radical Islamist organization with members currently residing in Iran after a 2003 joint operation by Iraqi and US forces forced them to flee Iraq. This date coincides with the first released message from the group stating their existence, on September 20. Their goal is to expel U.S. occupation forces from Iraq. Данное издание представляет собой компиляцию сведений, находящихся в свободном доступе в среде Интернет в целом, и...