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  • He split with the other leader Fazlur Rehman Khalil and set up another militia which he called Jaish-e Muhammad.

    Rulers Responsible For Creation of Terrorists 2007

  • The Mahdi Army - a Shia militia loyal to the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and also known under the name Jaish al-Mahdi (or JAM) - was heavily involved in the insurgency that erupted after the 2003 U. S.-led invasion of Iraq.

    NY Daily News 2010

  • The Mahdi Army - a Shia militia loyal to the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and also known under the name Jaish al-Mahdi (or JAM) - was heavily involved in the insurgency that erupted after the 2003 U. S.-led invasion of Iraq.

    The Daily News - News 2010

  • The Mahdi Army - a Shia militia loyal to the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and also known under the name Jaish al-Mahdi (or JAM) - was heavily involved in the insurgency that erupted after the 2003 U. S.-led invasion of Iraq.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • The Mahdi Army - a Shia militia loyal to the radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and also known under the name Jaish al-Mahdi (or JAM) - was heavily involved in the insurgency that erupted after the 2003 U. S.-led invasion of Iraq.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2010

  • My sisters and brother were laughing at the children and said in Arabic, "Jaish Atfal" - the children's army.

    Palestine Blogs aggregator 2009

  • Davies and al Araji spoke about the Mahdi Army, in Arabic known as the Jaish al Mahdi.

    CNN Transcript Mar 17, 2007 2007

  • WEDEMAN: Johnston was kidnapped in Gaza on the 12th of March by a shadowy group called Jaish al Islam, the Army of Islam.

    CNN Transcript Jul 4, 2007 2007

  • Davies and al Araji spoke about the Mahdi Army, in Arabic known as the Jaish al Mahdi.

    CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2007 2007

  • His captors, members of a fiercely anti-Semitic Islamic terrorist group called Jaish-e-Mohammed, are known for their brutality, and made demands that seemed impossible for the United States to meet: release Taliban and Qaeda prisoners from Guantanamo Bay and deliver long-delayed U.S. fighter planes to Pakistan, or Pearl dies.

    A Murder Most Foul 2007

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