Hassan Al-Basri Brigades
Iraqi insurgent group
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hassan al-Basri Brigades (Arabic: كتائب حسن البصري, romanized: Katāʼib Ḥasan al-Baṣrī) was an Iraqi insurgent group during the Iraq insurgency.[1]
| Hassan al-Basri Brigades | |
|---|---|
| كتائب حسن البصري | |
| |
| Dates active | 2003–2007 |
| Dissolved | 2007 |
| Allegiance | |
| Ideology | |
Attacks
Hassan al-Basri Brigades claimed many Jihadist attacks with Al-Qaeda on their website.[2][3] This includes the bombing of an Iraqi police patrol in Basra, Iraq.[4] The militant group also assassinated a man by the name of Abdel Hussein Khazaal, who was a correspondent for al-Hurra TV station, and murdered his 4-year-old son who has not been identified.[5]
