Shield of Islam Brigade (
Arabic: لواء درع الإسلام,
romanized: Liwāʼ Dirʻ al-Islām) was a small and mostly unknown insurgent group during the
Iraq War.[2][3]
Iraq Insurgency
During the group's active times, Shield of Islam Brigade used
sniping tactics during the
Iraq Insurgency, they also mostly assassinated people at checkpoints.[4] The group would rarely get any prominence from any other group during the insurgency.[3] They also would do small
front-line attacks on
Iraqi and
U.S. military check points.[2] Even though the group wouldn't get prominence from other insurgent groups, they did receive
arms and
ally-ship with
Al-Qaeda in Iraq.[5][3]
Online presence
Shield of Islam Brigade posted videos of them assassinating people and uploaded it onto
Jihadist forums.[4][6]