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Soldiers of Heaven

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The members of the group, which numbered around 1,000, appeared to be mostly poor Shi'a farmers from an agricultural area 19 kilometres northeast of Najaf, but they also seemed to have been heavily armed. In spite of their poverty, the group appeared to have amassed a great deal of wealth. Some
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he is from a Sunni town". Two rival Shiite clerics also made these claims regarding Hassan denying he was a Shiite, however other Shiite clerics have stated Hassan studied at a Shiite seminary in Najaf but later broke off from it. Iraqi MP
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After the battle, Iraqi police rounded up hundreds of sect members and put them on trial. On September 2, 2007, the criminal court passed judgement on 458 accused. Ten leaders of the Soldiers of Heaven were
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While some sources report that the Soldiers of Heaven were annihilated at the Battle of Najaf, others report that a large number were captured and that there was continued activity by the sect.
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Prior to the battle, members of the group were settled with their families at a "camp in Zarga, north of Najaf", where "the main part" of the fighting took place.
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Significant questions remain regarding the group and the combat effectiveness it displayed, including shooting down an American
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believe their former leader Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim was the Mahdi and he was the reincarnation of Imam Ali ibn Abu Talib;
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where it is alleged about 200–300 of their members were killed, including its leader, and 300–400 were captured.
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Fighters for Shiite Messiah Clash with Najaf Security, 250 Dead Over 60 Dead in Baghdad, Kirkuk Violence
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has claimed that members of the group, including women and children, planned to disguise themselves as
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said regarding Hassan "I am 100 percent sure that the group's deputy was a security officer with the
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that separated from another group called the "Supporters of the Imam Mahdi" led by
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General Command of the Armed Forces, Resistance and Liberation in Iraq
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believe spreading chaos will hasten the return of the Hidden Imam.
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On January 18, 2008 the Soldiers of Heaven were involved in
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hostile to the Shia clerical hierarchy and "particularly to
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Dia Abdul-Zahra, also known as Abu Kamar, claimed to be the
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On January 28, 2007, the group apparently fought a bizarre
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According to reports, The Soldiers of Heaven are/were:
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The group has been described as an apocalyptic Muslim
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Index

Heaven's Army
Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim

Ahmad al-Hassan
Ideology
Millenarianism
Apocalypticism
Saudi Arabia
Al-Qaeda
Ba'ath Party
Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna
Iraq
United States
United Kingdom
Iraq War
Battle of Najaf (2007)
2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting
Arabic
Iraqi
Shi'a
messianic
Battle of Najaf
American
British
Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim
Najaf
Ashura
cult
Ahmad al-Hassan
12th Imam

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