Attiar al-Resali
Battalions
Religious Leader: Kazem al-Haeri
History:
Katayeb
al-Tiar al-Resali (Battalions with a Calling) are Shiite militias linked to
Adnan al-Shahmani. Back in 2005 when Abdul-Motaleb Mohamed Ali was the Health
Minister of former Iraqi prime minister Ibrahim Jafari, al-Shahmani was
considerd a deputy minister who used assets and budgets of this ministry to run
his own special terror groups. He provided the expenses for their terrorist
attacks through such means. Al-Shahmani was the main Mahdi Army commander in
Baghdad who commanded the special groups’ attacks in close cooperation with
Hakel al-Zamoli, deputy health minister in Jafari’s cabinet. Jafari is
currently head of the Iraqi Parliament Defense & Security Commission.
In
2007 he first launched an entity by the name of the “Iraq National
Association”. Sheikh Adnan carried out all his activities in full coordination
with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) Quds Force and joined Akram al-Ka’bi
and Sheikh Qeis al-Khaz’ali in Basra to meet with Abu Rezvan (Emad Muqniya, a
known Iranian regime element in Lebanon later assassinated in Syria) with the
objective of carrying out attacks against U.S. forces.
Commanding
Special Groups:
In
2007 when Maliki asked Mahdi Army commanders to go to Iran for some time, Adnan
al-Shahmani left Iraq for Iran. The Quds Force established close contact with
al-Shahmani and he was later hired by the IRGC Quds Force. After his return to
Iraq in the fall of 2007 he became one of the main commanders of terrorist
groups in Baghdad’s Rasafe region and carried out his terrorist attacks through
three militia commanders by the names of Haider Rahman, Emad Jihad al-Fatlawi
and Qaed Aziz, who were all down the road arrested by U.S. forces and held in
Buka Prison for some time. Operational teams linked to Sheikh Adnan staged
their attacks most in Baghdad, including Mashtal, Baladiyat, Baghdad al-Jadida,
and Hay al-Ameen. However, the main pivot point of these special groups
commander by Sheikh al-Shahmani were stationed in Baghdad al-Jadida and
al-Ameen. These groups also carried out attakcs in other parts of Baghdad, such
as al-Baya’, Hay al-Amel, Madina al-Sadr, al-Sha’b and Iskan. In early 2008 the
Quds Force provided huge financial aid to al-Shahmani and Qeis al-Khaz’ali,
along with their associated groups. The Quds Force placed a base located in
Baghdad’s Jaderiya region at their dispoal to support al-Shahmani’s efforts.
This site was fully equipped with high-tech security assets. It is also worth
noting that al-Shahmani enjoyed very close relations with former Iraqi prime
minister Nouri al-Maliki, yet this relationship would never be seen public.
Taking
part in parliamentary elections
On
the doorsteps of provincial council elections in 2008 the Quds Force proposed
to al-Shahmani to enter politics to pave his path into the parliament, and
senior government and ministerial posts.
According
to advice provided by the Quds Force, al-Shahmani inched himself closer and
closer to the centers of power in Maliki’s government, cementing his position
in the future government of Iraq, both in the parliament and/or other
government posts.Therefore, he took part in the 2010 general elections and
formed a new entity named the “Iraq Movement with a Calling”, going on to join
Maliki’s associated State of Law coalition. He entered the parliament after
gaining 3,254 votes. In the parliaments of 2010 and 2013 he served as a member
of the Defense & Security Commission.
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