Jundallah Terrorist Organizations // Jundallah



Details of the origin and structure of Jundallah are murky, although it is believed to have been founded in 2002 or 2003, apparently by Abdolmalek Rigi, a 23-year-old Sunni ethnic Baluch. Rigi has been described as a Sunni religious devotee who had a falling out with the Iranian government. The group launched its armed campaign in 2005. Jundallah may be an offshoot of the Baluchi Autonomist Movement, which was created and supported by Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein to wage a war by proxy...

 

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