 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Islamic State of Iraq inotsvaga mavambo ayo kuJamaat al-Tawhid wal-Jihad, iyo yakaumbwa neJordanian national Abu Musab al-Zarqawi muJordani muna 1999. Al-Zarqawi akatungamira boka racho, pasi pemazita akawanda ekuchinja, kusvika parufu rwake muna June 2006. Jamaat yakapinda mu Iraqi insurgency 20032011 zvichitevera kupindirwa kweIraq muna 2003 nemauto ekuMadokero, uye musi wa 17 Gumiguru 2004 al-Zarqawi akanga apika kuvimbika kunetiweki yaOsama bin Laden yeAl-Qaeda; uye boka iri rakazozivikanwa seTanzim Qaidat al-Jihad fi Bilad al-Rafidayn inowanzozivikanwa seAl-Qaeda muIraq. Muna January 2006, Tanzim navamwe vapanduki vashanu vokuIraqmapoka akaumba Mujahideen Shura Council, iyo musi wa15 Gumiguru 2006 yakabatana kuti iumbe Islamic State of Iraq. Pakukwirira kwavo muna 2006-2008, ISI yakanga ine mauto kana kuti nhare muMosul uye mumatunhu eBaghdad, Al Anbar uye Diyala, uye vakati Baqubah ndiro guta ravo guru. Nharaunda iri pasi pesimba rayo yakaderera zvakanyanya zvichitevera kuwedzerwa kwemauto muna 2007, panguva iyo makumi evatungamiriri veISI vakaurayiwa nemauto emubatanidzwa. 