 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 yakabatanidzwa mukumukira kweIraq 20032011zvichitevera kupindirwa kweIraq muna 2003 nemauto ekuMadokero, uye musi wa17 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 Ndira 2006, Tanzim nemamwe mapoka mashanu evapanduki eIraq vakaumba Mujahideen Shura Council, iyo yakabatana pa15 Gumiguru 2006 kuti iumbe Islamic State yeIraq. 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. 