On January 18, 2007, the Iraqi Al-Malaf news agency (http://www.almalafpress.com) reported that Sheikh Abdullah Al-Janabi – the former head of the Shura Council of the Mujahideen in Fallujah and one of the U.S.'s and Iraqi government's most wanted – is planning to return to the jihad front. According to the report, Al-Janabi plans to head a new Iraqi jihad group called "Jaysh Al-Muslimin" (The Muslim Army) which will incorporate four organizations that have decided to unite: Kata'ib Thawrat Al-'Ishrin, Liwa Al-Islam, Jaysh Al-Mujahideen and Jaysh Al-Rashidin. The message also mentions that five other jihad groups, whose names are not given, have recently united.
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