al-Qaeda Organization in the Land of the Two Rivers

Brigades of Imam al-Hassan al-Basri -- Faction
Islamic Front for Iraqi Resistance - Salah-al-Din al-Ayyubi Brigades -- Supported Cause
Islamic Rage Brigade -- Ally (Suspected)
The Group for the Promotion of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice -- Supported Cause

al-Qaeda in Iraq, al-Zarqawi Network, Monotheism and Holy Struggle, Organization of Jihad's Base in the Country of the Two Rivers, Tawhid and Jihad

al-Qaeda -- Ally (Suspected)
Harakat ul-Mujahidin (HuM) -- Founding Group and Faction
Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) -- Founding Group and Faction
Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ) -- Founding Group and Faction
Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) -- Founding Group and Faction
Lashkar-I-Omar -- Founding Group and Faction

The name Al-Qanoon first surfaced in June 2002 when the group claimed responsibility for a suicide truck bombing at the US Consulate in Karachi.  At least 10 Pakistani nationals were killed and some 50 others were wounded, including a U.S. Marine guard. The New York Times quoted a senior Pakistani intelligence official as saying there was near unanimity of opinion among intelligence officials that the attack was carried out by a loose coalition of groups banned by the Pakistani president in 2001 known as Laskhar-i-Omar, after Omar Saeed Shaikh, the former leader of Jaish-i-Mohammad accused of masterminding the kidnapping and killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.  The umbrella group is said to consist of members of Lashkar-i-Tayyaba, Jaish-i-Mohammad, and Lashkar-i-Jhangvi, as well as individuals from other militant organizations (including possible Al Qaeda fighters), who have agreed to combine resources and launch joint attacks. The State Department said it suspected Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network was behind the attack because of the similarity of the attack to the bombing of a Karachi bus in May.  Canada's Regulation Establishing a List of Entities notes that Harakat ul-Mudjahidin is also known as Al Qanoon.

In claiming the June attack on the US Consulate, Al Qanoon warned that the attack was just the beginning, that "America, its allies and its slave Pakistani rulers should be prepared for more attacks," and "the bomb blast is the beginning of Al-Qanoon's jihadi activities in Pakistan," according to a letter the group sent to the Karachi newspaper "Ummat".  The letter also called on President Pervez Musharraf to resign.