The Iraqi Republican Guard (Arabic: حرس العراق الجمهوري, romanized: Ḥaras al-ʿIrāq al-Jamhūrīy) was a branch of the Iraqi military from 1969 to 2003,...
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The Iraqi Special Republican Guard (SRG) (Arabic: الحرس الجمهوري الخاص, romanized: al-Ḥaras al-ʿIrāq al-Jamhūrīy al-Khas), also known as the Special Forces...
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1795) Iraqi Republican Guard (1969—2003) Iraqi Special Republican Guard(1992/1995—2003) — A military force formed from the Iraqi Republican Guard and charged...
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The Sudanese Republican Guard (Arabic: الحرس الجمهورى) is a military unit of the Sudanese Armed Forces responsible for protecting the President of Sudan...
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2nd Al Medina Armored Division (redirect from Medina Republican Guard Division)
the Luminous") was an elite formation of the Iraqi Republican Guard. During the course of the Iran–Iraq War, the division ballooned from Division to Corps...
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The National Republican Guard (Portuguese: Guarda Nacional Republicana) or GNR is the national gendarmerie force of Portugal. Members of the GNR are military...
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The Egyptian Republican Guard (Arabic: قوات الحرس الجمهوري, romanized: El-Haras el-Gomhoury) is a Division level command within the Egyptian Army, designed...
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depots, and the barracks and command headquarters of Saddam's elite Republican Guard. Iraqi air defense batteries, unable to target the American and British...
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military and security agencies such as Fedayeen Saddam, Special Republican Guard, Republican Guard and the Special Security Organization. Religious in the nature...
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Ra'ad al-Hamdani (category Iraqi military personnel of the Iran–Iraq War)
(Arabic: رعد مجيد الحمداني) is a retired Iraqi military officer and former General of the Iraqi Republican Guard, and was one of Saddam Hussein's favourite...
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divisions reached 68 when the 12 Iraqi Republican Guard divisions were included. Eisenstadt notes that four Republican Guards security divisions were formed...
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fighting U.S. forces, not Iraqis. It is believed[by whom?] that JAMI has affiliations with the former Iraqi Republican Guard and that some of the JAMI...
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National Guard (Iraq), part of the new Military of Iraq absorbed by the Iraqi Army National Guard (Israel) National Guard of Kazakhstan National Guard (Kyrgyzstan)...
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Hussein Kamel al-Majid (category 1996 murders in Iraq)
rose through the military ranks to become the Supervisor of the Republican Guard, Iraq's elite military force, in 1982. He later became the Minister of...
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local time, by Saddam Hussein's order Iraq launched an invasion of Kuwait with four elite Iraqi Republican Guard divisions (the 1st Hammurabi Armoured...
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1st Hammurabi Armoured Division (redirect from Hammurabi Guards)
Division (Arabic: فرقة حمورابي المدرعة) was an elite formation of the Iraqi Republican Guard. It was named after Hammurabi; a Babylonian King known for the set...
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recognized by Iraqi commanders as a key approach to Baghdad, and was defended by some of the best units of the Iraqi Republican Guard. The Iraqi high command...
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Qusay Hussein (category Deaths by firearm in Iraq)
father's heir apparent in 2000. He was also in charge of the Republican Guard, a branch of the Iraqi military. Qusay, his son Mustafa, and his brother Uday...
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40861°E / 33.30417; 44.40861 The Republican Palace (Arabic: القصر الجمهوري, al-Qaṣr al-Jumhūriy) is a palace in Baghdad, Iraq, constructed on the orders of...
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Iraqi regular army and the volunteer-based Iraqi Popular Army conducted the bulk of the operations in the war, to little effect. The Republican Guard...
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brutal campaign conducted by loyalist forces spearheaded by the Iraqi Republican Guard. During the brief, roughly one-month period of unrest, tens of thousands...
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Battle of Rumaila (category Battles involving Iraq)
resistance from the Iraqi 37th and 49th Infantry Divisions, as well as the 6th Nebuchadnezzar Mechanised Division of the Iraqi Republican Guard. Despite some...
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Saif Al-Din Al-Rawi (category Military leaders of the Iraq War)
(Arabic: سيف الدين الراوي; born 1949) is an Iraqi military officer and was the commander of the Republican Guard under the rule of Saddam Hussein. He was...
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Battle of the Karbala Gap (2003) (category Battles of the Iraq War involving Iraq)
recognized by Iraqi commanders as a key approach to Baghdad, and was defended by the Medina and Bakhtnisar Divisions of the Iraqi Republican Guard. American...
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initial Iraqi insurgents were supplied by hundreds of weapons caches created before the invasion by the Iraqi army and Republican Guard. Initially, Iraqi resistance...
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Battle of Hillah (2003) (category Battles of the Iraq War involving Iraq)
Medina division of the Iraqi Republican Guard. As a main objective of the invasion of Iraq was to disable the Republican Guard, this made Al Hillah an...
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Guard killed fighting Islamic State in Iraq: Tasnim". Reuters. Archived from the original on 11 October 2017. "US attacks Iran-backed militia in Iraq...
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Second Battle of al-Faw (category Iraq articles missing geocoordinate data)
Iranians out of the peninsula. The Iraqis concentrated well over 100,000 troops from the battle-hardened Republican Guard. The heavy use of chemical weapons...
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Battle of Medina Ridge (category February 1991 events in Iraq)
Armored Division and the 2nd Brigade of the Iraqi Republican Guard Medina Luminous Division outside Basra, Iraq. The U.S. 3rd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division...
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Battle of Wadi al-Batin (category Tank battles involving Iraq)
elements of the 1st Cavalry Division (United States) and the Iraqi Republican Guard. Iraqis thought that Coalition forces were prepping the Wadi al-Batin...
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