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Republican Guard (Iraq)

Iraqi Republican Guard
Iraqi Republican Guard Symbol.svg
Republican Guard Forces Command insignia
Active 1969–2003
Country Iraq
Allegiance Saddam Hussein
Branch Iraqi military
Type Armored corps
Size ≈70,000–75,000 (as of 2002)
Colors Red berets
Equipment T-72 tanks
Lion of Babylon tank
AK-47
Engagements

Iran–Iraq War

Persian Gulf War

1991 uprisings in Iraq
2003 Invasion of Iraq

Disbanded May 23, 2003
Commanders
Honorable Supervisor of the Republican Guard Qusay Hussein
Secretariat Kamal Mustafa Abdullah
Chief of Staff Sayf al-Din al-Rawi
Corps Commanders

Lt. Gen. Majid al-Dulaymi (I Corps Commander)

Lt. Gen. Ra'ad al-Hamdani
(II Corps Commander)
Notable
commanders

Saddam Hussein

Qusay Hussein
Hussein Kamel al-Majid
Saddam Kamel
Aircraft flown
Attack helicopter Mil Mi-24

Iran–Iraq War

Persian Gulf War

1991 uprisings in Iraq
2003 Invasion of Iraq

Lt. Gen. Majid al-Dulaymi (I Corps Commander)

Saddam Hussein

The Iraqi Republican Guard (Arabic: حرس العراق الجمهوري‎‎ Ḥaras al-‘Irāq al-Jamhūriyy) was a branch of the Iraqi military from 1969 to 2003, primarily during the presidency of Saddam Hussein. It later became the Republican Guard Corps, and then the Republican Guard Forces Command (RGFC) with its expansion into two corps. The Republican Guard was disbanded in 2003, after the invasion of Iraq by a U.S.-led international coalition.

The Republican Guard were the elite troops of the Iraqi army directly reporting to Saddam Hussein, unlike the paramilitary force Fedayeen Saddam, and the ordinary Iraqi Army. Guard members were mainly, but not exclusively, Sunni Arabs rather than Shi'a Arabs, or Sunni Kurds. They were better trained, disciplined, equipped, and paid than ordinary Iraqi soldiers, receiving bonuses, new cars, and subsidized housing.


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