Iraqi Popular Army

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Iraqi Popular Army Al Jaysh ash Shaabi
Active	1970-1991
Country	Iraq
Branch	paramilitary
Size	Peaked at over 650,000 in 1987 ^[1]
Disbanded	1991^[1]
Commanders
Last commander	Taha Yassin Ramadan

The Iraqi Popular Army or People's Army / People's Militia / Al Jaysh ash Shaabi was a paramilitary composed of civilian volunteers to protect the Ba'ath regime against A)internal opposition and
B)to serve as a counter-balance against any coup attempt by the regular Iraqi Army. ^[1]

Lead since 1974 by one of Saddam Hussein's closest advisors, Taha Yassin Ramadan^[2]. It was only dissolved when Taha Yassin Ramadan became Vice President of Iraq in 1991

The People's Army was sent into Iraqi Kurdistan before 1980 and even out of the country to such hot spots as Lebanon to fight with Palestinian guerrillas during the 1975-76 Civil War.^[1]

1 Action seen
- 1.1 Al-Faw
2 See Also
3 References

[edit] Action seen

[edit] Al-Faw

Main article: First Battle of Al Faw

The First Battle of Al-Faw, fought on February 11, 1986, was a battle of the Iran-Iraq War. The Iranians launched a surprise attack against the Iraqi troops defending the al-Faw Peninsula. The Iraqi units in charge of the defenses were mostly made up of poorly-trained Iraqi Popular Army conscripts that collapsed when they were suddenly attacked by the Iranian Pasdaran (Revolutionary Guard) forces.

[edit] See Also

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d People's Army / Popular Army / People's Militia (HTML). globalsecurity.org (2007). Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
^ Obituary: Taha Yassin Ramadan. BBC News (March 20, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-03-20.

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