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	Fedayeen Saddam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fedayeen Saddam, irregular soldiers loyal to the former Iraqi Ba'athist regime.
		Fedayeen Saddam (فدائيي صدام) was a paramilitary organization loyal to the former Ba'athist regime of Saddam Hussein.
		The Fedayeen Saddam was not part of Iraq's regular armed forces but rather operated as a paramilitary unit of irregular forces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fedayeen_Saddam (879 words)

	IRAQ: What is the Fedayeen Saddam? - Council on Foreign Relations
		Experts say the Fedayeen Saddam, or Saddam's Men of Sacrifice, is a 30,000 to 40,000-member Iraqi paramilitary group that appears to be leading guerrilla-style attacks on coalition forces in southern Iraq.
		Pentagon officials said March 24 that the Fedayeen, who are considered very loyal to the regime, also act as enforcers in regular army units, threatening to kill soldiers who try to surrender.
		The militia is thought to answer directly to Saddam's eldest son, Uday, bypassing the military chain of command.
	www.cfr.org /background/background_iraq_fedayeen.php (1427 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Middle East \| The Fedayeen: Saddam's loyal force
		Saddam Hussein's army may, on paper, be one of the biggest in the world but it is a small group of irregulars - the Fedayeen - which has been providing much of the resistance to the advancing Americans.
		The Fedayeen was founded by Saddam Hussein's eldest son Uday in 1995, but command is now believed to rest with his second son, Qusay.
		From the beginning, Fedayeen units consisted to a large extent of local toughs who could be relied upon to protect the president and his family, put down dissent and carry out much of the police's dirty work.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/middle_east/2881889.stm (381 words)

	Fedayeen Saddam
		The paramilitary Fedayeen Saddam (Saddam's `Men of Sacrifice') was founded by Saddam's son Uday in 1995.
		The Fedayeen, with a total strength reportedly between 18,000 and 40,000 troops, is composed of young soldiers recruited from regions loyal to Saddam.
		It is being carried out by members of the dreaded Saddam Commandos, a force led by President Saddam Hussein's elder son, Udai, and Special Security Forces commanded by his younger son, Qusai.
	vialardi.org /IRAQ/fedayeen.html (657 words)

	Ashbal Saddam : Saddam's Lion Cubs :
		Ashbal Saddam was formed in 1998 to prepare young volunteers for the Fedayeen Saddam.
		The Ashbal Saddam trains boys between the ages of 10 and 15 in military camps to learn the use of small arms and infantry tactics.
		The Fedayeen Saddam is a paramilitary internal security service organization that is employed in order to keep control of the Iraqi populace.
	www.iraqinews.com /org_ashbal_saddam.shtml (162 words)

	Saddam and Osama: The New Revelations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		But the document indicates that Saddam’s operatives “were left to develop the relationship and the cooperation between the two sides to see what other doors of cooperation and agreement open up.” Thus, it appears that both sides saw value in working with each other.
		Al-Massari says that Saddam established contact with the “Arab Afghans” who fled Afghanistan to northern Iraq in 2001 and that he funded their relocation to Iraq under the condition that they would not seek to undermine his regime.
		Saddam had a long history of supporting terrorist groups of various stripes: Iranian and Syrian opposition groups, Palestinian groups, etc. During the first Gulf War, in fact, more than one thousand terrorists converged on Baghdad in a show of support for Saddam.
	www.frontpagemag.com /Articles/Printable.asp?ID=22055 (2991 words)

	Saddam's enforcers - [Sunday Herald]
		But the Fedayeen, despite the suicide squads it has now dispatched into southern Iraq, is just one of a series of Iraqi special forces, elite units and paramilitary irregulars who hold sway in Saddam's regime and are now forcing the coalition forces to redefine their combat strategy in the deserts and cities of Iraq.
		Saddam's undeniable faith in the SRG is shown by the fact that it is the only military unit allowed in the capital overnight.
		Fedayeen Saddam: This paramilitary unit is the core of the irregular forces even though it lacks any real military structure and was initially a toy for Saddam's son Uday.
	www.sundayherald.com /32494 (2032 words)

	Iraqi Perspectives Project: Fedayeen Saddam (Regime of Terror)
		The authors of the project detail the function of Fedayeen Saddam, an Iraqi militia fiercly loyal to Saddam Hussein, as another extension of the former regime's arm of both in domestic and international terrorism.
		For instance, a recovered letter to Uday Hussein, from a Fedayeen Saddam widow, was a request for pension benefits after her husband carried out a successful suicide operation against Kurdish targets in Northern Iraq.
		Fedayeen Saddam was also the recipient of some of the regime's most sophisticated commando/terrorist operation equipment.
	regimeofterror.com /archives/2006/08/iraqi_perspectives_project_fed (560 words)

	Fedayeen Saddam - Saddam's Men of Sacrifice
		The Fedayeen Saddam are comprised of young and politically reliable paramilitary soldiers that may be leveraged against perceived domestic agitators and opponents of the Al-Baath regime.
		Since their creation in 1995 by Saddam Hussein's oldest son Uday, Fedayeen members have been primarily recruited from regions loyal to Saddam Hussein.
		Numerous reports suggest that a faction of Fedayeen Saddam, called Fidayi Saddam was responsible for the decapitation campaign directed against female prostitutes during June 2000 through May 2001.
	www.iraqinews.com /org_fedayeen_saddam.shtml (146 words)

	Asia Times
		Saddam has seized on his unique chance to be seen in many parts of the world, even though he might be detested, to be fighting a neocolonialist war, and to be seen in the Arab world as the only leader with enough courage to stand up to the superpower.
		Saddam is placing all his bets on an extremely brutal and much protracted war that will turn him into a Muslim hero with even wider appeal than bin Laden.
		Americans can't understand the mindset of a Fedayeen in his hideout with only a filthy blanket to protect him from the cold desert nights and just a plastic bag of raw meat for food, resisting like a madman and then fleeing for another position, leaving behind a photo of his two children.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/EC26Ak06.html (1321 words)

	Fedayeen Saddam 'essentially terrorists'
		Up to 30,000 members of Iraq's fl-hooded Fedayeen Saddam militia are using terrorist tactics to fight coalition forces in southern Iraq, are threatening the local population, and, intelligence reports indicate, plan to don U.S. military uniforms.
		Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said yesterday that the Fedayeen Saddam, meaning "those ready to sacrifice themselves for Saddam," were dispatched to southern Iraq and are using guerrilla tactics such as fake surrenders to fight U.S. and British troops in the cities of Basra, Nasiriyah and Umm Qasr.
		Saddam's supporters also were seeking to intimidate an uprising by the city's populace, predominantly Shi'ite Muslims, by deploying tanks in civilian areas and driving close to crowds roaming the streets.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/news/876068/posts (438 words)

	Boston.com / War in Iraq
		Fedayeen members receive monthly salaries of up to $100, compared to the $3 government employees are paid each month.
		The Fedayeen report directly to Saddam's eldest son, Odai, a powerful figure in Iraq with a reputation for extravagance and violence.
		In 1999, the Fedayeen were responsible for a crackdown on Shiites in a Baghdad suburb who were protesting the assassination of Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Sadeq al-Sadr, a leading Iraqi Shiite cleric, and his two sons in the Iraqi holy city of Najaf.
	www.boston.com /news/daily/24/guerillas.htm (745 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		LONDON: The world is now getting acquainted with the Fedayeen Saddam, the thugs who are keeping Iraqi citizens in check, most vividly right now in the cities of the south.
		They were created by Saddam's elder son Uday in 1991 with the specific purpose of countering any future intifada, especially in the predominantly Shiite south.
		The Fedayeen training in the infamous camps of Salman Pak, Khalid says, is characterized by its intensity and its deliberate attempts, through psychological means, to isolate recruits from society at large and transform them into a fiercely disciplined and deliberately cruel force.
	www.arabtimesonline.com /ARABTIMES/opinion/view.asp?msgID=86 (928 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		“Saddam intends to issue these uniforms to Fedayeen Saddam troops who would wear them when conducting reprisals against the Iraqi people so that they could pass the atrocities off as the work of the United States and the United Kingdom,” Wilkinson said.
		The Fedayeen Saddam is a paramilitary force of more than 15,000 men founded by Saddam’s son Odai in 1994, Wilkinson said.
		The Fedayeen Saddam carries out patrols and anti-smuggling duties and is separate from the regular Iraqi Army command, Wilkinson said.
	www.armytimes.com /print.php?f=1-292925-1645169.php (681 words)

	3/27/03 - SADDAM'S FEDAYEEN TERROR - 2003-03-28
		By dressing in civilian clothes or using civilian hostages, the Saddam Fedayeen are trying to force coalition forces to fire on civilians.
		The Saddam Fedayeen was organized in 1995 by Saddam Hussein's son, Uday.
		The tactics of terror used by the Saddam Fedayeen and other agents of the regime are making the war more terrible.
	www.voanews.com /uspolicy/archive/2003-03/a-2003-03-28-1-1.cfm (319 words)

	CNN.com - Gruesome videotape allegedly shows brutal Fedayeen Saddam punishment - Oct. 30, 2003
		An analysis by the U.S. military concludes the victims on the tape appear to be members of the Fedayeen Saddam who have been accused of crimes ranging from desertion to disobeying orders.
		The Fedayeen, which at one point numbered between 18,000 and 40,000 troops, were young soldiers recruited from regions loyal to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, according to globalsecurity.org, a nonpartisan international policy research group.
		On the tape, what appear to be Fedayeen Saddam members and Republican Guard troops are shown administering cruel punishments, including chopping off fingers, cutting off tongues, breaking a wrist with a heavy stick, and throwing people off a multi-story building.
	www.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/10/30/sprj.irq.torture.tape/index.html (407 words)

	© 2004, Gannett News Service
		Fedayeen have been cited as much of the backbone of Iraqi resistance in southern Iraq.
		Saddam's strategy has been to use the Fedayeen units to attack U.S. supply lines from the rear as they advance toward Baghdad and to suppress Iraqi rebellion at gunpoint.
		Analysts say the Fedayeen units are loathed by most of the Iraqi population, particularly the majority Shiite Muslims, and could face public execution if Saddam falls, which is why they have little reason to surrender.
	azcentral.gannettonline.com /gns/iraq/20030326-19181.shtml (783 words)

	Boston.com / News / Rebuilding Iraq
		US military planners had originally viewed the Fedayeen as a temporary nuisance and expected that the Hussein loyalists would put down their arms once their leader surrendered.
		US forces appear to be targeting the Fedayeen, killing an estimated 100 in Najaf and Samana on Sunday and bombing a gathering of 200 in Basra the day before.
		The Fedayeen Saddam -- in Arabic, "willing to die for Saddam" -- are well-paid, armed groups that protect the regime, drawn largely from unemployed youth from Hussein's tribe in his hometown of Tikrit.
	www.boston.com /news/packages/iraq/globe_stories/040103_postwar.htm (931 words)

	Media Lies - Saddam apparently intended to export terror as well....
		Fedayeen Saddam's training focused primarily on small arms, small-unit tactics, sabotage techniques, and military surveillance and reconnaissance tasks.
		This is certainly a different picture of Saddam than has been painted by the left and the media — not the uninvolved and uninterested bystander to terrorism that many want to insist he was.
		Saddam Hussein wasn't supposed to be 'contained', he was supposed to unilaterally disarm and cooperate immediately.
	www.antimedia.us /posts/1144208276.shtml (2159 words)

	The Hawk Eye Newspaper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Saddam's Fedayeen, with 20,000 members, is led by Hussein's elder son, Uday, and exercises control over both Iraqi civilians and soldiers, experts say.
		The fedayeen — an Arabic term meaning fighters willing to die for the cause — was formed four years after the 1991 Gulf War, nominally as a ruling Baath Party paramilitary organization.
		According to U.S. officials, some members of Saddam's trusted Republican Guard, inserted into units in southern Iraq to bolster their determination, may have taken off their uniforms once those units were defeated and continued to fight as guerrillas.
	www.thehawkeye.com /features/2003/war/AP/war2_0324.html (505 words)

	‘We’re Fighting Two Wars Here’ - Newsweek The War in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		A column of 200 to 300 Fedayeen was spotted on Highway 1, heading south from Baghdad toward Al Hillah in central Iraq, dressed in British and American uniforms.
		Saddam Fedayeen were even responsible for an ambush last Sunday over Najaf of the 101st Division’s 11th Aviation Regiment, according to the unit’s after-action report, NEWSWEEK learned.
		The Fedayeen used cellphones to coordinate massed small arms fire from roads and rooftops along the lanes the choppers were using when they approached the city.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/3068440 (939 words)

	Anger, Disbelief Surfaces Over Saddam Arrest, by Ferry Biedermann
		The most vocal demonstrators have covered their faces with Arab headscarves in the style of the Fedayeen fighters said to be responsible for many attacks on U.S. troops and their allies in Iraq.
		The Fedayeen were specially trained paramilitary troops of the old regime.
		In the poor and sprawling Shia neighbourhood of Baghdad that used to be called Saddam City, and was renamed Sadr City after a venerated Shia cleric, attitudes contrast sharply with those in Adamiyeh.
	www.antiwar.com /ips/biedermann1.html (772 words)

	Fedayeen Saddam / Saddam's Martyrs ["Men of Sacrifice"] - Iraqi Intelligence Agencies (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Though at times improperly termed an "elite" unit, the Fedayeen was a politically reliable force that could be counted on to support Saddam against domestic opponents.
		Saddam’s Fidayi conducted the beheading operations, which took place in two stages.
		The executioner and his assistants were dressed in brown bearing the logo ‘Saddam’s Fidayi’ and usually did not come from the district or the region.
	www.globalsecurity.org.cob-web.org:8888 /intell/world/iraq/fedayeen.htm (703 words)

	http://www.qando.net/ - Saddam’s Secret Strategy: the story we already knew
		Early on, Saddam sought to foster the impression with his generals that Iraq could resist a Coalition ground attack using WMD.
		Fedayeen paramilitary units were dispersed throughout the south, as were huge stashes of small-caliber weapons.
		The result of the Fedayeen activity, intended or not, is to sow suspicion and division between the invading troops and the civilians and stop any uprising against Saddam.
	www.qando.net /details.aspx?Entry=3570 (853 words)

	AlterNet: Female Fedayeen
		Saddam Hussein, despite all his ills, gave these women many of their rights three decades ago, making Iraq the relatively progressive oasis of women's rights in a highly conservative and repressive region.
		They say they are female "fedayeen" or Saddam loyalists and members of all-girl units of the Jaishil Kodus, a local branch of the Jerusalem Brigade of Islamic Jihad, a Palestine-based terrorist group wanted by the Bush administration.
		Arwa and her relatives don't appear to be particularly "desperate." Her father owns a tissue-making factory connected to Saddam's regime and they seem to be living in relative affluence.
	www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=15803 (1256 words)

	Camp reveals dark secrets of Saddam's notorious Fedayeen
		The painted mural of Saddam Hussein surrounded by his ninja-dressed Fedayeen had been thrown into the gutter and the gates of the compound flung wide open.
		For a generation the gates of this camp belonging to President Saddam's fanatical militia had been kept tightly shut, the things that went on inside only to be told in whispers by the people of Nasiriyah, or else experienced first-hand by those unlucky enough to be brought here.
		The dormitories presumably used by the Fedayeen were on the other side of the compound and were spotless by comparison.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/885667/posts (1306 words)

	OpinionJournal - REVIEW & OUTLOOK
		One thing we've learned about Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein is that the former dictator was a diligent record keeper.
		One striking bit of new evidence is that the name Ahmed Hikmat Shakir appears on three captured rosters of officers in Saddam Fedayeen, the elite paramilitary group run by Saddam's son Uday and entrusted with doing much of the regime's dirty work.
		It is possible that the Ahmed Hikmat Shakir listed on the Fedayeen rosters is a different man from the Iraqi of the same name with the proven al Qaeda connections.
	www.opinionjournal.com /forms/printThis.html?id=110005133 (758 words)

	Fedayeen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Fedayeen (from the Arabic fidā'ī, plural fidā'īyīn, فدائيون: "one who is ready to sacrifice his life", Armenian: Ֆէտայի) describes several distinct, primarily Arab groups at different times in history.
		However, there are those who dispute this etymology, arguing that it originates from Marco Polo's account of his visit to Alamut in 1273, in which he describes a drug whose effects are more like those of alcohol than of hashish.
		The name was chosen to imply a connection with the Palestinian Fedayeen.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fedayeen (625 words)

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