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In the | In the Gulf War]], there were essentially five rings of security in the Security organization of Saddam Hussein]]. Two, his immediate bodyguard and the Special Security Organization, were sufficiently civilian as not to make sense in an order of battle]]. There were also sections of intelligence organizations, police, etc., mostly for his security. | ||
==Special Republican Guard== | ==Special Republican Guard== | ||
The Special Republican Guard was an oversized armored division, apparently intended as the final defense of Baghdad should Saddam have chosen to make his last stand in the city. It never left Baghdad. | The Special Republican Guard was an oversized armored division, apparently intended as the final defense of Baghdad should Saddam have chosen to make his last stand in the city. It never left Baghdad. | ||
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*Nebuchadnezzar Infantry Division | *Nebuchadnezzar Infantry Division | ||
Three brigades were designated "Special Forces", but, in the Western sense, these were heliborne | Three brigades were designated "Special Forces", but, in the Western sense, these were heliborne air assault]] units. | ||
==Regular Army== | ==Regular Army== |
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In the Gulf War]], there were essentially five rings of security in the Security organization of Saddam Hussein]]. Two, his immediate bodyguard and the Special Security Organization, were sufficiently civilian as not to make sense in an order of battle]]. There were also sections of intelligence organizations, police, etc., mostly for his security. Special Republican GuardThe Special Republican Guard was an oversized armored division, apparently intended as the final defense of Baghdad should Saddam have chosen to make his last stand in the city. It never left Baghdad. Republican GuardLTG Ayad Futatih al-Rawi, commanding. [1] There appear to have been two corps headquarters.
Three brigades were designated "Special Forces", but, in the Western sense, these were heliborne air assault]] units. Regular ArmyWhile the main army units were inferior to the Republican Guard, there was a distinct difference in quality between the "regular" armored and mechanized divisions, and the "conscript" infantry divisions. After Kuwait was taken, the Republican Guard moved back to theater reserve duty. Ten conscript infantry divisions guarded the Saudi border and the coast, apparently organized as a large corps, with four heavy divisions in Corps reserve. [2] III Corps was in the Kuwait Theater of Operations (KTO) and apparently served as the planning, if not control, headquarters for the attack on Khafji. References
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