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                                                                                                             INTELLIGENCE/THREAT - 4
                                                                                                                HOW ~EY F~GHT
      THE IRACI ARMY WAS                                                                                       IN  COMBAT AGAINST THE IRANIANS                 FOR
      EIGHT YEARS AND DEVELOPED INTO A BATflE~$ARDENED FORCE
      CAPABLE OF CONDUCTING EFFECTIVE OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE
      OPERATIONS.                                                    THE                                       IRAQI   ARMY       POLISHED      irs    OFFENSIVE
      CAPABILITY1                                                 ACHIEVING                                           GOOD        RESULTS       DURING        F~NAL
      OPERATIONS AGAINST ThE IRANiANS.
      THE MANEUVER BR:GADES, (ARMOR, MECHANIZED INFANTRY, AND
      INFANTRY),                                                 ARE                                      THE     LOWEST       LEVEL     UNIT$     CAPABLE       OF
      INDEPENDENT OPERATIONS.                                                                                          A COMBAT BRIGADE, COUPLED WITH
      ADDITIONAL ARTILLERY,                                                                                       ROCKET,      AVIATION, AND       AIR   DEFENSE
      SUPPORT                                                 FROM     DIVISION                                      AND    HIGHER     COMMANDS,         MAKES     A
      POWERFUL BATTLEFIELD FORCE.
      AN ELITE FORCE, THE REPUBLICAN GUARDS FORCES COMMAND
      WAS INITIALLY ORGANIZED TO PROTECT ThE IRAQI GOVERNMENT.
      LATER,                                              THIS    FORCE                                       WAS    EMPLOYED        IN  HIGHLY     SUCCESSFUL
      OFFENSIVE                                                 OPERATIONS                                         AGAINST      ThE    IRANIANS.       RECENTLY,
      BRIGADES OF THE REPUBLICAN GUARDS CONDUCTED ThE BL'TZ
      TYPE ATTACK INTO KUWAIT.
      THE     FOLLOWING                                                                                     PAGES      SHOW       THE     ORGANIZATION         AND
      EQUIPMENT OF THE IRAQI ARMY.


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