10.11.2004 - Source: Institute for War and Peace Reporting

Former Saddam Fidayeen to concentrate on assassinating workers of the interim government ("original document") [ID 10643]

"(Al-Mutamar) - Former Saddam Fidayeen have reportedly told investigators that their leaders urged them to destroy everything and to concentrate on assassinating workers in the establishments of the interim government. They also had a plan to destroy important establishments - especially the water supply, power stations, and oil. The Baath leadership has other ways of working, too, such as occupying positions in government departments, private organisations, and journalism in order to specify their targets and launch a psychological war. Even pardoned Baathists would carry on with their missions.
(Al-Mutamar is issued daily by the Iraqi National Congress.)"

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04.06.2004 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Survey of armed groups in Iraq: Fedayeen Saddam ("original document") [ID 10644]

"Fedayeen Saddam (Saddam's Martyrs). A paramilitary group founded by Saddam Hussein's son Uday in 1995. Uday briefly lost control of the organization to his younger brother, Qusay, after he transferred vast amounts of weapons to the Fedayeen without the knowledge of their father. The punishment did not last long, however, and control was soon passed back to Uday. The Fedayeen operated completely outside the law under Hussein's regime. A prewar estimate by globalsecurity.org set its membership at 18,000-40,000 troops, including a notorious death squad known to have publicly beheaded female family members of those opposed to the regime. The Fedayeen vowed to avenge the deaths of Uday and Qusay at the hands of coalition forces and are suspected of joining up with a number of Iraqi militant groups to launch attacks on Iraqi and coalition forces in recent months. French journalist Alexandre Jordanov said that he was taken hostage by Fedayeen Saddam militiamen (see "RFE/RL Newsline," 15 April 2004)."

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01.12.2003 - Source: Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Hussein's Fedayeen Re-Emerges In Uniform ("original document") [ID 10645]

"(...) U.S. troops who repelled ambushes on two convoys in the central Iraqi city of Samarra yesterday say many of the attackers were dressed in the uniform of deposed President Saddam Hussein's former elite force, the Fedayeen. It is still unclear why the guerrillas chose to fight in uniform rather than in their more usual civilian disguise. One reason may have been to send a message to the local population that the Fedayeen remains a fighting force able to carry out complex operations. (...)"

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