Fedayeen

We were told by local people until yesterday, this area was full of what they call Fedayeen, the irregular fighters who have been fighting on behalf of Saddam Hussein.

CNN Transcript Apr 15, 2003 2003

Fedayeen is the closest - it’s the original moniker given to the military operatives of the Nizari Shiites (who were the original hashshashin or assassins).

Cheeseburger Gothic » Research quickie. 2009

It was carried out by a member of the Iraqi force known as the Fedayeen Saddam.

Balkinization 2007

It was carried out by a member of the Iraqi force known as the Fedayeen Saddam.

Balkinization 2007

Their doctrine was known as Fedayeen (a person ready to sacrifice his life for a mission).

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There may have been that welcoming if this irregular force called the Fedayeen hadn't been embedded in all the cities and villages in the south of Iraq to keep the Shias down.

CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2006 2006

A colonel in the Fedayeen was accused of being in al-Qaeda, whoops, they COMPLETELY misread that name too.

Balkinization 2004

And there may have been that welcoming if this irregular force called the Fedayeen hadn't been embedded through all the cities and villages in the south of Iraq to keep the Shias down, because Saddam Hussein's one main concern was not an American invasion.

CNN Transcript Mar 15, 2006 2006

"I suppose, on reflection, the thing that probably surprised me the most is the ability that the so-called Fedayeen Saddam people had to terrorize and frighten the rest of the Iraqi people and cause them to not come over to the other side," Rumsfeld told an audience of more than 500 at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, Calif.

THE NEWS BLOG 2003

And remember, the Fedayeen are a little bit like the Balkan paramilitary.

CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2003 2003