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Originally Posted by kronikcope
I agree with your assesment that Fedayeen Saddam was a brutal, dominating force in Iraq for about 8 years, but I think you are giving them way to much credit.
Fedayeen Saddam at its height had about 25-35K "enlisted members", all which were extremly poorly trained, and lacked any type of military bulk (a AK47 and RPG at the most). Most were chicken(*)(*)(*)(*) civilans from Baghdad or central Iraq who wanted to be part of something, Almost all of their operations were conducted in Iraq, 90% of those operations being smuggling runs on the Iranian border and taking part in pointless tasks such as destroying the prostution lifestyle by killing whores.
To say the Fedayeen Saddam was any threat to the US or its allies in 2003 is a extremly off basis conclusion in my humble opinion.
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Once again what you say is true except for the potential treat of those within the Fedayeen for missions of terror. Once again I say Google up about the FBI findings on Fedayeen terrorist plots.
When I read your description of the Fedayeen above it sure sounds like the Taliban with Al Qaeda as their masters. "Pointless tasks", sorry that is such a stupid statement. Intimidation and murder are not "pointless task's. They are the same Evil task's of the Taliban and Al Qaeda.
Read the reports on the leaders of the Fedayeen that joined and helped Al Qaeda in Iraq. Look at the photo's of the school room's full of bomb vests that were meant for US forces and Iraqis. If you have a force in place, that are of the same makeup as the Taliban and Al Qaeda, then you have the potential for a terrorist treat.