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The '''Free Iraqi Forces''' ('''FIF''') were a militia made up of Iraqi expatriates, who served in the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] and its aftermath, under the control of [[Ahmed Chalabi]]'s [[Iraqi National Congress]] government-in-exile. The specifically paramilitary branch of the program was also known as the '''Free Iraqi Fighting Forces''' ('''FIFF'''), while other elements served as interpreters or on [[civil affairs]] projects.<ref name="Dale2011">{{cite book|author=Catherine Dale|title=Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wWp97PNZAYC&pg=PT48|date=April 2011|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4379-2030-7|pages=48–}}</ref><ref name="Hodge2011">{{cite book|author=Nathan Hodge|title=Armed Humanitarians: The Rise of the Nation Builders|url=https://archive.org/details/armedhumanitaria00hodg|url-access=registration|date=15 February 2011|publisher=Bloomsbury USA|isbn=978-1-60819-017-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/armedhumanitaria00hodg/page/66 66]–}}</ref> |
The '''Free Iraqi Forces''' ('''FIF''') were a militia made up of Iraqi expatriates, who served in the [[2003 invasion of Iraq]] and its aftermath, under the control of [[Ahmed Chalabi]]'s [[Iraqi National Congress]] government-in-exile. The specifically paramilitary branch of the program was also known as the '''Free Iraqi Fighting Forces''' ('''FIFF'''), while other elements served as interpreters or on [[civil affairs]] projects.<ref name="Dale2011">{{cite book|author=Catherine Dale|title=Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wWp97PNZAYC&pg=PT48|date=April 2011|publisher=DIANE Publishing|isbn=978-1-4379-2030-7|pages=48–}}</ref><ref name="Hodge2011">{{cite book|author=Nathan Hodge|title=Armed Humanitarians: The Rise of the Nation Builders|url=https://archive.org/details/armedhumanitaria00hodg|url-access=registration|date=15 February 2011|publisher=Bloomsbury USA|isbn=978-1-60819-017-1|pages=[https://archive.org/details/armedhumanitaria00hodg/page/66 66]–}}</ref> |
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The Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) were a militia made up of Iraqi expatriates, who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, under the control of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress government-in-exile. The specifically paramilitary branch of the program was also known as the Free Iraqi Fighting Forces (FIFF), while other elements served as interpreters or on civil affairs projects.[1][2]
Composition
The original intent of the American Office of the Secretary of Defense was to recruit and train 3,000 Iraqi expatriates in Taszar, Hungary in preparation for the war.[1] Recruitment, however, fell well below the target number, and were of dubious military utility, ranging from ages 18 to 55.[3]
Operations
The program was seen as unsuccessful, with at one point some US$63 million spent to recruit and train 69 troops for the FIF, and the program was dissolved in April 2003. The FIFF never numbered more than 500 troops.[4] The units were also seen as undisciplined and pro-Shia and anti-Sunni, and engaged in looting.[5]
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References
- ^ a b Catherine Dale (April 2011). Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress. DIANE Publishing. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-4379-2030-7.
- ^ Nathan Hodge (15 February 2011). Armed Humanitarians: The Rise of the Nation Builders. Bloomsbury USA. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-1-60819-017-1.
- ^ Sheldon Rampton; John Clyde Stauber (2003). Weapons of Mass Deception: The Uses of Propaganda in Bush's War on Iraq. Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. pp. 61–. ISBN 978-1-58542-276-0.
- ^ Beth K. Dougherty; Edmund A. Ghareeb (7 November 2013). Historical Dictionary of Iraq. Scarecrow Press. pp. 299–. ISBN 978-0-8108-7942-3.
- ^ Anthony H. Cordesman; Emma R. Davies (30 December 2007). Iraq's Insurgency and the Road to Civil Conflict. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 58–. ISBN 978-0-313-34998-0.
