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The video contained an interview with the supposed commander of the Baghdad sniper division, the footage shows numerous fighters being trained in the use of sniper rifles. The video discusses the alleged fear generated in coalition forces by insurgency snipers and shows "Juba" returning from a sniping mission, marking a tally of 37 on a wall.
The Tabuk Sniper Rifle is an Iraqi semi-automatic designated marksman rifle, made from a modified version of the Zastava M76 sniper rifle.The Tabuk Rifle was manufactured at the Al-Qadissiya Establishments in Iraq [7] [8] [9] using machinery sold to Iraq by Zastava Arms of Yugoslavia when Saddam Hussein was president.
10,000 Tantals were sold to Iraq in mid-2000. [3] AKM: 7.62×39mm Soviet Union: Used by previous Iraqi army. Some captured from the Islamic State. Mostly kept in storage. Used in parades. [citation needed] Zastava M70: 7.62×39mm Yugoslavia Iraq: In limited use. [citation needed]
Iraq Body Count project data shows that 33% of civilian deaths during the Iraq War resulted from execution after abduction or capture. These were overwhelmingly carried out by unknown actors including insurgents, sectarian militias and criminals. [9] Kidnapping, and in some cases beheadings, have emerged as another insurgent tactic since April ...
Their light weapons consist of stocks of Cold War-era arms, namely the Tabuk series of Zastava M-70 copies and derivatives like the Tabuk Sniper Rifle, the Soviet AKM and the Chinese Type 56 assault rifles, the Zastava M72 and PKM machine guns, and Al-Kadesih sniper rifle though they have received assistance from the U.S. in the form of ...
Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991. Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield.. List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.
Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) desert battle dress uniform with insignia (Private collection of P-E / Militariabelgium) 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 Free Iraqi Army (Arabic: الجيش العراقي الحر, Al-Jayš Al-‘Irāqī Al-Ḥurr, FIA) was an Iraqi rebel group formed in the western Sunni-majority provinces of Iraq from Iraqi supporters of the Free Syrian Army rebels fighting in the Syrian Civil War. [3]