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Military
People's Army / Popular Army / People's Militia
(Al Jaysh ash Shaabi)
Iraq fielded a "people's" army.
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The Iraqi Popular Army (Jaysh al-Sha'abi) consisted of a popular militia composed of civilian volunteers to protect the Ba'ath regime against internal opposition and to serve as a power base (and counter-balance) to the regular army.
The Popular Army was organized on an area basis with a total of 19 divisions [also termed Brigades]. Popular Army GHQ in Baghdad controled area HQs located in Baghdad and each of Iraq's 18 administrative provinces (muhafazat, singular -- muhafazah) [in practice, these units did not effectively exist in the three provinces controlled by Kurdish forces].
Each area HQ was commanded by a district commander.
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Each district controled a number of "sectors" headed by sector commanders. Each sector controled up to 10 "bases," led by platoon commanders.
There were four types of bases: Infantry or combat bases with infantrymen; Command bases with co