Editing Republican Guard (Iraq) (section)

====2003 Order of Battle====
* 1st Republican Guard (Southern) Corps
** [[2nd Al Medina Armored Division|2nd ''Al Medina'' Armored Division]]; 2nd, 10th and 14th Brigades.
** 5th ''Baghdad'' Mechanized Division; including the 4th, 5th, and 6th Motorized Brigades.
** 7th ''Adnan'' Infantry Division; 11th, 12th, 21st, and Divisional Artillery Brigades.
* 2nd Republican Guard (Northern) Corps
** ''Al Nida'' Armored Division; 41st, 42nd, 43rd Brigades.
** 6th ''Nebuchadnezzer'' Mechanized Division; 19th, 22nd and 23rd Brigades.
** [[1st Hammurabi Armoured Division]] - possibly with Western Desert Force;<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.casi.org.uk/discuss/2000/msg01122.html|title = News Supplement, 22-29/10/00}}</ref> 8th, 9th Mechanized Brigades, 18th Armored, Division Artillery Brigade.
* ''As Saiqa'' Special Forces Division - independent unit containing:
** [[Special forces]] brigade
** [[Paratrooper]] brigade
** [[Marines|Marine]] brigade
** Numerous [[Commando]] units
[[File:Al-Furayji, Mohan (2008) crop.jpg|thumb|Lt. General [[Mohan al-Furayji]], former Republican Guard officer, as a commander of the new [[Iraqi Army]] on 5 August 2008.]]
On 2 April 2003, U.S. Army Brigadier General [[Vincent K. Brooks]] said that the Baghdad Division of the Iraqi Republican Guard had been "destroyed". Iraqi information minister [[Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf]] responded that this was another U.S. "lie".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2003-04-02-baghdad-guard_x.htm|title=USATODAY.com - U.S.: Baghdad division of Republican Guard destroyed|work=usatoday.com|access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/04/07/sprj.irq.sahaf/|title=CNN.com - Sahaf: U.S. troops will be burned - Apr. 7, 2003|work=cnn.com|access-date=9 December 2014}}</ref>

The Republican Guard was officially dissolved on 23 May 2003 per [[Coalition Provisional Authority Order 2|Order 2]] of the [[Coalition Provisional Authority]] under Administrator [[Paul Bremer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20030823_CPAORD_2_Dissolution_of_Entities_with_Annex_A.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051012010032/http://www.iraqcoalition.org/regulations/20030823_CPAORD_2_Dissolution_of_Entities_with_Annex_A.pdf|url-status=usurped|title=Coalition Provisional Authority Order Number 2: Dissolution of Entities|archive-date=October 12, 2005}}</ref>

In early 2004, British journalist Sean Langan confirmed that one of the local commanders of the guerrilla stronghold of Ramadi was a former Republican Guard officer.<ref>Mission Accomplished, Sean Langan, BBC, 2007</ref>

In late April 2004, a Pentagon report claimed that members of the Special Republican Guard had regrouped in the guerrilla stronghold of Fallujah.<ref>"A Pentagon intelligence report has concluded that many bombings against Americans and their allies in Iraq, and the more sophisticated of the guerrilla attacks in Fallujah, are organized and often carried out by members of Saddam Hussein's secret service ... in Fallujah, which is currently encircled by U.S. Marines, an estimated 1,500 to 2,000 hard-core insurgents, including members of the Iraqi Special Republican Guard who melted away under the U.S.-led offensive, are receiving tactical guidance and inspiration from these former intelligence operatives."   [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=20040429&id=1IVIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tXADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6613,4899637 Saddam agents blamed for plots]</ref>

After dismissal, many members of the Republican Guard went on to join [[Combatants of the Iraq War|Sunni insurgent groups]], including groups such as [[The Return (guerrilla organization)|The Return]] (al-Awda), [[Army of the Men of the Naqshbandi Order|Naqshbandi Army]] (JRTN), [[Islamic Army in Iraq]] and the [[Islamic State]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/19/world/middleeast/former-loyalists-of-saddam-hussein-crucial-in-helping-isis.html|title=Uneasy Alliance Gives Insurgents an Edge in Iraq|first=Tim|last=Arango|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 18, 2014}}</ref>