Editing Republican Guard (Iraq) (section)

==In popular culture==
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* In the television show ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', one of the main characters - [[Sayid Jarrah]] - served in the Republican Guard during the 1991 Persian [[Gulf War]]. During his service, he was a soldier, a communications officer and an [[Interrogation|interrogator]]. The majority of his background story revolves around the guilt he has felt towards people he's tortured in the past.
*The Republican Guard appeared in an episode of ''[[Deadliest Warrior]]'' as [[Saddam Hussein]]'s personal bodyguards and elite troops as they fought against [[Pol Pot]]'s [[Khmer Rouge]].
* The video game, ''[[Conflict: Desert Storm]]'' series feature soldiers of the [[Ba'athist Iraq|Ba'athist]] Iraqi Republican Guard as the main enemies.
* The video game ''[[BlackSite: Area 51]]'' features the Iraqi Republican Guard as the main enemies in the first episode, ''Iraq''.
*In the [[Tom Clancy]] video game [[Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction|''Splinter Cell: Conviction'']], the Republican Guard is the enemy force in the level ''Diwaniya, Iraq''. This level is a flashback to when the series protagonist, [[Sam Fisher (Splinter Cell)|Sam Fisher]], was captured by the Iraqi Republican Guard on the [[Highway of Death]] during the 1991 Gulf War.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/GcD8Or_net0 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20211030005036/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcD8Or_net0 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{Cite web|date=9 September 2021|title=Splinter Cell: Conviction (PC) - Diwaniya, Iraq|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcD8Or_net0|access-date=29 October 2021|website=[[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
*In the 2021 video game [[The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes|''House of Ashes'']], one of the main protagonists is a Republican Guard officer in the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|2003 war]] - Lt. Salim Othman (voiced by [[Nick E. Tarabay|Nick Tarabay]]);<ref>{{Cite web|last=Marshall|first=Cass|date=27 October 2021|title=House of Ashes is an ambitious horror game that mostly pulls it off|url=https://www.polygon.com/reviews/22747618/house-of-ashes-review-supermassive-games-story-gameplay-themes-ending-horror|access-date=29 October 2021|website=Polygon|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Fries|first=Nicholas|date=22 October 2021|title=All Characters Voice Actors and Cast in House of Ashes|url=https://progameguides.com/house-of-ashes/all-characters-voice-actors-and-cast-in-house-of-ashes/|access-date=29 October 2021|website=Pro Game Guides|language=en}}</ref> being the first playable Republican Guard soldier in a video game. Salim takes part in an ambush against US troops (mainly [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]]) alongside his non-playable superior, Captain Dar Basri (voiced by [[Nabeel El Khafif]]). Lieutenant Salim is presented as a sympathetic character, while Dar is an unrepenting antagonist of the Americans.