IRAQI POPULAR ARMY, HIGH RANKING MEMBERS PIN BADGE, SADDAM HUSSEIN ERA.1980’s

Description

-REPUBLIC OF IRAQ-
SADDAM HUSSEIN ERA
VINTAGE 1980's
{ BA'ATH MILITIA, POPULAR ARMY}
الجيش الشعبي
High Ranking Members PIN BADGE
Translate Metal Pin :
أمة عربية واحدة ذات رسالة خالدة
الجيش الشعبي
One Arab Nation with an Eternal Mission
Popular Army
THIS PIN HAS MULTIPLE USE
CAN BE USE ON THE DIFFERENT RANKS
OR
ON THE CAP (CHECK PHOTO)
PHOTO'S ARE NOT INCLUDED
- FROM IRAQ -
100% Original and Authentic
RARE & HARD TO FIND
GREAT PIN TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION.
THIS IS EXACTLY THE PIN YOU WILL RECEIVE.
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Officially, it was the Iraqi Baath Party Militia and included a special youth section. Formed in 1970, the People's Army grew rapidly, and by 1977 it was estimated to have 50,000 active members. Subsequently, a phenomenal growth, giving the militia extensive internal security functions, occurred. Whereas its original purpose was to give the Baath Party an active role in every town and village, the People's Army in 1981 began its most ambitious task to date, the support of the regular armed forces.
The official functions of the People's Army were to act as backup to the regular armed forces in times of war and to safeguard revolutionary achievements, to promote mass consciousness, to consolidate national unity, and to bolster the relationship between the people and the army in times of peace. The People's Army dispatched units to Iraqi Kurdistan before 1980 and to Lebanon to fight with Palestinian guerrillas during the 1975–76 Civil War. Foreign observers concluded, however, that the primary function of the People's Army was political in nature; first, to enlist popular support for the Baath Party, and second, to act as a counterweight against any coup attempts by the regular armed forces.