Article: U.S. Troop Joins Tanks in Attack on Iraqi Republican Guard Stronghold.

Article: Key question: How fiercely will the Republican ...
International Herald Tribune;  March 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... how fiercely will Iraq's elite Republican Guard fight. The roughly 120,000 soldiers in six Republican Guard divisions are considered Iraq ... It is one of the best of the Republican Guard divisions, one of the most powerful ...

Article: Saddam's Republican Guard forces soon face battle ...
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  March 28, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... the crucial battle for Baghdad, the Republican Guard will have its muster tested as never ... will see in the next days how the Republican Guard performs as a fighting force," said ... and Marines can defeat thousands of Republican Guard troops in the next few days. The ...

Transcript: Interview: Ken Pollack discusses the strengths and weaknesses ...
NPR Weekend Edition - Saturday;  March 29, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... strengths and weaknesses of the Iraqi Republican Guard Host: SCOTT SIMON Time: 12:00 ... s most able fighting force, the Republican Guard. Built and strengthened near the ... Saddam Hussein's son Qusai, the Republican Guard now reportedly has about 100,000 ...

Article: U.S. Aims to Destroy Core of Iraq's Military; Republican ...
The Washington Post;  February 25, 1991 ;     700+ words ... ... fighting tonight or Tuesday with Iraq's Republican Guard forces, according to these sources ... moving north and east behind dug-in Republican Guard units will be in a position by tonight ... sure the eight divisions of the elite Republican Guard in the Kuwaiti theater "don't escape ...

Article: Hundreds of Elite Republican Guard Troops Killed.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  April 4, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... divisions of Saddam Hussein's vaunted Republican Guard have died in aerial attacks or in ... is that significant numbers of the Republican Guard units have taken up positions inside ... Institute. Units from the three other Republican Guard divisions already are in the city ...

Article: The battle for Baghdad begins: Marine and Army units advance ...
U.S. News & World Report;  April 2, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... double-barrel attack on the Republican Guard divisions south of Baghdad ... against the Medina and Baghdad Republican Guard divisions-the first time U.S. ground forces have engaged Republican Guard divisions head on. The attack ...

Article: Hussein Defenders Seen As Hard Corps Loyalists; U.S. Officers Say ...
The Washington Post;  November 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... Pentagon considers Iraq's Special Republican Guard a formidable combat force willing ... Hussein's son, Qusay, the Special Republican Guard consists of 15,000 troops whose ... fighting capabilities of the Special Republican Guard and, to a lesser extent, the 80 ...