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Encyclopedia > Republican Guard

Republican Guard is the organization of a republic which serves to protect the President and the government. Usually synonomous with Presidential Guard. A republic is a state or country having a government whose political power depends solely on the consent of the people governed. ... The Belarusian Presidential Guard is a law-enforcement body that was designed to protect the President of Belarus and other high ranking officials. ...

Two republican guards in ceremony uniform in front of a side entrance of the Élysée Palace The Republican Guard mans the honour guards welcoming foreign heads of state or government; here, president Jacques Chirac welcomes then king of Cambodia Norodom Sihanouk to the Élysée Palace. ... Two United States Air Force explosive ordnance technicians search for weapons and ordnance through a former Republican Guard facility near Kirkuk. ... The Special Republican Guard was formed from the Iraqi Republican Guard founded in either 1992 or 1995 in the nation of Iraq. ... A 2,500 strong unit (1994), not part of the army. ... The Republican Guard Brigade is attached to the Directorate-General of the Presidency of Lebanon. ... The Republican National Guard (GNR - Guarda Nacional Republicana) is a Portuguese military organization, whose soldiers, unlike the officers of the Public Safety Police (PSP), are subject to military law and organization. ...

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Republican Guard commanders received a lot of cash, a "secure" relocation outside of Iraq, and crucially for those not considered war criminals, the promise of a new job in post-Saddam Iraq.
Republican Guard commanders told the rank-and-file that the resistance would be secret and long-term, according to Saddam and Qusay's long-elaborated scenario of a guerrilla war.
The Republican Guard commanders were about to be airlifted out of Iraq, and their soldiers had orders to demobilize and melt into the civilian population.
Iraqi Republican Guard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (371 words)
The Iraqi Republican Guard (Arabic: الحرس العراقي الجمهوري) (RG) was the core of the Iraqi military.
In 2002, it was reported that the Republican Guard and the Fedayeen Saddam were both training in urban street fighting and in guerrilla warfare.
It is largely believed that some of the former Republican Guard forces loyal to Saddam Hussein are still fighting on the ground as guerrilla insurgents after the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
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