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title: 'Fida''iyyu Saddam tali''a (Saddam''s Fedayeen are the vanguard): Fedayeen Saddam poster with Dome of the Rock'
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/iraq-fedayeen-saddam-poster-mujahidi-al-umma-1995/
description: Colour poster of Saddam Hussein firing a rifle skyward in a suit and hat, with the Dome of the Rock placed behind him, a smiling portrait of a younger…
section: Collection
---

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**Content note:** Glorifying poster of Saddam Hussein firing a rifle, with masked armed paramilitaries and the Dome of the Rock. This object is shown as it was published. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was)

[![Fida'iyyu Saddam tali'a (Saddam's Fedayeen are the vanguard): Fedayeen Saddam poster with Dome of the Rock](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/iraq-fedayeen-saddam-poster-mujahidi-al-umma-1995.jpg)](https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/images/iraq-fedayeen-saddam-poster-mujahidi-al-umma-1995.jpg)

# Fida'iyyu Saddam tali'a (Saddam's Fedayeen are the vanguard): Fedayeen Saddam poster with Dome of the Rock

Colour poster of Saddam Hussein firing a rifle skyward in a suit and hat, with the Dome of the Rock placed behind him, a smiling portrait of a younger man (identified on Commons with Uday Hussein) and a file of masked, armed paramilitaries below. The text names the Fedayeen Saddam as vanguard and as 'Mujahideen of the Umma'; the tell is the Islamic shrine pasted behind the leader and the unit.

## Text on the object

Original (Arabic) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
فدائيو
صدام
طليعة

مجاهدي الامة

[small credit lines along the bottom edge, three or four short lines at left and right: illegible]
```

English translation (machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader)

```
Saddam's Fedayeen
[are the] vanguard

Mujahideen of the Umma [the Muslim community / nation]

[small credit lines along the bottom edge: illegible]
```

Read from a 960 px render. The three-line slogan reads from top to bottom on the left; the lower box carries the title phrase. Spelling follows the poster (the final word has no hamza). Translation is a machine translation by Claude, not verified by a fluent reader.

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