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
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.
- Date
- 1995
- Period
- Contemporary
- Made by
- Fedayeen Saddam (Iraqi Ba'athist paramilitary force)
- Country
- Iraq
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Military
- Regime
- Ba'athist Iraq
- Leader
- Saddam Hussein
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Recruit
- Themes
- War and the military, Religion
- Techniques
- Transfer
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons, retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain per Commons (PD-Iraq); Iraq has no U.S. copyright relations (Circular 38A)
Fedayeen Saddam propaganda bureau, via Wikimedia Commons.
Text on the object
فدائيو صدام طليعة مجاهدي الامة [small credit lines along the bottom edge, three or four short lines at left and right: illegible]
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.
