Muhammed Latif ( ar, محمد لطيف ) is an Iraqi major general, and former member of the

Baath Party The Arab Socialist Baʿath Party ( ar, حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي ' ) was a political party founded in Syria by Mishel ʿAflaq, Ṣalāḥ al-Dīn al-Bītār, and associates of Zaki al-ʾArsūzī. The party espoused B ...

. The city of

Fallujah Fallujah ( ar, ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important Jew ...

was handed over to Muhammed Latif, replacing the earlier U.S. choice,

Jasim Mohammed Saleh General Jasim Mohammed Saleh Habib (not to be confused with sahwa leader Jasim Mohammad Saleh Suwaidawi) was an Iraqi level-2 Baathist Ba'athism, also stylized as Baathism, (; ar, البعثية ' , from ' , meaning "renaissance" or "resur ...

, when it was discovered that the latter had been involved in atrocities against Kurds during the Iran–Iraq War. '' Jane's Intelligence Review'' said that he was named Mohammed Abdel Latif and that he was a former military intelligence officer. Latif was granted the right to raise an army of 1,100 soldiers known as the

Fallujah Brigade Fallujah ( ar, ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah, Iraqi Arabic, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi Governorates of Iraq, province of Al Anbar Governorate, Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah ...

, who would wear their

Baathist Ba'athism, also stylized as Baathism, (; ar, البعثية ' , from ' , meaning "renaissance" or "resurrection"Hans Wehr''Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic'' (4th ed.), page 80) is an Arab nationalist ideology which promotes the creation ...

military uniforms and control the city (which US forces had proven unable to pacify). Within days, the city's mayor,

Muhammed Ibrahim al-Juraissey Muhammed Ibrahim al-Juraissey ( ar, محمد ابراهيم الجريسي) was the mayor of Fallujah during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq. On May 20, 2004 he announced that the time of bitter fighting in Fallujah was ended, and that Iraqis and American ...

said that there was a visible difference as the city began to calm now under Iraqi leadership once again. Nevertheless, the Fallujah Brigade dissolved and had turned over all the US weapons to the insurgency by September, prompting the return of US forces in the Second Battle of Fallujah in November, resulting in US reoccupation of the city.

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