Free Iraqi Forces

Free Iraqi Forces (FIF)
Free Iraqi Forces (FIF)
	Flag of the Free Iraqi Forces (FIF), seen on Free Iraqi Forces militiamen’s uniform as a flag sleeve patch, and sometimes flown during the invasion of Iraq.
Supreme Commander	Aras Habib
Dates of operation	1991–present
Allegiance	Iraq
Headquarters	Baghdad, Iraq
Active regions	Iraq
Ideology	Civic nationalism; State capitalism; Decentralization; Secularism; Welfarism; Federalism; Feyli interests (alleged, denied)
Size	75,000 (1991–2003); 1,000 (2025)
Allies	State allies:; (1991–2006); Iran; Iraqi Kurdistan; United Arab Emirates; France ; UK; Russia; Jordan; South Korea; Japan; Kuwait; China
Opponents	State opponents:; Baathist Iraq
Battles and wars	List Iraq War ;

The Free Iraqi Forces (FIF) is a militia made up of Iraqi expatriates, who served in the 2003 invasion of Iraq and its aftermath, under the control of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress government-in-exile. The specifically paramilitary branch of the program was also known as the Free Iraqi Fighting Forces (FIFF), while other elements served as interpreters or on civil affairs projects.^[6]^[7]

^ ^a ^b "Iraqi National Congress". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
^ "Iraqi National Congress | Iraqi Parliament Guide". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Iraqi National Congress | Iraqi Parliament Guide". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Iraqi National Congress | Iraqi Parliament Guide". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ "Iraqi National Congress | Iraqi Parliament Guide". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-21.
^ Catherine Dale (April 2011). Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress. DIANE Publishing. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-4379-2030-7.
^ Nathan Hodge (15 February 2011). Armed Humanitarians: The Rise of the Nation Builders. Bloomsbury USA. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-1-60819-017-1.

[Iraqi_National_Congress-1] "Iraqi National Congress". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.

[2] "Iraqi National Congress | Iraqi Parliament Guide". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[3] "Iraqi National Congress | Iraqi Parliament Guide". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[4] "Iraqi National Congress | Iraqi Parliament Guide". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[5] "Iraqi National Congress | Iraqi Parliament Guide". Archived from the original on 2014-07-26. Retrieved 2014-07-21.

[Dale2011-6] Catherine Dale (April 2011). Operation Iraqi Freedom: Strategies, Approaches, Results, and Issues for Congress. DIANE Publishing. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-4379-2030-7.

[Hodge2011-7] Nathan Hodge (15 February 2011). Armed Humanitarians: The Rise of the Nation Builders. Bloomsbury USA. pp. 66–. ISBN 978-1-60819-017-1.

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