17th Division (Iraq)
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The 17th Division is a division of the Iraqi Army, active before and after 2003.
The 17th Armored Division was established after the beginning of the Iran–Iraq War, by the end of the third year of the war (September 1983). Brigadier General Iyad Futaykh Khalifa al-Rawi 'completed the setting up' of the division. It was in the field in the 2nd Corps sector in 1982–1984 south of Khanaqin on the Iran–Iraq border; 2nd Corps was at that point headquartered at Baqubah. One of its early commanders, possibly its first commander, was Brigadier General Saber 'Abd al-'Aziz. A later map in Malovany's book shows the division deployed between Tursaq and Zirbatiya, under 2nd Corps almost directly east of Baghdad, until circa September 1985.
It may have been in the 9th Corps during the Gulf War of 1991.
Saddam Hussein's
After 2003, its headquarters was reported to be at Mahmadiyah, and its commander Staff Maj. Gen. Ali Jassam Mohammad.
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