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ISLAMIC HISTORY A group known as the Fedayeen were active from the 8th to the 14th century, and were described by their enemies as ''" (whence derives the English word " Assassin "). PALESTINIANS Armed Palestinian militias known as the Fedayeen, constituted from the refugees of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War , made efforts to infiltrate and strike against Israel i towns, infrastructure and citizens. The Fedayeen were based in Egypt , Lebanon and Jordan . The Israeli view is that the Fedayeen were recruited, armed and trained mainly by Egypt's security forces under the control of Egyptian President Gamal Abdul Nasser to kill as many Israeli civilians as they could ambush on roads and in isolated communities. IRAN A Marxist – Islamist radical guerrilla grouping known as the Fedayeen was founded in 1971 and based in Tehran . Operating between 1971 and 1983, the Fedayeen carried out a number of political assassinations in the course of the struggle that culminated in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. IRAQ Beginning in 1995, Iraq established a paramilitary group known as the Fedayeen Saddam , loyal to President Saddam Hussein and the Ba'athist regime. The name was chosen to imply a connection with the Palestinian Fedayeen. In July 2003, the personel records of the entire Fedayeen organization in Iraq was discovered in the basement of the former Fedayeen headquarters in east Baghdad near the Al-Rashid Airfield. At the time of the discovery, an Iraqi political party occupied the building. After an extensive cataloging process, dosiers of key Fedayeen members were made by First Armored Division troops and resulted in a sweeping operation in Baghdad that led to the arrest of several Fedayeen generals. {Link without Title} . ARMENIA The similar name "Fidain", with the same Etymology , was used by Armenia n insurgents around 1990 when the dispute with Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh was turning into the Nagorno-Karabakh War , although Armenia is solidly Christian . The term "fedayee" was also used by Armenian fighters in the Ottoman Empire before and during the First World War , who were protecting Armenian lives. The term was widely used and is still used to describe the volunteers, and can be found in literature and songs. EXTERNAL LINKS Palestinian Fedayeen Armenian Fidain
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