April 5, 20233 yr #1 These came from a 101st US veteran who served in iraq during the early 2000s. Looking for translations of the arabic on the patches. The first one seem's to be for the iraqi special operation's force's. Although mine appear's to be reversed? Velcro backing. Second one is also iraqi, but i have no idea what it mean's. Velcro backing. Third one isn't iraqi, but even then i have no idea where or when it was made. No velcro backing. The last one is the most puzzling. It's a version of those VN era US special forces patches, but with velcro backing and arabic on it as well?? really would appreciate help with that one, along with info on any of the other's.
April 7, 20233 yr #2 1st is ISOF like you say, it may have been reversed mistakenly, or it was fairly popular with some US Army units at the time to have reversed patches made so that when worn on both shoulders both had the animal looking forward, perhaps the same was done by ISOF but that is merely speculation on my part. 2nd is ISOF 3rd Battalion (Support), 3rd is of course Multi-National Corps Iraq 4th in 2005 MSG Chapman of ODA 542 used the SOG insignia as the basis of the design for the scouts of the Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion (which was later folded into ISOF) with the text above reading "36 special forces" in Arabic and a bar below the skull that read "scouts" in English. This insignia was popular so generic versions that removed the "scouts" and "36" leaving only the Arabic "special forces" began to be made which is what you have. They were not the official insignia of any unit but were popular with with Commandos and ISOF members.
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