available manpower in 1986. At the time the government feared that calls for the mobilization would lead to draft riots, but the response was good: young men – even college students – reported without incident. The fact that the public answered the call, indicated that Iraqis feared invasion during the war. Order of battle Iraq Iraqi Army 2nd Corps 17th Armored Division 70th Armored Brigade 59th Armored Brigade 705th Infantry Brigade 433rd, 417th, 425th Infantry Brigades 1st Commando Brigade, Commando Battalion of the 40th Infantry Division Reinforcements sent: Republican Guard 1st Mechanized 4th and 5th Infantry Brigades 3rd Special Forces Brigade 2nd and 10th Armored Brigades Iraqi Army 35th Infantry Division 71st, 72nd, 3rd Infantry Brigades 501st, 113th, 95th, 118th, and 108th Infantry Brigades 24th Mechanized Brigade 2nd, 3rd, and 5th Commando Brigades, Commando Battalion of the 20th Infantry Division, Commando Battalion of the 2nd Infantry Division 65th Special Forces Brigade 763rd, 110th, 15th, 766th, 217th, 238th, 53rd, 247th, and 489th Artillery Battalions Iran Najaf Headquarters Commanded by Mostafa Izadi 27th Muhammad Rasulullah Division 6 infantry battalions, 1 tank battalion 17th Ali ibn Abi Talib Division Commanded by Gholamreza Jaafari 3 infantry battalions, 1 tank battalion 5th Nasr Division 3 infantry battalions 25th Karbala Division Commanded by Morteza Ghorbani 4 infantry battalions, 1 tank battalion 10th Sayyed-osh-Shohada Division 3 infantry battalions 41st Sarallah Division Commanded by Qassem Soleimani 4 infantry battalions, 1 tank battalion 21st Imam Reza Independent Brigade 2 infantry battalions 15th Imam Hassan Independent Brigade 5 infantry battalions 662nd Beit-ol-Moqaddas Independent Brigade 2 infantry battalions 38th Zolfaghar Independent Armored Battalion 1 tank company 2 artillery battalions from IRGC, 4 artillery battalions from Army Islamic Republic of Iran Army Aviation See also First Battle of al-Faw Republican Guard (Iraq) References Military operations of the Iran–Iraq War in 1986 History of Ilam Province Operations Karbala