Badr Brigade in the Jordanian Army

Badr Brigade in the Jordanian Army

The Badr Brigade is a unit of around 1,500 Palestinian soldiers who receive their salaries from the Palestine Liberation Organization but are attached to the Jordanian army.

References

* [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?itemNo=875437 Abbas asks PM: Let PLO brigade serve in West Bank] , Ha'aretz, 27 June 2007


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