[8] Hamdani lists one of the few reasons why Hussein Kamel's attempts to improve the quality of the Republican Guard during the Iran-Iraq War was successful was that he listened to Futayyih.

[3] He later became the Chief of Staff of the Al Quds Volunteer Army, a paramilitary force created in early 2001 in response to the beginning of the Second Intifada.

30 of Central Commands Top 55 list, appearing as the seven of clubs in the Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards.

[11] Despite its claimed size, the Al Quds Army ended up playing virtually no role in the war.

[12] In 2008 Futayyih received a life sentence for war crimes committed in the suppression of the 1991 uprisings in Iraq.