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Baghdad

Baghdad (lang-ar ArabDIN) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate. With a metropolitan area estimated at a population of 7,000,000, it is the largest city in ...

Baghdad, Capitals in Asia, Cities along the Silk Road, Cities, towns and villages in Iraq, Arab League
Euphrates Rivers, Abu Ja, Al-Mansur, Harun al-Rashid, Abu Hanifa, Hulagu Khan
Provincial Council, Arab League, CPA, University of Georgia, Sindbad Hotel, Columbia University
Iraq, Tigris River, Tigris, Iran, U.S., Haifa, Baghdad Governorate, Round City, Baghdad Province

2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident

On 22 November 2003, shortly after takeoff from Baghdad, an Airbus A300 cargo plane, operating for DHL Aviation, was struck on the left wing tip by a surface-to-air ...

Aviation accidents and incidents in Iraq, Airliner shootdowns, Aviation accidents and incidents in 2003, 2003 in Iraq, DHL
Mario Rofail, Claudine Vernier-Palliez, Sara Daniel
DHL, Airbus, Dhl Aviation, United Airlines, Flight Safety Foundation, European Air Transport, Bahrain International, Air Force, Air Pilots and Air Navigators, Royal Aeronautical Society
Iraq, Paris, Baghdad International Airport, US

Abu Ghraib prison

An Iraqi city 32 km (20 mi) west of Baghdad. It became internationally known as a place where Saddam Hussein's government ... Dhari, west of Baghdad Mass grave with the ...

1960s establishments, Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse, Human rights in Iraq, Prisons in Iraq, Prisoner of war camps, Military bases in Iraq, United States military police
Abu Ghraib, Saddam Hussein, Abu Ghraib Prison, Abu Ghurayb, Christian Davenport, Josh White, Scott Higham, Joe Darby, Khan Dhari
The Washington Post, Amnesty International, Air Service, Army War College, Al Qaeda
Iraq, U.S.

Embassy of the United States in Baghdad

The Embassy of the United States in Baghdad (or US Embassy in Baghdad) is the diplomatic mission of the United States in Iraq. It is located in Baghdad and is home to ...

Diplomatic missions of the United States, Buildings and structures in Baghdad, United States-Iraqi relations
Ryan Crocker, Marine Security Guard, William Langewiesche
First Kuwaiti Trading
US, United States, Iraq, Green Zone, Gulf War, Tigris River, Vietnam, Kabul

Fall of Baghdad (1917)

On March 11, 1917, the British Army captured Baghdad. ... Arrival of General Sir Frederick Stanley Maude After the surrender of the Kut garrison on April 29 1916, ...

1917 in Iraq, History of Baghdad, Battles involving the United Kingdom, Battles involving India, Battles involving the Ottoman Empire, Battles of the Mesopotamian campaign, Middle Eastern theatre of World War I
Frederick Stanley Maude, Tigris Corps, Dahra Bend, Percy Cox
Mesopotamian Administration Committee
India, Kut, Basra, Mesopotamia, Iraq, Diyala River, London, United Kingdom, Tigris River

Baghdad International Airport

Baghdad International Airport airport codes (Arabic:مطار بغداد الدولي; , BIAP is Iraq's largest airport, located in a suburb about 16 km (10 miles) west of downtown Bagh ...

Buildings and structures in Baghdad, Airports in Iraq, Saddam Hussein
Bob Hope Dining, Saddam Hussein
Iraqi Airways, DHL, CPA, Air Scotland, Former Saddam International, Baghdad International, Boeing
Iraq, Baghdad International Airport, بغداد, US, Amman, Baghdad Governorate

Battle of Baghdad (1258)

The Battle of Baghdad in 1258 was a victory for the Mongol leader Hulagu Khan, a grandson of Genghis Khan. Baghdad was captured, sacked, and burned. ... set out for Bag ...

1258, Battles involving the Mongols, History of Baghdad, Battles involving the Abbasid Caliphate, Sieges
Hulagu Khan, Guo Kan, Steven Dutch, Ata al-Mulk Juvayni, David Nicolle, Ian Frazier
Cambridge University
Iraq, Tigris, Mesopotamia, Asia, Cambridge, Principality, Antioch, Lurs

Baghdad Railway

In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Ottoman Empire planned to construct a Baghdad Railway under German control. The Baghdad Railway consisted of the already ...

World War I, Ottoman railways, Rail transport
Benno Bickel, Jürgen Franzke, Wilhelm von Pressel, Alfred von Kaulla, Georg von Siemens, Hamid II, Young Turk
Deutsche Bank, Nürnberg, Evans, Anatolian Railway Company, This Baghdad Railway Company, Anglo-Persian Oil Company
Turkey, Germany, Syria, Persian Gulf, Adana, Bagdad, Iraq, Berlin, Aleppo

Battle of Baghdad (2003)

The 2003 Battle of Baghdad was a battle that took place in early April 2003, as part of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... Overview The Invasion was led by United States ...

2003 Iraq conflict, Battles of the 2003 Iraq conflict, History of Baghdad
Saddam Hussein, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, Edward Chin, Frank Thorp
Republican, Al-Arabia, large and small, The Guardian
Iraq, U.S., United States, Marines, Tigris, Saddam City, Firdus Square

Green Zone

Km² (4 mile²) area in central Baghdad that was the center of the Coalition Provisional Authority and remains the ... Baghdad International Airport and the Green Zone.

Baghdad, Occupation of Iraq, Diplomatic districts
Saddam Hussein, Jay Garner, Fob Prosperity, Mohammed Awad, Ibn Sina Hospital
Republican, Charlie company, National Division, Rashid Hotel
Green Zone, Iraq, U.S., Baghdad International Airport, Florida, Georgia, Tigris River