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	Al Diwaniyah, Iraq
		Al Diwaniyah (Arabic: BGN: Ad Dīwānīyah; also spelled Diwaniya) is the capital city of Iraq's Al Qadisiyah province.
		In 2002, its population was estimated at 420,000.
		The area around Al Diwaniyah, which is well irrigated from the nearby Euphrates river, is often considered to be one on the most fertile parts of Iraq, and is heavily cultivated.
	www.blackanthem.com /News/citypages/Al_Diwaniyah_Iraq10796.shtml (173 words)

	Informed Comment: 08/01/2006 - 09/01/2006
		Diwaniyah, with a provincial government run by the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq, should have been a constituency for the Maliki government, not a challenge to it.
		Dozens died in the fighting in Diwaniyah, along with the other violent deaths reported by Reuters, and the 14 dead bodies that showed up in Baghdad according to the LA Times.
		The explosion at a leaking oil pipeline near Diwaniyah that killed 16 persons who came to collect petroleum from it would have been bad news enough all on its own.
	www.juancole.com /2006_08_01_juanricole_archive.html (15079 words)

	Al-Diwaniyah - The New York Sun
		Kerry MacNeal was in Saratoga Springs on Thanksgiving to celebrate with his children and grandchildren..
		Excerpt: The death of a Polish soldier in the southern city of Diwaniyah Friday was a reminder that militants will still find ways to strike - and that...
		A split is seen in cancer diagnoses, doctor-ranking gains backing, and a renewed push is planned against smoking.
	www.nysun.com /related_results.php?term=Al-Diwaniyah (110 words)

	Counterterrorism Blog: Al Qaeda's New Front in Lebanon
		Fatah al Islam aims at creating an "Emirate" (Islamist principality as in the Taliban model) in the Sunni areas of Lebanon, and is planning on conducting operations similar to the ones in the Sunni Triangle of Iraq.
		It is a move by the Assad regime to weaken the cabinet and the army in preparation for a greater offensive later on by Hizbollah on another front.
		In short the Damascus-Tehran strategic planners have unleashed this “local” al Qaeda group in Tripoli to drag the Lebanese cabinet in side battles, deflecting its attention from the two main events, highly threatening to Assad: One is the forthcoming UN formed Tribunal in the assassination case of Rafiq Hariri.
	counterterrorismblog.org /2007/05/al_qaedas_new_front_in_lebanon.php (2345 words)

	Al Diwaniyah Information
		Al Diwaniyah (in Arabic: الديوانية, Ad-Diwāniyyah) is the capital city of Iraq's al-Qādisiyyah province.
		In 2002, its population was estimated at 420,000.
		The area around Al Diwaniyah, which is well irrigated from the nearby Euphrates river, is often considered to be one on the most fertile parts of Iraq, and is heavily cultivated.
	www.bookrags.com /Al_Diwaniyah (76 words)

	Al Diwaniyah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Al Diwaniyah (in Arabic: الديوانية, Ad-Diwāniyyah) is the capital city of Iraq's al-Qādisiyyah province.
		In 2002, its population was estimated at 420,000.
		The area around Al Diwaniyah, which is well irrigated from the nearby Euphrates river, is often considered to be one on the most fertile parts of Iraq, and is heavily cultivated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Diwaniyah (107 words)

	Al Jazeera English - Archive - Iraqi Army And Militia Agree To Truce (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Shops began to reopen in Diwaniyah on Tuesday and water and electricity supplies were turned back on, as a tense calm returned to the town 180km south of Baghdad.
		The al-Mahdi Army is a loosely-organised militia group loyal to the Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
		The head of Diwaniyah's health department, Hamid Taathi, said that his hospitals had received the bodies of eight civilians and treated 61 bystanders for wounds received in the fighting.
	english.aljazeera.net /NR/exeres/9D78A69F-27A3-4273-8F19-A720361FBD06.htm (343 words)

	Al-Askari Mosque bombing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He claimed that "these heinous acts are committed by a group of Zionists and occupiers that have failed." He warned, amid a crowd of protesters, that the United States would "not be saved from the wrath and power of the justice-seeking nations" by resorting to bombings like the one that occurred at Al Askari Mosque.
		Al Jazeera analyst Laith Saud accuses the occupation authorities of gross negligence which made Samarra bombing possible.
		In Al Diwaniyah, all mosques, shops and markets were closed.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al_Askari_Mosque_bombing (3078 words)

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		The ex-minister told Asharq al Awsat about the questioning of an al-Qaeda member from Sudan detained in Al-Diwaniyah in June 2004 after a bottle filled with poison was found in his possession with which he intended to contaminate water purification centers in the province.
		Asharq al Awsat noticed that Shaalan was close to revealing the name of the suspect had it not been for the timely intervention of his legal assistant, Dr. Munir Iskandarani, who was sitting beside him, and requested the name remain secret because of an ongoing court case in the British courts against three Iraqi figures.
		Al Zarqawi contacted some people and ordered I stay in a Baghdad hotel where I met an Iraqi man, known as Mohammed Muri, who said the situation in the capital was dangerous.
	aawsat.com /english/news.asp?section=1&id=2049 (951 words)

	Friends of Democracy: Ad Diwaniyah 01/21/2005 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ali Al Sistani, are preparing a massive media campaign in the city and boroughs to encourage citizens to participate in the elections.
		Sheikh Bassem Al Waeili, in charge of Al Sistani office in Ad Diwaniyah and supervising the work of the committees, affirmed that the work of the committees is coordinated with the independent high electoral commission in Ad Diwaniyah.
		Mahmoud Al Sarkhi and his supporters oppose the elections because of the lack of a legitimate and reasonable justification to hold the elections under the occupation.
	www.friendsofdemocracy.info /2005/01/ad_diwaniyah_01_3.html (407 words)

	USATODAY.com - Police find at least 24 bodies in Shiite parts of Baghdad (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Diwaniyah was calm Tuesday, residents and officials said, but an explosion at an oil pipeline south of the city killed at least 27 people.
		Monday's fighting in Diwaniyah was some of the worst in recent months between the Iraqi army and Shiite militiamen loyal to al-Sadr.
		Although Diwaniyah's streets were quiet Monday, Jabir said 34 people had been killed and another 45 injured in the nearby pipeline explosion.
	usatoday.com /news/world/iraq/2006-08-28-iraq-violence_x.htm?imw=Y (1020 words)

	My Way News - 40 Killed As Shiites, Iraqi Forces Fight
		DIWANIYAH, Iraq (AP) - Shiite militiamen battled Iraqi forces for 12 hours Monday, leaving at least 40 people dead and underlining the government's struggle to rein in an anti-U.S. cleric.
		Diwaniyah, 80 miles south of Baghdad, is a Shiite-dominated city where the influence of firebrand cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Mahdi Army has been gradually increasing.
		The clashes in Diwaniyah began Saturday night after a rocket attack on a Polish-run base earlier in the day, and then resumed Sunday night, said Lt. Col.
	apnews.myway.com /article/20060829/D8JPO8IO0.html (1141 words)

	My Way News - 40 Killed As Shiites Battle Iraqi Forces
		DIWANIYAH, Iraq (AP) - Shiite militiamen battled Iraqi forces for 12 hours Monday, leaving at least 40 people dead and underlining the government's difficulties as it tries to rein in the sectarian forces of an anti-U.S. cleric.
		The U.S. military announced that nine U.S. soldiers were killed over the weekend in and around Baghdad, eight by roadside bombs and one by gunfire.
		By evening, the militia had set up road checkpoints and taken over seven neighborhoods in the south and east of the city, while the Iraqi army was controlling the northern and western parts, Aied said.
	apnews.myway.com /article/20060828/D8JPLQ401.html (957 words)

	Military News - Blackanthem.com
		One of the detainees was a high value individual, who was a member of al-Qaeda in Iraq wanted for weapons smuggling and financing attacks on Coalition Forces in Salman Pak and Al Ja'ara.
		CAMP AL ASAD, Iraq - Flaming torches signified the opening of the 507th Corps Support Group and MWR sponsored track and field events.
		James G. Currie, Jr., the commander of the 507th CSG, remarked "at least for today, we will know who is the best in the West." The 2nd Marine Air Wing Commander, Brig.
	www.blackanthem.com /News/U_S_Military_19/newcatagory.shtml (1095 words)

	Al-Sadr Tries New Tactics, But Strategy Still The Same
		In addition, the demonstration was relatively peaceful and al-Sadr cast himself as being part of the solution to achieve Iraqi unity, as opposed to the firebrand rabble-rouser who brought Iraq's legislative process to a halt in November and launched two uprisings against U.S. forces in 2004.
		In fact, al-Sadr's cooperation with U.S. and Iraqi forces during the Baghdad security operation, until the Al- Diwaniyah clashes, showed a willingness to make compromises for the sake of improved security and an ability to show restraint in face of ongoing insurgent attacks.
		Finally, on the highly symbolic anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, al-Sadr cast the U.S.-led occupation as the real obstacle hindering Iraq's movement toward stability.
	www.aina.org /news/20070410144004.htm (1071 words)

	Rebuild Iraq
		The other project is the Al Diwaniyah refinery, which is to be built 160 kilometers to the south of Baghdad.
		Al Diwaniyah refinery would provide 1,000 jobs and have an output of 30,000 bpd.
		At a later date, the Iraqi ministry of oil is scheduled to launch the Al Nasiriyah refinery project, 400 kilometers to the south of Baghdad.
	www.rebuild-iraq-expo.com /News_show_news.asp?id=1775 (321 words)

	LEGAL NEWS - Legal Headline from the wires - full text.
		Al-Zaman carries on page 2 a 100-word report on a statement by Al- Sayyid Habib al-Khatib, representative of Grand Ayatollah Ali al- Sistani in Wasit Governorate, during the Friday sermon noting that the assassinations that are being carried out against the religious and well-known figures will strength the Iraqis.
		Al-Mada runs on page 5 a 400-word report on an interview with Al- Diwaniyah Chief Police Abd-al-Wahab al-Salihi noting that the security forces are ready to provide the security needs of the elections.
		Al- A'sam says that Iraqis have the right not to believe that many terrorists are being arrested by Iraqi forces.
	www.romingerlegal.com /newsviewer.php?ppa=8oplo_ZkmjhirpRUfb}38}bfek\! (4709 words)

	The Committee for the Release of Hostages and Detainees in Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Then while my brother was left in Al Habanya, I and 19 others were transferred to the General Security Office in Baghdad, where I was imprisoned underground for a year.
		Al Baladyat is the recently built offices of the Iraqi General Security in Baghdad.
		It is located in Al Mashtel Hay 7th Nissan in Al Baladyat, Baghdad (near the Free Market on the left hand side of the Jadyda Bridge on the military canal when crossing to the old Baqooba route).
	www.9neesan.com /iraqihostages/appendixa4.htm (465 words)

	Jeff, Michelle & Hayley > hillison.com
		Al Diwaniyah was similar to Cedar in that it was covered in this moon dust.
		The railroad was in the middle of Ad Diwaniyah and we had to go through the neighborhoods.
		Al Hillah is pretty and smaller, but it just seems like there is no other routine other than hang around the tent at night.
	hillison.com /index.php?url_channel_id=11&url_publish_channel_id=71&url_subchannel_id=&well_id=2 (4796 words)

	Who Is Iraqi Defense Minister Hazem Al-Shaalan?
		Eventually, the CIA reconnected with him, gradually preparing the ground for al-Shaalan to become the governor general of Diwaniyah.
		U.S. occupiers, but was unable to conceal his anti-democratic credentials from the people for long and carried out a massacre.
		The people of Diwaniyah appealed to Iraqi officials to dismiss him from his post and the issue reached the Iraqi Governing Council, which issued an order for his dismissal.
	www.mehrnews.com /en/NewsDetail.aspx?NewsID=98855&t=Political (403 words)

	Media Release
		AL HILLAH (BABYLON), Iraq – The First Marine Expeditionary Force continues to coordinate with more than 30 relief organizations to provide water, food, shelter, public health and utilities, communication, law and order, public transportation and education to the southern Iraq population.
		Marine forces conducted a meeting with the governor, police chief, and security manager to discuss hiring an additional 600 personnel to assume permanent security responsibilities at schools, civil and public workstations, the electrical plant and hospitals.
		To coordinate for coverage of any of these ongoing events contact Lieutenant Al Eskalis or Captain David Romley at 00881676326826 or email eskalisag@imefdf.usmc.mil or romleydt@imefdf.usmc.mil.
	www.arcent.army.mil /media_releases/2003/may/may10_06.htm (551 words)

	Hilla / Al Hillah
		On 16 March 1991 at al- Mahawil Garrison near the city of al-Hilla between 150 - 170 men and boys from the Shi'a community were shot dead.
		At the Coalition forces, Multi-National Division-Central South in Al Hilla, LOGCAP is being used to provide almost all logistical, base camp and life support services to more than 20 coalition nations.
		The recruiting stations are at Al Hillah, Kirkuk and Baqcuba.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/hilla.htm (707 words)

	True Blue Liberal » Shiite vs. Shiite (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The recent battles in Diwaniyah, Karbala and Basra, however, raise the specter of Shiite-on-Shiite violence, and on a level that may pull in coalition troops and further imperil the U.S. mission in Iraq.
		Unlike the young clerics he appoints to run big mosques in Sadr City, the new crop of Sadrist leaders in the south have local power bases and tenuous ties to Muqtada himself.
		In fact, it was apparently the freelance actions of these local Sadrists in Diwaniyah that sparked the worst of this summer’s Shiite-on-Shiite bloodshed, an Aug. 28 street battle between the Sadrists and SCIRI that left 81 people dead.
	www.trueblueliberal.com /2006/09/08/shiite-vs-shiite (1262 words)

	Press Releases: Iraq, Mercy Corps activities in Iraq updated Jun 2003
		Mercy Corps will also support the Al Kut water department to ensure regular and adequate testing of the water is done, before being distributed.
		In keeping with Mercy Corps’ principles of building civil societies, the local water department is contributing the labor for this project, and this project is being carried out in partnership with the local authorities.
		Mercy Corps is assisting the education department in Al Kut City by providing vehicles and drivers to transport teachers to work.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/23d227ea33cbabe385256d5200570086 (1452 words)

	CCL for Operational Medical Support - Military Information Technology
		Coalition forces manning the brigades at Al Diwaniyah, Karbala and Al Kut consisted of Spanish, Polish and Ukrainian troops, respectively.
		At Camp Babylon, Al Hillah, Iraq, the CCL server was set up at the command center and laptops were deployed to clients at the three brigades at Al Diwaniyah, Karbala and Al Kut, manned by Spanish, Polish and Ukrainian troops, respectively.
		For the Ukrainian troops at Al Kut, computer terminals were set up with Cyrillic keyboards, further facilitating text entry and communications with division headquarters and the other brigades.
	www.military-medical-technology.com /print_article.cfm?DocID=784 (1598 words)

	The Committee for the Release of Hostages and Detainees in Iraq
		We were then taken to Qalat Al Salman, where I calculate the total numbers to have been 2,100, later increased to 2,600.
		I calculate that of the hostages held in Qalat Al Salman between 500 and 600 were released.
		I have been told that at least six other prisons/camps identical to Qalat Al Salman were built in the early 1980's; the numbers of hostages held in them and the numbers released are unknown to me.
	www.9neesan.com /iraqihostages/appendixa3.htm (551 words)

	The Arab American News
		He appealed for seven days of national mourning, a call that combined with the curdling tension to leave Baghdad's streets shuttered and empty by dusk.
		But, in Baghdad, al-Kut, Najaf, Samarra, Diwaniyah, and al-Hillah, the Shi'a fury had spilt on to the streets by afternoon.
		A mob was said to have set fire to one of the holiest Sunni shrines on the edge of Basra, where most British troops in Iraq are based.
	www.arabamericannews.com /newsarticle.php?articleid=4509 (837 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Al-Mu'tamar publishes on the front page a 100-word report citing Electricity Ministry Adviser Imad al-Ani promising a group of Al- Sadr followers, who held a sit-in in front of the ministry demanding employment in the electricity network protection force, that his ministry will study their demand.
		Al-Mu'tamar publishes on the front page a 70-word report citing sources at the Defence Ministry as saying that General Muhammad Jasim, commander of the National Guard in Bayji, and three of his bodyguards were killed in a booby-trapped car explosion.
		Al-Furat carries on page 6 a 1,000-word article by Munazil al- Timimi, commenting on the "possibility of establishing democracy in Iraq." The writer surveys the former regime's "unwise" policies, and says that for Iraq to be a democratic and free country, "there should be an administration that harmonizes with all Iraqi sides."
	www.intellisearchnow.com /pwrpub_view.scml?ppa=6inngWZkppmksrSSkiwQq3bfej[v (3580 words)

	Al-Ahram Weekly \| Special \| The battle for Baghdad (Site not responding. Last check: )
		DEFENCES AROUND BAGHDAD: Following news of the invading forces entering the centre of Baghdad, the Iraqi leadership took a number of measures to strengthen the capital's defences by closing all entrances to the city between 6pm and 6am and tightening security around Baghdad.
		Al- Ahram Weekly sources say that, prior to the start of operations in Baghdad, the Iraqi command set up two defence lines around Baghdad.
		The first line is made of advance troops stationed at a distance of 40 kilometres from Baghdad.
	weekly.ahram.org.eg /2003/633/sc1.htm (3725 words)

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