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	Al-Faw Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The al-Faw peninsula (Arabic: شبه جزيرةالفاو; also transliterated as al-Fao or al-Fawr) is a marshy region adjoining the Persian Gulf in the extreme south-east of Iraq, between and to the south-east of the cities of Basra (Iraq) and Abadan (Iran).
		The 1991 Gulf War was fought to the south and west of al-Faw, but the peninsula's military installations were heavily bombed by Allied forces during the conflict.
		The peninsula was one of the first targets of the Allied forces in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, with British troops principally involved.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Al-Faw_peninsula (613 words)

	Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A peninsula (Latin, literally meaning almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides.
		Cornwall, Devon, Somerset and Dorset - the South West Peninsula, or the Westcountry, or Wessex
		A peninsula can also be a headland, cape, promontory, bill, or spit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Peninsula (214 words)

	Untitled Document
		Iraqi forces use the Al Faw Peninsula to launch missile attacks against Kuwait and coalition forces in southern Iraq, to ambush troops stationed there or en route to other parts of Iraq and to mine the northern part of the Persian Gulf.
		Iraqi leaders refer to both the Al Faw Peninsula and Umm Qasr as an Iraqi Brest Fortress, a reference to a Russian fortress that held fast against superior German forces in the summer of 1941.
		The war in Iraq now is three weeks old, and Iraqi forces still control a large portion of the Al Faw Peninsula, Iraq's southernmost port, which coalition forces attacked on the first day of the war.
	www.cuttingedge.org /news_updates/na786.htm (1233 words)

	The Battle for Al Faw
		One of the first objectives of the Coalition campaign in Iraq was to capture the oil industry in the Al Faw peninsula intact before it could be sabotaged or destroyed by the Iraqi military.
		Following days of bad weather, the assault on Al Faw was set for 2200 hours(local time) on 20th March 2003.
		Plans to land armour by hovercraft were abandoned once engineers discovered extensive mining of the beaches near Al Faw which posed too great a danger to heavy USN hovercraft carrying UK Scimitars.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /gulf2/AlFaw.html (519 words)

	Untitled Document
		The questions surrounding a massive breakout of Iraqi troops from the southern city of Basra and a potential southern thrust by columns of Iraqi armor toward the Al Faw Peninsula are finally being answered.
		The estimates of 70-120 Iraqi armored vehicles then were relayed to the media and the military, where paraphrases and misinterpretation of the preliminary data led to widespread reports of 120 Iraqi tanks barreling down on British positions on the Al Faw.
		Second, they were trying to link up with irregular forces on the peninsula to disrupt coalition control of port facilities and needed large forces to break through.
	www.cuttingedge.org /news_updates/na672.htm (987 words)

	Scotland on Sunday - International - Missile strike raises doubts over security of Al Faw
		COALITION forces last night insisted that the Al Faw peninsula in southern Iraq was secure despite claims that a missile which struck the heart of Kuwait City had been launched from the area.
		Witnesses said the Silkworm rocket appeared to fly in over the sea from the direction of the Al Faw peninsula which coalition forces stormed in the first few days of the conflict.
		Last night group captain Al Lockwood, spokesman for British forces in Iraq, insisted the area was firmly under coalition control.
	scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=375732003 (448 words)

	House of Commons - Defence - Minutes of Evidence
		The beach profile of the Al Faw peninsula is so small as to be negligible, you cannot see that there is a beach profile, in fact, so a conventional landing-craft would have grounded a long, long way out.
		On the bay of the Al Faw peninsula, on the first couple of days, the weather was poor and the operation was brought forward.
		There were the guns on the ships which would reach into the bottom right-hand corner of the Al Faw peninsula, and, of course, there were all the airborne assets, fixed-wing and helicopters as well, which could bring fires down in support.
	www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmdfence/57/3120306.htm (2942 words)

	4th Al-Faw Division (Motorized Infantry)
		Saddam Hussein vowed to eliminate the bridgehead "at all costs," and in April 1988 the Iraqis succeeded in regaining the Al Faw peninsula.
		Faw lies in the far south-east of Basra province, and is considered the key to Shat Al Arab, about 90 Km from Basra.
		During the Gulf War, the 1st Subcorps Group, deployed in southern Iraq and northern Kuwait, consisted of two armored units, the Hammurabi and Madina Divisions; one mechanized infantry unit, the Tawakalua Division; and a motorized infantry unit the Al-Faw Division.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/faw.htm (183 words)

	The Battle for Basra
		With Umm Qasr and the Al Faw peninsula in coalition hands, the attention of the southern forces and the majority of British forces now switched to Basra.
		3 Commando Brigade held the Al Faw peninsula and Umm Qasr, the 16 Air Assault Brigade held the oilfield at Rymayalh which tied down the Iraqi 6th Armoured Division which was north of Basra, preventing it from interfering.
		The brigade met stiff resistance in some areas where firefights and hand to hand fighting took place between 30th March and 3rd April until the area was secured.
	www.britains-smallwars.com /gulf2/Basra.html (329 words)

	Op :: Falconer
		During the bombardment of the AL Faw peninsula, all decks of the ship were protected from small high- speed boats that could be used by Iraqi terrorists to attack the ship.
		Throughout the bombartment of the Al Faw peninsula, all of ANZAC's machine guns were manned and ready to engage any high speed suicide boats which could rapidly inflict considerable damage.
		At 0604 on March 21 HMAS Anzac (CAPT Peter Lockwood), often called the ‘Lighthorse’, began Naval gunfire in direct support of the British-led Royal Marine 40 Commando assault on Al Faw Peninsula in southern Iraq.
	www.defence.gov.au /opfalconer/images/gallery/070403/070403.htm (454 words)

	Warships Magazine - Iraq War Special
		Commenting on action in the al-Faw Peninsula the previous evening, Admiral Boyce said that the Royal Marines had faced some stiff resistance.
		By the late afternoon of March 21 it was being reported that the entire peninsula was now secure in the hands of the Royal Marines and US Marines.
		The Admiral revealed during a briefing at the Ministry of Defence that the next step would be for the Royal Navy's mine-hunters to move forward and clear the port, to enable relief supplies to be brought in for the Iraqi people.
	www.warshipsifr.com /pages/attack_on_iraq_special.html (1665 words)

	CNN.com - Transcripts
		She is telling us that a British military spokesman has now told her that British forces have launched a move on the southern Al-Faw Peninsula in southern Iraq, a strategic location, British forces moving in on Al-Faw.
		And we also heard Secretary of State Powell last month, in his presentation before the United Nations, that he said that Ansar al- Islam, that alleged terrorist organization in northern Iraq, was known, at least some of the people associated with them known to be able to produce these types of chemical weapons, Judy.
		So, the French made this discovery on Monday, but they only got the results back today, that two of five bottles discovered inside a locker in the Gare de Lyon train station in Paris were known to have traces of ricin inside.
	edition.cnn.com /TRANSCRIPTS/0303/20/se.11.html (4015 words)

	Edinburgh Evening News - UK - UK Marines secure Iraqi oil plants in daring swoop
		The Al Faw peninsula is Iraq’s only access to the Gulf and its only oil distribution centre, which includes pumping, monitoring and metering stations as well as links to a tanker filling platform off the coast.
		On the Al Faw peninsula, coalition troops apparently met little resistance as they attempted to seize control of a vital part of Iraq’s oil infrastructure.
		BRITISH ground forces have secured oil facilities in southern Iraq and are moving up the Al Faw peninsula, military chiefs said today.
	edinburghnews.scotsman.com /uk.cfm?id=343432003 (1023 words)

	The Adventures of Chester: Our Schemes and Theirs
		After 9-11, the Coalition was forced to use Djibouti as a base to secure the shipping lanes on the Western side of the Arabian Peninsula, and to interdict the movement of terrorists into and out of the region.
		He focused especially on the U.S. presence in the Arabian Peninsula, Iraq, and Afghanistan, unqualified support for Israel, as well as support for Muslim tyrannies in Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and elsewhere.
		Wasn't it al Qaeda that was the target in the Horn of Africa?
	www.theadventuresofchester.com /archives/2005/03/our_schemes_and.html (3339 words)

	The Scotsman - International - Royal Marine killed as river launch is ambushed
		Several others were injured in the attack on the Al Faw peninsula which came as Royal Marines launched their biggest offensive of the war so far, seizing a suburb of Basra a few miles to the north and capturing a clutch of senior Iraqi army officers.
		The ambush occurred as 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines continued clearing the waterways on the Al Faw peninsula, where Iraqi resistance is still holding out in pockets.
		A rocket attack on Kuwait City early on Saturday was launched from the peninsula.
	thescotsman.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=379292003 (568 words)

	Media Releases
		What was found was that the landing craft going on to the Al Faw Peninsula were constrained and in fact stopped because the Iraqis had mined the foreshore.
		In terms of the support to the marines on the Al Faw Peninsula, as it all turned out, the Naval gunfire support was fairly critical.
		In terms of the Coalition, really from the three other Coalition partners, we had the Royal Navy with both in terms of three frigates, Richmond, Marlborough and Chatham which were able to support the maritime interception operations as well as supporting the assault in the Al Faw Peninsula.
	www.defence.gov.au /media/DeptTpl.cfm?CurrentId=2633 (5020 words)

	Iraq’s missile and rocket activity during spring 2003, according to the 32d Army Air and Missile Defense Command.
		The cruise missile was launched from the Al Faw peninsula and struck a pier outside
		These Seersuckers were fired from the Al Faw peninsula.
		The Iraqi missile launch was preceded by a couple of hours with the launch of a weather balloon, which the Iraqi army used to determine weather conditions at different atmospheric levels.
	cdi.org /program/document.cfm?documentid=1799&programID=6&... (738 words)

	Chapter 3 - The Campaign
		The securing of the Al Faw peninsula and the Rumaylah oilfields by UK and US forces, to whom UK NBC troops and engineer elements had been attached, was a key early success for the coalition.
		3.5 The first objective was to seize the Al Faw peninsula and key oil installations, to secure access to the strategically important port of Umm Qasr.
		3.6 The Al Faw peninsula was now largely in coalition hands, allowing US forces to press on to Baghdad.
	www.mod.uk /publications/iraq_lessons/chapter3.htm (5034 words)

	Marine Corps News -> Photo Essay - 13th MEU, ESG 1 conduct variety of missions in CentCom AOR
		AL FAW, Iraq- Camp Road Runner supports Marines and Sailors from the Thirteenth Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) who are providing humanitarian assistance operations in the Al Faw peninsula Oct. 15, 2003.
		AL FAW, Iraq- Col. Mike Regner, commanding officer of the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), signs a guest book after touring the medical and dental clinics in Al Faw where his Marines are providing humanitarian support in the local community Oct. 19, 2003.
		AL FAW, Iraq- Marines and Sailors from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and Expeditionary Strike Group 1 construct a detainee camp used to hold oil smugglers near Al Faw, Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom, Oct. 15, 2003.
	www.marines.mil /marinelink/mcn2000.nsf/lookupstoryref/20041226261 (1772 words)

	Royal Navy: Recent News
		The helicopter was engaged in an operation led by 3 Commando Brigade on the Al Faw peninsula in south-eastern Iraq.
		In addition, this morning, 42 Commando deployed by British aircraft to a blocking position north of the Al Faw.
		At approximately 2000 hours British time yesterday, 40 Commando began an assault on the southern tip of the peninsula, using support helicopters from Kuwait and from the Amphibious Task Group in the North Arabian Gulf.
	www.royal-navy.mod.uk /content/138_6158_678_0.html (276 words)

	East Valley Tribune Daily Arizona news for Chandler, Gilbert, Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale
		In a daring amphibious and airborne assault, U.S. and British troops captured the tip of the strategic al-Faw peninsula, a gathering point for the pipelines that carry crude from southern Iraq to the export terminals of Mina al-Bakr and Khor Al-Amaya in the Persian Gulf.
		Air Force Gen. Richard Myers, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, added that allied troops had seized the port city of Umm Qasr in the al-Faw peninsula along with the main oil conduits along the al-Faw waterways.
		He said several were on fire or gushing oil, but firefighters and repair crews would be sent soon.
	www.eastvalleytribune.com /?sty=2101 (895 words)

	[A-List] UK imperialism: Scottish dimension
		Major Mick Green, the officer commanding the battle room of 40 Commando, which has secured the area on the al Faw peninsula, said: "To move tanks around in daylight is suicide." The convoy included 120 T55s and Type 59 artillery pieces was strafed and bombed by allied jets after it was was spotted by helicopters.
		A Dragoon Guards spokesman said: "This is possibly the most successful and significant action by the British ground forces so far." The battle took place when the Iraqi Russian-built T55s moved south out of the city towards the al Faw peninsula.
		The Scots' tanks had been called in to give armoured support to 3 Commando Brigade, including Arbroath-based 45 Commando, as they stormed enemy positions in the al Faw peninsula to the south-east of Basra.
	lists.econ.utah.edu /pipermail/a-list/2003-March/024745.html (948 words)

	History of Iran: Iran-Iraq War 1980-1988
		Unable in 1986, however, to dislodge the Iranians from Al Faw, the Iraqis went on the offensive; they captured the city of Mehran in May, only to lose it in July 1986.
		The occupation of Al Faw, a logistical feat, involved 30,000 regular Iranian soldiers who rapidly entrenched themselves.
		Embarrassed by the loss of the peninsula and concerned by the threat to his second largest city, Saddam ordered a change in strategy.
	www.iranchamber.com /history/iran_iraq_war/iran_iraq_war2.php (2410 words)

	The Agonist:
		CNN cites British military sources as saying British troops are advancing on the Al Faw peninsula.
		Three British commando brigades have launched an attack on the Faw peninsula from which some of the Scuds against Kuwait were launched Thursday.
		The peninsula is a swampy region to the east of Umm Qasr.
	www.agonist.org /archives/000772.html (768 words)

	Focus on farming in the south
		The 120 sq km or so of Al-Faw peninsula down in the deep south of the country along the borders with Iran and the Shatt al-Arab river was in the 1970s considered to be one of the world's most extensive areas of planted forest.
		He said the Iraqi army had cut down all the palm trees and bulldozed the fields to erect barrages against the Iranians.
		Farmers who used to live there were proud to export their Barhi dates, once the best and more expensive type.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=38501 (952 words)

	Iranian city of Khorramshahr hit in fourth rocket attack
		Residents in the cities along the Arvand-Rud river have put tapes on the windows of their houses to prevent them from breaking as intermittent explosions on the other side of the river in Al-Faw Peninsula and other Iraqi cities have become a rule.
		The two rockets hit the village of Manyuhi in Arvand-Kenar near the border with Al-Faw Peninsula, a military commander said in Shalamcheh.
		Abadan was hit by the first rocket, fired by US warplanes, into the Iranian soil on Friday, in which three people were injured.
	www.payvand.com /news/03/mar/1119.html (385 words)

	American Alchemists at Work in Iraq Transmuting Silkworms into Scuds Joe Vialls
		Basically all the Iraqis did was move a few of the missiles and their launchers further back up the Al Faw peninsula, aim them at northern Kuwait and pull the trigger, a perfectly reasonable thing to do once a quarter of a million uninvited foreign murderers had already started to cross onto Iraqi sovereign territory.
		The only missiles to hit northern Kuwait were a pair of antiquated Iraqi “Silkworms” shown in the pictures above, fired from missile batteries located on the Al Faw peninsula, shown on the large map below.
		Pictures left and right show ‘street legal’ Iraqi Silkworm missiles fired from Al Faw peninsula into northern Kuwait, while picture in center shows a ‘banned’ Scud B no longer owned or operated by Iraq.
	www.vialls.com /oldntl/wecontrolamerica/silkworm.html (1346 words)

	Warships Magazine - Iraq War Special 3rd April 2003
		By late March, 40 Commando was in a position south of Basra, protecting approaches to the al-Faw Peninsula and was notified to stand-by for a possible attack by an Iraqi armoured column.
		One worrying development on the night of March 28/29 was the firing of a missile, possibly from somewhere in the al-Faw Peninsula, against Kuwait.
		The enemy attack, against Royal Marines who have secured the vital port of Umm Qasr and the al–Faw Peninsula, aimed to prevent the Allies from bringing in reinforcements, military supplies and humanitarian aid via a captured container port.
	www.warshipsifr.com /pages/attack_on_iraq_special1.html (2240 words)

	Fighting 13th ashore in Iraq
		The 13th MEU (SOC), under the direction of the British-led Multi-National Division (Southeast), is tasked with disrupting oil smuggling and other illegal activities on the peninsula as well as providing medical and dental assistance and other humanitarian aid to the residents of the Al-Faw.
		The region was devastated when Saddam Hussein dammed the peninsula, destroying the date crop and cutting off one of the largest sources of income for the local population, once referred to as "Marsh Arabs."
		Bordered by the two rivers and the Northern Arabian Gulf, the peninsula was once a thriving marshland, home to one of the world's largest date-growing industries.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/library/news/2003/10/mil-031021-mcn03a.htm (505 words)

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