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	Balad, Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Balad (Arabic: بلد) is a city 50 miles (80 kilometres) north of Baghdad in Iraq.
		It is located within the borders of the so-called Sunni triangle; however, Balad is a primarily Shiite town.
		Balad Air Force base is also home to Task Force 145, a crack team of the Army's Delta Force, the Navy SEALS, and the British special operation commandos.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Balad,_Iraq (172 words)

	Balad Airbase
		Balad Airbase is located in Northern Iraq approximately 68 kilometers North of Baghdad.
		Balad Airbase is one of the largest Airbases in Iraq.
		Balad is served by two runways measuring 13,000 and 12,000 feet respectively.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/balad-ab.htm (2636 words)

	Biggest Base in Iraq Has Small-Town Feel
		BALAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Chad Twigg is on a one-year tour of duty in the middle of the Sunni Triangle.
		Balad Air Base is a unique creation, a small American town smack in the middle of the most hostile part of Iraq.
		Balad is scheduled to be one of the last four U.S. bases in Iraq and probably will be the very last, officials say.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/03/AR2006020302994_pf.html (1226 words)

	Balad
		Balad is ground zero for Baath Party sentiment in Iraq.
		Soldiers in Balad said most of the activity was taking place at night or early in the morning in late June 2003,.
		In one attack on a highway near Balad, US soldiers were ambushed three times over a span of eight hours by about 50 enemies lying in wait in trenches and behind earthen berms on both sides of the highway.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/iraq/balad.htm (1419 words)

	deseretnews.com \| Soldier leads dual life in Iraq
		Here in Balad, a district of 180,000 people 50 miles north of Baghdad, the two American campaigns are unfolding side-by-side, by virtue of the area's exceptional demography: The city of Balad is an island of Shiite Islam in the heart of the area known as the Sunni Triangle.
		So it is that Balad and its environs contain most of the contradictions facing the Americans in Iraq: the relative peace of the Shiite areas and the violence of the Sunni areas, all in one.
		The City Council meeting that unfolded in Balad on Friday was a measure of the progress the Americans have made here and in other parts of the country where the environment is peaceful enough to allow American soldiers and their Iraqi allies to begin the quiet work of building a democracy.
	deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,525035154,00.html (1645 words)

	Chicago Sun-Times - News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		BALAD, Iraq-- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said Wednesday on an unannounced visit to an air base north of Baghdad that the new Iraqi government is not yet ready to decide on security issues that will determine the pace of U.S. troop reductions this year.
		BAGHDAD, Iraq-- Two defendants in the trial of Saddam Hussein made their closing arguments Tuesday before the judge adjourned the proceedings for nearly two weeks in an attempt to resolve a boycott of the court by the former Iraqi leader and his lawyers.
		TIKRIT, Iraq-- Four more U.S. soldiers have been charged with rape and murder and a fifth with dereliction of duty in the alleged rape-slaying of a young Iraqi woman and the killings of her relatives in Mahmoudiya, the military said Sunday.
	www.suntimes.com /index/iraq.html (781 words)

	Iraq War Coalition Casualties (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Eric T. Paliwoda, 28, of Texas, in Balad, Iraq, Paliwoda was in his command post when it came under mortar attack, and he died of injuries sustained in the attack, this incident is under investigation, DoD Report.
		Spencer T. Karol, 20, of Woodruff, Ariz., in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, while on a mission to observe enemy activity when a command detonated device exploded, his vehicle was overturned from the force of the explosion and he was fatally injured, the incident is under investigation, DoD Report.
		Michael Andrade, 28, of Bristol, Rhode Island in Balad, Iraq, of injuries when his HMMWV was struck by a 5-ton truck, the incident is under investigation, DoD Report.
	vikingphoenix.com /news/iraqwar/casualties.htm (13258 words)

	'The bombs were to stop us from voting' / Tribal suspicions and distrust surface days before vote
		With 75,000 residents, 90 percent of whom are Shiites, Balad is surrounded by Sunni-dominated countryside and is close to the most violent pockets of resistance to U.S. forces in Iraq -- Samarra, Ramadi and Fallujah.
		Balad residents insist that Shiites and Sunnis have coexisted peacefully.
		Al-Sadr's influence in Balad is limited to a single mosque with a few hundred followers, but they have been outspoken in their criticism of the local council.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/10/14/MNGC0F8BJR1.DTL&type=printable (1007 words)

	High-tech medicine saving lives in Iraq
		BALAD, Iraq In a war where increasingly sophisticated and powerful bombs maim and kill dozens each week, the military has responded by constructing first-rate hospitals and deploying surgeons and advanced equipment farther into the battlefield than ever before.
		''Iraq is 50 yards outside this tent,'' said Col. Elisha Powell, an orthopedic surgeon who commands the Balad hospital, pointing to the perimeter fence.
		Balad has two neurosurgeons for the serious head wounds that often result from roadside bombs, a critical new asset in the field for injured who previously would have died or suffered serious brain damage.
	www.happynews.com /news/132006/high-tech-medicine-saving-lives-in-iraq.htm (1255 words)

	DefendAmerica - U.S. Defense Dept. War on Terror: 08/18/2004 - Edition 1
		CAMP DELTA, Iraq, Aug. 18, 2004 — Task Force Tomahawk deployed Aug. 17 from Camp Delta in Al Kut to Al Hayy at the request of the governor of Al Kut Province to restore civil order to the city of Al Hayy.
		BALAD, Iraq, Aug. 17, 2004 — Soldiers from Bravo Company, Task Force 1-77 and city officials from the area of Balad joined together in breaking ground on a major renovation project to raise a new city and district council building in the heart of downtown Balad on August 10.
		CAMP TAQADDUM, Iraq, Aug. 16, 2004 — Amidst the chaos of combat, one small unit here quietly does a job no one else wants to do and ensures fallen troops are brought back to their families.
	www.defendamerica.mil /archive/2004-08/20040818am1.html (1134 words)

	Humvee Tragedy Forges Brotherhood of Soldiers (washingtonpost.com)
		BALAD, Iraq -- When the Iraqi troops arrived that morning, three American servicemen lay dead at the bottom of the Isaki Canal.
		At Camp Paliwoda in Balad, where Americans from the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment are training a new Iraqi army battalion, the soldiers work at adjacent bases but are separated by a locked gate, razor wire and a 50-foot-tall chain-link fence.
		This account of what happened and what was said is based on interviews with the eight surviving members of the platoon, members of the Iraqi battalion and senior officers with the 5th Battalion, 7th Cavalry.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A42460-2005Feb21.html (817 words)

	BrothersJudd Blog: OHIO ON THE TIGRIS: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		BALAD, Iraq...In the heart of the Sunni triangle, Saturday's vote has laid bare two distinct visions of Iraq.
		For Iraq's minority Sunni Arabs, the referendum has brought forth the grievances that have fueled their two-year insurgency: their political disenfranchisement and the humiliation of being forced to live under U.S. military occupation.
		With a population of 80,000 spread across the city and its verdant countryside -- predominantly Shiite in the center and overwhelmingly Sunni outside -- it is one of the largest cities in Salahuddin province, one of the swing states in a region that will decide the constitution's fate.
	www.brothersjudd.com /blog/archives/2005/10/ohio_on_the_tig.html (2293 words)

	Hilltop Times - Predators move to Balad, Iraq
		BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (AFPN) The unit came packed and ready to position themselves autonomously, so they could pursue their prey quietly, unseen for hours.
		Arriving ready to set up one of the most impressive unmanned aerial aircraft in the U.S. inventory, the Nevada unit was ready for business within days of their arrival here.
		The RQ-1 Predator unit is one of Balad's newest missions.
	www.hilltoptimes.com /story.asp?edition=143&storyid=4020 (416 words)

	NEWS - INTERNATIONAL - Comcast.net
		The discovery came after Iraq's first known female suicide bomber killed six people in a northern city on Wednesday, raising fears of a new insurgent strategy aimed at eluding checkpoints, where women often aren't stopped because of Islamic sensitivities over modesty.
		In Balad, officials were still trying to determine the toll from three car bombs that detonated within minutes of each other in an outdoor market and two nearby commercial streets Thursday evening.
		The Balad attacks hit a region particularly key in the referendum: a string of mainly Shiite towns in Salaheddin, one of four provinces where Sunni Arabs have enough of a majority to potentially get a two-thirds "no" vote.
	www.comcast.net /news/international/index.jsp?cat=INTERNATIONAL&fn=/2005/09/30/232447.html (1084 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Carter is one of seven aging Tuskegee Airmen traveling this weekend to Balad, Iraq - a city ravaged by roadside bombs and insurgent activity - to inspire a younger generation of airmen who carry on the traditions of the storied 332nd Fighter Group.
		BALAD, Iraq - Stryker brigade soldiers are certain that sooner or later, they're going to catch the crew that's been lobbing mortars at their base camp.
		BALAD, Iraq — Rushing across central Iraq in a low-flying Chinook helicopter, Sgt. Rachel Green perches at the edge of an open tail ramp, a finger near the trigger of her M-60 machine gun.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/keyword?k=balad (5676 words)

	Stars & Stripes (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Iraqi schoolgirls attended the dedication of a peace monument at a crossroads in the center of Balad, a predominantly Shiite city of 170,000 50 miles north of Baghdad in the heart of the Sunni Triangle.
		Balad artisans painted this inscription on the pedestal of the sculpture.
		BALAD, Iraq — As a crowd of Iraqis clapped and cheered, leaders of the 4th Infantry Division unit that brought calm to this city gave a gift meant to symbolize peace and friendship.
	www.estripes.com /article.asp?section=104&article=20964 (709 words)

	DefenseLINK News: 'Army Water' Makes Debut in Balad, Baghdad (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bottled water is a mainstay of life in this theater, and the 3rd Corps Support Command has opened a water purification and bottling plant at the massive logistical area here.
		Bottling the water in Iraq takes that many military and civilian truckers off the road, officials explained.
		There are no labels on the containers, but each bottle is etched with the date and time the water was bottled, Hay said.
	www.defenselink.mil /news/Dec2005/20051229_3782.html (256 words)

	ABC News: Bombings Kill 110 Shiites Over Two Days (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The scenes mirrored the devastation in Balad, the Shiite town in the middle of a Sunni region north of Baghdad hit by a triple suicide bombing Thursday, a far more lethal attack.
		The Sunni-led al-Qaida in Iraq, the most feared insurgent group, has declared "all-out war" on Shiites, and since a Shiite-majority government took power April 28, suicide bombers have killed at least 1,345 people, according to an Associated Press count.
		Intimidating Shiites from voting in the referendum could boost Sunni attempts to reject the charter, and the tactic was having an effect among some in Balad and surrounding Shiite towns.
	abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1175022 (388 words)

	1st Infantry Division News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		BALAD, Iraq - On Wednesday, October 13th, Soldiers from B Company, Task Force 1-77 “Steel Tigers”, conducted a grand opening ceremony for the recently completed Al Zahara Health Clinic.
		The ceremony was attended by Soldiers from B Company “Regulators”, members of the Balad City Council, doctors and nurses from the clinic, and dozens of residents of the Al Zahara Quarter.
		This is the second clinic to be completed in the seven months that the Task Force has been in Iraq, and Soldiers from Task Force 1-77 have also conducted numerous medical supply drop-offs at the Balad Hospital and local clinics.
	www.1id.army.mil /1ID/News/November/Article_01/Article_01.htm (585 words)

	Nothing But Love :: golf blogger: Bush's Ultimate Iraq Exit Strategy Brings Home 58
		Chad W. Lake, 26, of Ocala, Fla., died Feb. 13 in Balad, Iraq, when the vehicle they were riding in overturned.
		Rene Knox, Jr., 22, of New Orleans, La., died Feb. 13 in Balad, Iraq, when the vehicle they were riding in overturned.
		Carlos J. Gil, 30, of Orlando, Fla., died Feb. 18, in Humaniyuh, Iraq from injuries sustained from an improvised explosive device detonation.
	www.nothingbutlove.net /archives/000725.html (2267 words)

	Mudville Gazette (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		I passed through Balad briefly - didn't get to see much, though in my half hour there I did experience one attack.
		"By May 2005 the Washington Post reported that plans called for consolidating American troops in Iraq into four large air bases: Tallil in the south, Al Asad in the west, Balad in the center and either Irbil or Qayyarah in the north.
		The notion that this installation is scheduled to be one of the last four remaining in Iraq has been spoken about for quite some time now.
	www.mudvillegazette.com /archives/004129.html (823 words)

	DoD News: Secretary Rumsfeld COSCOM Town Hall Meeting in Balad, Iraq (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		After five surgeries and 18 months of recovery he chose to stay in the Air Force and indeed he returned to Iraq and now fixes armaments used for the 64th Helicopter Maintenance Unit here on this base, and I thank you for it.
		A young man who works on this base, I'm told, put it this way when he was interviewed, he said, "It's the hardest job I ever had, and it’s also the most important job I've ever had." He has it right.
		You are making progress here in Iraq, in Afghanistan, and certainly in the global war on terror.
	www.defenselink.mil /transcripts/2005/tr20050727-secdef3581.html (4576 words)

	NPR : Balad Military Hospital Treats Soldiers, Insurgents
		A doctor oversees operations in the emergency room at the American military hospital in Balad, Iraq.
		It is the busiest military hospital in Iraq, seeing hundreds of patients a month from all over Iraq, both military and civilian.
		All Things Considered, March 23, 2006 · Thousands of American and Iraqi casualties have been treated at the American military hospital in Balad, Iraq.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5298089&ft=1&f=1010 (210 words)

	Anatomy of a night raid on Balad, Iraq, 22 Feb 04
		I was suited up to join Alpha 'Attack' company on a night time mission in a neighborhood just outside of Balad.
		Matthew Cunningham, 29, had insisted that I don camouflage grease paint so that I might join him and his squad in infiltrating a farm community from the rear.
		Ben Granby is a freelance reporter in Iraq.
	www.notinourname.net /war/raid-22feb04.htm (1307 words)

	Central Kitsap Church of Christ, Remember Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Kyle W. Childress, 29, of Terre Haute, Ind., died in Balad, Iraq, of wounds received in Ad Duluiyah, Iraq, when his unit was attacked by enemy forces using small arms fire.
		Victor A. Martinez, 21, from Bronx, N.Y., died south of Baghdad, Iraq, from a gunshot wound.
		Gregory A. Cox, 21, of Carmichaels, Penn., died in Balad, Iraq, when his military vehicle was unintentionally run off the road by a civilian vehicle causing it to rollover.
	www.ckchurchofchrist.org /remembered/remember.htm (18170 words)

	C-SPAN: IRAQ
		Iraq Vignette of U.S. Troops on Night Raid near Balad, Iraq
		Baghdad lawyer and member of the Iraq Bar Association; hired by Raghad in 2004 to be Saddam's Iraqi lawyer.
		She visited Iran & Iraq in late May to mid-June.
	www.c-span.org /homepage.asp?Cat=Current_Event&Code=Iraq&ShowVidNum=20&Rot_Cat_CD=US_Iraq&Rot_HT=&Rot_WD=&ShowVidDays=365&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30 (438 words)

	Michael G. Fitzpatrick \| Serving Pennsylvania's 8th District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Lauchner from Wrightstown PA at Balad in Iraq
		The hospital is equipped with a full first rate surgery center and intensive care unit, complete with CT Scanners and Ultrasound equipment.
		At 5:30 pm on Thursday, December 29th I was meeting at the field hospital with a group of nursing professionals assessing the military healthcare system and seeking advice on improving
	fitzpatrick.house.gov /News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=38179 (578 words)

	Balad Recon ~ A Defend America Photo Essay
		The area recon is to deny anti-Iraqi forces the freedom to operate and move throughout the countryside.
		U.S. Army Sgt. Donny Hultquist with Bravo Company, 185th Armor, 81st Armor Brigade, indicates nothing was found while searching for a suspected improvised explosive device (IED) during an area reconnaissance in Balad, Iraq on Sept. 6, 2004.
		Adam Wiltsey with the 185th Armor Regiment, 81st Armor Brigade, talks with local Iraqi children near Balad, Iraq, on Sept. 6, 2004.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/1217968/posts (531 words)

	FindLaw Legal News: Special Coverage: War In Iraq
		By STEPHEN MANNING Associated Press Writer (AP) - WASHINGTON-A former Naval Academy quarterback said he knew something "terrible" had happened the night he is accused of raping a female midshipman in her dorm room, according to testimony Wednesday by a friend of the accuser.
		By LYNN BREZOSKY Associated Press Writer (AP) - BROWNSVILLE, Texas-The mother of a soldier killed by insurgents in Iraq said Wednesday she did not care about claims by a group linked to al-Qaida that her son's slaying was revenge for the rape of an Iraqi girl who was allegedly attacked by American troops.
		(AP) - WASHINGTON-The widow of an Arab journalist killed by a U.S. missile strike in Iraq filed a wrongful death claim for $30 million against the U.S. Defense Department and President George W. Bush as the military commander in chief.
	news.findlaw.com /legalnews/lit/iraq (414 words)

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