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	Iskandariya, Iraq
		Iskandariya (إسكندرية, also given as Iskandariyah, Iskanderiyah, Iskanderiya, Iskanderiyeh or Sikandariyeh) is an ancient town in central Iraq, one of a number of towns in the Near East named after Alexander the Great (Iskander in Arabic).
		During the late 1980s, Iskandariya was the site of a major element of President Saddam Hussein's programme to acquire nuclear weapons.
		Iskandariya is one of the last big towns before Baghdad and possesses a major military air base, and as such was a major target for United States forces during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
	www.creekin.net /c4449-n88-iskandariya-iraq.html (430 words)

	Islam Online- News Section (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ISKANDARIYA, Iraq, February 10 (IslamOnline.net and News Agencies) – A bobby-trapped car exploded Tuesday, February 10, outside a police station south of the Iraqi capital, killing at least 50 Iraqis and wounding scores others, medical sources said.
		Iskandariya governor Imad Lifty said all the victims "are locals, they are innocents and Muslims.
		Iskandariya came one day after announcements that the U.S. forces would be redeploying outside the Iraqi capital leaving the job to the Iraqi police.
	www.islamonline.net /English/News/2004-02/10/article03.shtml (491 words)

	The Daily News Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		ISKANDARIYA, Iraq -- A suicide truck bomb exploded outside a police station south of Baghdad on Tuesday morning, killing at least 55 people and injuring more than 50 others, many of them job applicants and pedestrians.
		The blast came as a team of U.N. experts was visiting Iraq to study the feasibility of direct elections in the spring, and one day after the U.S. military confirmed the interception of a letter it says was written by a terrorist operative seeking al-Qaida's assistance in inciting further violence in Iraq.
		Many of the victims of the Iskandariya blast were young men lined up to apply for jobs as police officers.
	www.tdn.com /articles/2004/02/11/nation_world/news05.txt (981 words)

	Over 100 Iraqis Working With US Die in 24 Hours Sparking Fear of Civil War
		The Iraqi police said yesterday's explosion in Iskandariya, which left a three-meter-deep crater, was caused by a car bomb packed with explosives and driven by a suicide bomber.
		Iskandariya is a mixed town of Sunni and Shia Muslims, on the boundary between the Sunni center of the country and the Shia south.
		The residents we spoke to were fiercely anti-American, and proud of the attacks carried out by the resistance in the area.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines04/0211-03.htm (993 words)

	Iskandariya - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is largely populated by Shia Muslims, and is located about 25 miles (40 km) from Baghdad, near the Euphrates River.
		The nearby city of Musayyib houses the largest power plant in Iraq, made by Russian engineers.
		The Hateen Munitions Complex located in and around Iskandariya housed the majority of the munitions for the former regime.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Iskandariya (541 words)

	Suicide attack in Iraq kills 55 civilians -DAWN - Top Stories; 11 February, 2004
		BAGHDAD, Feb 10: A suicide bomber driving a truck full of explosives killed at least 55 people on Tuesday outside a police station south of Baghdad, amid warnings that the Al Qaeda terror group was seeking to spark a civil war.
		The dead and wounded were mainly civilians who had flocked to the station in the town of Iskandariya, 45km from Baghdad, seeking jobs as policemen, Iraqi officials said.
		Iskandariya is a mixed Shia-Sunni town, and several of those killed were Sunnis, according to an AFP photographer.
	www.dawn.com /2004/02/11/top14.htm (351 words)

	Muslim American Society
		The suspected bombing came after news that U.S. forces detained one of the remaining most-wanted members of the former dictator's regime and U.S. officials spoke of a "credible" plot linked to al-Qaeda to foment civil war in Iraq, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP).
		Trad, commander of the emergency police in Hilla province, which covers Iskandariya, said the death toll was expected to rise because there were "many in serious or critical condition."
		Iskandariya hospital chief Razzak Jabar Janabi said his facility had received 50 dead and 29 wounded, while others had been transferred in critical condition to hospital in Hilla, capital of the province of the same name.
	www.masnet.org /aroundworld.asp?id=928 (1087 words)

	Car Bomb Kills at Least 47 Outside Iraqi Army Headquarters
		The station is next door to the volunteer center of a prominent Shiite political party and near the main railway station.
		In Iskandariya, the bomb exploded as a line of job applicants, mostly men, snaked out the door of the police station.
		Zarqawi was a suspect in all of the major bombings in Iraq, including the one in Iskandariya.
	www.iraqfoundation.org /archives/news/2004/bfeb/11_bomb.html (1301 words)

	February 11, 2004
		Several Iraqi politicians said the strike, nearly identical to the bombing of an Iraqi police station in the nearby town of Iskandariya on Tuesday, was timed to intimidate a delegation of United Nations election experts who recently arrived to determine if early elections can be held in Iraq.
		The car bomb in Iskandariya killed at least 54 people and wounded at least 60 others, most of them Iraqi men who were applying for jobs at the police station, a doctor said.
		Both attacks appeared to be aimed at Iraqi civilians ready to aid occupation forces in securing the country against groups of criminals, terrorists and insurgents.
	www.genocidewatch.org /Iraq47dieinFebruary11.hml.htm (696 words)

	KSBI-TV - Home - Iraq Blast Kills 3 U.S. Troops
		A roadside bomb exploded in the town of Tarmiya as a convoy passed, killing three Task Force Baghdad soldiers and wounding eight, a spokesman for the 3rd Infantry Division said.
		In Iskandariya, a restive town in northern Babil province 30 miles south of Baghdad, three masked gunmen fired on a car carrying employees of the al-Hurra television network Friday morning, killing the driver, police said.
		Al-Hurra reporter Mohammed Sharif was wounded and was taken to a hospital in Hilla, south of Iskandariya, police said.
	www.ksbitv.com /home/1306177.html (740 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : International
		A police station lies in a shambles after the blast in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad.
		Iskandariya (Iraq), Feb. 10 (Reuters): A massive car bomb ripped through a police station south of Baghdad today, killing about 50 people, in the latest deadly attack on Iraqis seen as collaborators with US occupation forces.
		The attack came after US officials said an Islamic militant with links to Osama bin Laden’s al Qaida network was plotting to ignite a civil war in Iraq to undermine efforts to hand over power to Iraqis.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040211/asp/foreign/story_2883670.asp (602 words)

	News Feature
		Wed Dec 1, 2004 07:20 AM ET NEAR ISKANDARIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of U.S. and British troops raided homes of insurgent suspects at first light on Wednesday in an area that was once a favored country retreat of Saddam Hussein's Baath party elite.
		Scottish soldiers from the Black Watch regiment and a force from the U.S. 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) cordoned off several km (miles) of the west bank of the Euphrates river, some 30 miles south of Baghdad, and were scouring villas and farms for Sunni Muslim militants and hidden stocks of weapons.
		Two Marines were killed by a roadside bomb near Iskandariya two nights ago and comrades involved in the raids said they were keen for revenge but frustrated by the difficulties of tracking down the culprits.
	www.maconareaonline.com /news.asp?id=9315 (576 words)

	9 killed in petrol tanker attack - After Saddam - www.smh.com.au
		The head of the general hospital in the city of Hilla, 100km south of the capital said he had received three dead and 23 wounded.
		Doctor Razzak Jabbar from another hospital in Iskandariya, 50km south of the capital, said six dead bodies and three wounded were brought in following the attack.
		Iskandariya police lieutenant Mohammed Masudi said gunmen opened fire on a convoy of petrol tankers, setting all five trucks ablaze and damaging three Iraqi national guard vehicles escorting the convoy.
	www.smh.com.au /articles/2004/09/26/1096137104533.html (279 words)

	Car Bomb Kills Around 50 South of Baghdad - Military Photos
		Tue February 10, 2004 06:14 AM ET ISKANDARIYA, Iraq (Reuters) - About 50 people were killed and dozens wounded on Tuesday when a car bomb ripped through a police station south of Baghdad, witnesses and hospital doctors said.
		A Reuters reporter counted at least 20 bodies outside a hospital in the small town of Iskandariya, 25 miles south of Baghdad.
		Ramadi and neighboring areas, at the heart of the so-called Sunni triangle where resentment of the United States is strongest, have seen scores of attacks on U.S. forces and allied Iraqis.
	www.militaryphotos.net /forums/showthread.php?t=6286 (378 words)

	Guardian \| 50 die as bombers target police
		At least 50 people were killed and dozens more injured yesterday when a car bomb tore through a crowd of Iraqis queuing to join the police force.
		The huge explosion, at 8.50am, demolished the police station and the court house in Iskandariya, a small town 30 miles south of Baghdad, and carved a large crater into the road.
		But the police in Iskandariya, as in other parts of Iraq, are not always welcome in their local community.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4855960-103550,00.html (989 words)

	The Seattle Times: Nation & World: Saddam's "wonder weapons" amazing, amusing to experts
		ISKANDARIYA, Iraq —; Sabah al-Khafaji remembers when the pieces started arriving here at the height of Iraq's weapons program in the late 1980s, each menacing section of the gun barrel so huge it had to be carried on a separate flatbed truck.
		As the pieces in Iskandariya illustrated, the barrel was wide enough to fire projectiles "the size of industrial garbage cans," as Lowther put it.
		James A. Howard, a commander in the 4th Infantry Division whose unit was shown the Iskandariya scrap yard on a recent day by al-Khafaji, said the immobility and slow firing rate of the supergun would severely limit its usefulness.
	seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/nationworld/2003252018_supergun10.html (1029 words)

	Hanteen Mongodai (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		On March 20th, 2005, the wheels began to spin and the rotary blades began to turn once again at FOB Kalsu as Task Force 2/11 teamed up with the Iraqi Army to conduct their third combined mission.
		The focus of this operation was concentrated on the Hateen Weapons Complex located a few miles northwest of Iskandariya, Iraq.
		The residents of Iskandariya realize the importance of eliminating the threat.
	www.eaglehorse.org /eir/sqdn_news/op_hanteen_mongodai.htm (547 words)

	KSBI-TV - Home - Insurgents Dressed as Police Kill 6 Teachers
		Insurgents drove to the school in two vehicles, took the teachers into a classroom and killed them, the sources said.
		Muwalha is a small town near Iskandariya, 60 kilometers (37 miles) south of Baghdad.
		It was unclear if the teachers were Shiites, the sources said, but Iskandariya has a Shiite majority.
	www.ksbitv.com /home/1752551.html (614 words)

	Countinug The Dead In Bush's War
		BAGHDAD - Hakim Mirza, an engineer working for a government ministry, was shot dead with his driver in an attack in Baghdad, the Labour and Social Affairs ministry said.
		ISKANDARIYA - One U.S. soldier was killed and two wounded by an improvised explosive device that hit their patrol near Iskandariya, south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
		BAGHDAD - Three election commission officials were shot and killed on the outskirts of the capital in Abu Ghraib, as they drove home after another round of counting ballots from last weekend's constitutional referendum, police said.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article10675.htm (381 words)

	Latifiya, Schema-Root news (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The region has been called the "Triangle of Death" and in addition to Iskandariya comprises such towns as Mahmoudiya, Latifiya and Yusufiya.
		The region has been dubbed the "Triangle of Death" and, in addition to Iskandariya, comprises such towns as Mahmoudiya, Latifiya, and Yusufiya.
		Latifiya - A roadside bomb exploded near a minibus, killing one person and wounding four in Latifiya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, on Thursday evening...
	schema-root.org /region/middle_east/iraq/cities/latifiya (975 words)

	Shades of Supergun Evoke Hussein’s Thirst for Arms
		Khafaji fumbles with the lock on a metal gate near his bus factory 30 miles south of Baghdad and swings it open to a trashy asphalt lot.
		As the pieces lying around in the lot in Iskandariya illustrated, the barrel was wide enough to fire projectiles “the size of industrial garbage cans,” as Mr.
		James A. Howard, a commander in the Fourth Infantry Division whose unit was shown the Iskandariya scrap yard on a recent day by Mr.
	www.globalsecurity.org /org/news/2006/060910-supergun-shades.htm (1151 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Main News
		US soldiers survey the damaged police station in the town of Iskandariya, Iraq, on Tuesday.
		About 50 persons were killed and dozens wounded when a car bomb ripped through the police station south of Baghdad.
		About 50 persons were killed and dozens wounded today when a car bomb ripped through a police station South of Baghdad, witnesses and hospital doctors said.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2004/20040211/main7.htm (113 words)

	Asia Times - Asia's most trusted news source for the Middle East
		Nearly 100 Iraqis have been killed in less than 24 hours in two suicide bombings in Iskandariya and Baghdad.
		Most of them were poor and unemployed and were trying to find a job with the new, American-approved Iraqi police and army.
		They were Shi'ites in Iskandariya, and mostly Sunnis in Baghdad.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/Middle_East/FB13Ak02.html (922 words)

	NBC: Marines bring firepower to Euphrates - Conflict in Iraq - MSNBC.com
		ISKANDARIYA, Iraq - The Marines' Small Craft Company was on the banks of the Euphrates River in Iskandariya, about to push off into a steady current and an uncommonly serene Iraqi dusk.
		This patrol would not require pounding the pavement, riding in an armored humvee, or Bradley Fighting Vehicle, all frequent targets for Iraq's increasingly emboldened insurgents.
		Mortar attacks at the Marine Forward Operating Base in Iskandariya are down significantly since the RACs started patrolling these riverbanks and they could even help to make area roads safer.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/6227027 (887 words)

	Developments in Iraq on June 26 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		NEAR FALLUJA - The body of a policeman was found with bullet wounds in his head and chest near Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
		ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen shot dead two undercover policemen and their driver in their car in Iskandariya (40 km) 25 miles south of Baghdad, police said.
		Republication and redistribution of KurdishMedia.com content is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of KurdishMedia.com.
	www.kurdmedia.com /news.asp?id=12720 (194 words)

	Army Wants Women on Front Lines
		While females still would be barred from combat formations likely to experience direct contact with an enemy, planners want to deploy them alongside fighting brigades as drivers and logisticians to free up scarce male forces.
		A shortage of trained American infantry in Iraq prompted the request for the Black Watch to be sent north to Iskandariya to free up American marines for the assault on Falluja.
		Although women serve as jet, transport, and helicopter pilots, they are excluded from ground combat.
	www.military.com /NewsContent/0,13319,FL_women_102404,00.html (357 words)

	Mississippi Guard Troops Patrol for Insurgents - DefendAmerica News Article
		FORWARD OPERATING BASE ISKANDARIYA, Iraq, June 17, 2005 — Improvised explosive device sweeps, raids and intelligence reconnaissance are just a few types of operations U.S. soldiers assigned to the 3rd Platoon conduct in and around Forward Operating Base Iskandariya.
		Like many infantry platoons deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, soldiers from 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 155th Brigade Combat Team, Mississippi Army National Guard conduct various missions by leaving the security of their base camp and venturing out into the Iraqi communities.
		Even though they deal with many bogus tips, there are substantial numbers of legitimate claims the platoon receives from locals, Conerly said.
	www.defendamerica.mil /articles/june2005/a061705la3.html (1069 words)

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