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	Nasiriyah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nasiriyah (Arabic: الناصرية‎; BGN: An Nāşirīyah; also spelled Nassiriya or Nasiriya) is a city in Iraq.
		The majority of the population of Nasiriyah are Shia Muslims.
		In March 2003 Nasiriyah was a battle ground in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nasiriyah (423 words)

	Nasiriyah
		Nasiriyah is the centre of a date-growing area, but many other agricultural products are produced here as well.
		Nasiriyah, which name means the Christian town, has a substantial Christian population.
		Around 1870: Nasiriyah is founded, and part of the Ottoman Empire.
	i-cias.com /e.o/nasiriyah.htm (155 words)

	American Chronicle: Dhi Qar province at tipping point (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Nasiriyah, home to the Ziggurat of Ur, a 5,500 year old temple built on the birthplace the prophet Abraham, was the scene of one of the most devastating suicide bombing attacks against coalition forces in November 2003.
		Presta believes Nasiriyah is overcoming that violent legacy because the majority off all the fighters in each of the battles came from the outside.
		Nasiriyah's rebellious Shi'ites were punished harshly Saddam Hussein; it is near here some of the largest mass graves from the 1991 uprising have been found.
	www.americanchronicle.com /articles/viewArticle.asp?articleID=1870 (1463 words)

	Iraqi Terrorists Bomb Nasiriyah
		With 26 killed in Nasiriyah, it was the deadliest day against a US ally in Iraq.
		Jessica Lynch, who was ambushed in Nasiriyah on March 23rd, 2003.
		The 26-member Palestinian Cabinet was approved as 26 (later 31) died in Nasiriyah in a terrorist homicide bombing.
	www.biblenews1.com /history3/20031112.htm (763 words)

	Urban war in Nasiriyah an omen of battle ahead
		Urban war in Nasiriyah an omen of battle ahead
		On Tuesday, U.S. Marines fighting to gain control of the key city of Nasiriyah in central Iraq captured a hospital that Iraqi forces had been using as a staging area.
		Nasiriyah may indeed prove to be a harbinger of things to come.
	www.post-gazette.com /World/20030327urbanwarwp4.asp (1015 words)

	Briefing From Tallil Forward Air Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		General Stoltz is the deputy commanding general of the 377th Theater Support Command, and he's in charge of all civil affairs activities in the An Nasiriyah region.
		And then our infantry, Mech Infantry, security force we had here picked them up, and we brought the rest of the company back here to Tallil temporarily, until we could hook them up with the parent unit that they belonged to in the corps, which was further north.
		When they came in here to try to do the extraction for the POW in Nasiriyah, the Private Lynch, everybody pitched in and grabbed whatever trucks we had available to help out with those Special Operations guys; gave them every support we could and launched them on their way.
	www.defenselink.mil /transcripts/2003/tr20030417-0115.html (4845 words)

	An Nasiriyah, Iraq, Pictures
		Traditionally a farm market center, An Nasiriyah is on the highway between Al Basrah and Al Kut and marks the western point of a 16,000-sq-km (6000-sq-mi) triangle of marshlands between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers.
		An Nasiriyah is located near Ur, one of the best-preserved ancient sites in Iraq, and the An Nasiriyah Museum has a collection of Sumerian, Assyrian, Babylonian, and Abbasid artifacts from the region.
		An Nasiriyah was also the site of a Shiite Muslim revolt against the Iraqi government of Saddam Hussein on March 2, 1991.
	www.greatestcities.com /Middle_East/Iraq/An_Nasiriyah_Nasiriya_city.html (272 words)

	Keyword (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		A combat historian travelling with 1st MEF described it as 'a dingy, neglected collection of one- and two-storey cinder-block and mud houses sandwiched in square city blocks between the river and the Saddam Canal to the north.
		We want an Islamic state, say protesters By Sandra Laville in Nasiriyah (Filed: 16/04/2003) As America gathered its chosen leaders for the new Iraq behind barbed wire checkpoints on an airbase in the desert, the seeds of a new democracy were being scattered on the streets of Nasiriyah yesterday.
		The corpses were unearthed in the vicinity of the "hospital" at Nasiriyah where U.S. Marines found evidence that the Iraqis had operated a torture chamber.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/k-nasiriyah/browse (4998 words)

	H An Nasiriyah Biological Sampling Mission (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		The purpose of the inspection of An Nasiriyah was to document events surrounding the receipt, storage, and removal of approximately 6,000 155mm Iraqi HD [mustard] munitions [Figure 9] moved to An Nasiriyah in the mid 910100 [January 1991] time-frame.
		Approximately 6,000 munitions were moved from Al Muthanna [Samarra] to An Nasiriyah between 910110 [January 10, 1991] and 910115 [January 15, 1991].
		The munitions were removed from bunker eight and An Nasiriyah over a one-week period around 910215 [February 15, 1991] and placed in the open area near Khamisiyah (Tal Al Lahm)//geocoord: 304605.3N 0462276.1E//.
	www.gulflink.osd.mil /an_nasiriyah_ii/an_nasiriyah_s04.htm (3500 words)

	Salam Pax: Baghdad, Basra and Nasiriyah have all erupted \| The Guardian \| Guardian Unlimited
		At least the Coalition forces didn't call the rioters "Saddam loyalists", at least there is some acknowledgment that these are people who are upset with the way the occupation forces are mismanaging the country.
		Baghdad, Basra, Nasiriyah all going up in one day and Baqubah being added to the list of cities not really under control.
		I went to a press conference where our new one-month-president [the coalition provisional authority has a rotating chairman] was telling us about what they were up to.
	www.guardian.co.uk /g2/story/0,3604,1017329,00.html (869 words)

	Battle of Nasiriyah - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Nasiriyah occurred during the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
		Heavy fighting took place between Iraqi forces and the 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade under the call sign Task Force Tarawa of the United States Marine Corps between about March 23 and March 29 2003.
		The last American fatality in Nasiriyah took place on March 25, when Navy Hospital Corpsman Third Class Michael Vann Johnson, Jr.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Nasiriyah (438 words)

	U.S. Airlifts Iraqi Exile Force For Duties Near Nasiriyah (washingtonpost.com)
		Taking up camp on the outskirts of Nasiriyah, the soldiers belong to the Iraqi National Congress and are being led by Ahmed Chalabi, a London-based former banker and principal founder of the INC. Chalabi was among those flown to the southern Iraqi city from Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq.
		The lightly armed force is prepared to perform a variety of missions, from delivering humanitarian aid to hunting down supporters of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, INC spokesmen said.
		Sethna said the group is working with a U.S. Special Forces unit and living in tents and buildings on the edge of Nasiriyah, a city 175 miles southeast of Baghdad that was the scene of fierce fighting between U.S. Marines and Iraqi forces a week ago.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A42859-2003Apr6.html (915 words)

	Large Protests Greet US-Backed Talks on Post-Saddam Iraq
		The Pentagon said it was not yet prepared to declare victory after 26 days of war, but US commanders expressed hope Tuesday the main stage of hostilities was over with the fall of Saddam's hometown of Tikrit.
		US officials switched their focus to neighbouring Syria, alleging that Damascus has been developing weapons of mass destruction, prompting calls for calm from the United Nations, Arab and European governments.
		The meeting in Nasiriyah was the first since the launch of the war on March 20 and was billed as a major step forward in the search for a new Iraqi leadership.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines03/0415-01.htm (1049 words)

	Amazon.com: An Nasiriyah: The Fight for the Bridges: Books: Gary Livingston (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Some good is salvaged by some good interviews with Marines from most of the units involved, capturing some anecdotes that have been overlooked in other works to date.
		I was present at the battle of Nasiriyah with TFT, and I hoped to pick this book up to give me the "whole picture" of the battle in contrast to the small scope of what I experienced; I was dissapointed.
		The subject of An-Nasiriyah is best covered in "Ambush Alley" or "The March Up", which give a better portrayal of this pivotal event in the early days of the Iraq than this one.
	www.amazon.com /Nasiriyah-Fight-Bridges-Gary-Livingston/dp/1928724043 (1816 words)

	FOXNews.com - Four Americans Kidnapped in Ambush Near Nasiriyah - International News \| News of the World \| Middle East ...
		FOXNews.com - Four Americans Kidnapped in Ambush Near Nasiriyah - International News
		Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said that preliminary reports suggested the convoy included about 19 vehicles.
		An official familiar with the incident said preliminary reports being checked by the military indicated that the attack occurred at a checkpoint near Nasiriyah and that four Americans were believed to have been taken captive.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,230108,00.html (593 words)

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