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    40861°E / 33.30417; 44.40861 The Republican Palace (Arabic: القصر الجمهوري, al-Qaṣr al-Jumhūriy) is a palace in Baghdad, Iraq, constructed on the orders...
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    Palace, previously a home of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. Since 2012, the palace has been certified as a Republican Palace. Al Salam palace...
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    The Battle of Baghdad, also known as the Fall of Baghdad, was a military engagement that took place in Baghdad in early April 2003, as part of the invasion...
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    minister's office is located in the Al Zaqura Building in the Green Zone, Baghdad. List of prime ministers of Iraq List of kings of Iraq List of presidents...
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    al-Khas), also known as the Special Forces Brigade of the Presidential Palace, Republican Guard Special Protection Forces, or the Golden Division, was an Iraqi...
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    rockets raise Baghdad tensions". USA Today. Retrieved May 4, 2010. Londoño, Ernesto (January 1, 2009). "At Midnight, U.S. Leaves Republican Palace, Green Zone...
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    replaced the previous embassy, which opened July 1, 2004 in Baghdad's Green Zone in a former Palace of Saddam Hussein. The embassy complex cost US$750 million...
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    Baghdad (/ˈbæɡdæd/ BAG-dad or /bəɡˈdæd/ bəg-DAD; Arabic: بَغْدَاد, romanized: Baghdād, [baɣˈdaːd] ) is capital and largest city of Iraq. Located on the...
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  • 5th Corps plus parts of the Republican Guard. Significant battles included the Battle of Nasiriyah and the Battle of Baghdad. The British Army controlled...
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  • stormed the Republican Palace in the Green Zone, reportedly accessing the pool. At 15:30 local time on 29 August, a curfew was declared in Baghdad. The same...
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    palace complex. In addition, there are a scattered number of presidential palaces in Baghdad and the rest of the provinces, such as the Sujood Palace...
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    Mustafa Al-Kadhimi (category Politicians from Baghdad)
    closely followed the 2022 Iraqi political crisis. Al-Kadhimi was born in Baghdad in 1964 to Abdul Latif, who was born in Al-Shatra, a town in southern Iraq...
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    leader Paul Bremer and other CPA officials. Khalil lived in the Republican Palace, Baghdad, with his role including "providing advice on counter-terrorism...
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    George W. Bush shoe-throwing incident (category 2008 in Baghdad)
    During a 14 December 2008 press conference at the prime minister's palace in Baghdad, Iraq, Iraqi journalist Muntadhar al-Zaidi threw both of his shoes...
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    the location of the UN in Baghdad. According to GlobalSecurity.org, the Republican Palace (Iraq) and the Al Sijoud Palace were both reported damaged...
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    Faisal II (category People from Baghdad)
    revolutionary assault group at the Rihab Palace, which was still the principal royal residence in central Baghdad, ordered the King, Crown Prince 'Abd al-Ilah...
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    Morgan Ortagus (category Florida Republicans)
    spending several months in Baghdad, Iraq. She attended a Hanukkah ceremony in one of Saddam Hussein's former palaces in Baghdad. In 2008, Ortagus joined...
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    Tikrit (redirect from The Birthday Palace)
    [ˈtɪkriːt]) is a city in Iraq, located 140 kilometers (87 mi) northwest of Baghdad and 220 kilometers (140 mi) southeast of Mosul on the Tigris River. It...
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    monarchy in Iraq. His body was mutilated, dragged across the streets of Baghdad, and eventually burnt. Son and heir of King Ali ibn Hussein of Hejaz, who...
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    within forty-eight hours. As the bombing of Baghdad commences, Saddam and his family flee the Republican Palace. 1979: Shortly after the Iranian Revolution...
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    Elan Carr (category California Republicans)
    Carr is of Jewish heritage. His maternal grandfather, a descendant of Baghdad religious leader, was prosecuted during Iraqi show trials against Jewish...
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    Iraq Museum (redirect from Baghdad Museum)
    Museum (Arabic: المتحف العراقي) is the national museum of Iraq, located in Baghdad. It is sometimes informally called the National Museum of Iraq. The Iraq...
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    al-Din Taha al-Rawi. I Corps of the Republican Guards Al Medina Armored Division; 2nd, 10th and 14th Brigades. Baghdad Mechanized Division; including the...
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    November 1963 Iraqi coup d'état (category 1960s in Baghdad)
    fighter jets strafed the Presidential Palace in Baghdad; large crowds of al-Sadi supporters demonstrated in Baghdad. By the afternoon, Prime Minister al-Bakr's...
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    family. He joined the Ba'ath Party in 1957, and later in 1966 the Iraqi and Baghdad-based Ba'ath parties. He played a key role in the 17 July Revolution and...
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    Karkh (category Neighborhoods in Baghdad)
    name of the western half of Baghdad, Iraq, or alternatively, the western shore of the Tigris River as it ran through Baghdad. The eastern shore is known...
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    April, Baghdad fell to U.S. forces with only sporadic resistance by Fedayeen irregulars, foreign volunteers, and remnants of the Special Republican Guard...
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  • military's Republican Guard and Special Republican Guard units outside Baghdad to Saddam's presidential palaces, it caused a shock to troops inside Baghdad. Iraqi...
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  • Victory Arch (category Buildings and structures in Baghdad)
    Victory or the Crossed Swords, are a pair of triumphal arches in central Baghdad, Iraq. Each arch consists of a pair of outstretched hands holding crossed...
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  • Province Shush Castle in Hormuz Island Republican Palace Al Salam Palace (Baghdad, Iraq) Al-Faw Palace Radwaniyah Palace Palazzo Altemps Palazzo Barberini...
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