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    Umm Qasr (Arabic: أم قصر, also transliterated as Um-qasir, Um-qasser, Um Qasr. Kurdish: ئومقەسڕ, Ûmqêsir) is a port city in southern Iraq. It stands on...
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    Umm Qasr Port is Iraq's only deep water port, part of the city of Umm Qasr. Iraq's second biggest port in scale of size and goods shipped, ranking behind...
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    Battle of Umm Qasr was the first military confrontation in the Iraq War. At the start of the war, one of the first objectives was the port of Umm Qasr. On 21...
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    ports of Umm Qasr and al-Zubair. Iraqi Naval Headquarters: Baghdad (Camp Victory). May move to Umm Qasr. Operational Headquarters: Umm Qasr Tactical Operations...
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  • archaeological site Umm al Binni lake Umm Qasr, a port city Umm Qasr Port Umm Batin, a village Umm al-Fahm, a city Shibli–Umm al-Ghanam, a town Umm al-Hiran, a...
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  • Umm Qasr Sport Club (Arabic: نادي أم قصر الرياضي) is an Iraqi football team based in Umm Qasr, Basra, that plays in Iraqi Second Division League. Safaa...
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    Brigade of the British Armed Forces would also capture Umm Qasr at the same time, so that Umm Qasr Port—the only deep water port in Iraq—could be used to...
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    internment facility maintained by the United States military in the vicinity of Umm Qasr, Iraq. After being taken over by the U.S. military (800th Military Police...
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    and the Polish Special Forces unit GROM attached, attacked the port of Umm Qasr. There they met with heavy resistance by Iraqi troops. A total of 14 coalition...
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  • and harbours in Iraq. Abu Flous Port Al Başrah Oil Terminal Grand Faw Port Khor Al Amaya Oil Terminal Khor Al Zubair Port Port of Basra Umm Qasr Port...
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    Iraqi fighters, and coalition forces enter but are later repelled from Umm Qasr. The Iraqi regime puts a bounty of 50 million dinars (US$33,000) for the...
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    to Basra, arriving there on May 1. Doğan Bey was moored at Berth #9 of Umm Qasr Port, south-eastern Iraq, at the country's hub of imports and exports....
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    Naval Task Group was principally tasked with the capture of the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq's only deep-water port; the oil pipeline facilities of the Al-Faw...
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    opposite from Bubiyan Island and Warbah Island, near the Iraqi city of Umm Qasr. Al-Faw, the only significant town on the peninsula and its namesake, is...
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    government deliberately neglected the city, and much commerce was diverted to Umm Qasr.[citation needed] These alleged abuses are to feature amongst the charges...
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    reserves are in Kurdish and Shia regions, and the port cities of Basra and Umm Qasr are far away from the triangle. The "Sunni Triangle" is distinct from the...
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    RFA Sir Galahad arrives in the Iraqi port city of Umm Qasr on 28 March 2003 RFA Sir Galahad in Umm Qasr, delivering the first shipment of humanitarian aid...
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  • UNIKOM was completed on October 6, 2003. The force's headquarters were in Umm Qasr, Iraq, within the DMZ. The maximum strength of the force was 1,187 on February...
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    Polish special forces performed the operation of securing the port of Umm Qasr. In 2003, controversy erupted between Poland and France when Polish forces...
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  • Antonio Gutiérrez (born Guatemala City, Guatemala 1 December 1980 – died Umm Qasr, Iraq 21 March 2003) was a US Marine Lance Corporal and the second US Marine...
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  • War documents leak, a Custer Battles convoy went on a shooting spree in Umm Qasr in 2004, shooting out the tire of a civilian car that came close, and firing...
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    several Navy squadrons deployed with the Walleye. During a strike on Umm Qasr in January 1991 (possibly the 24th), VFA-195 became the first Hornet to...
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    ports. Subsequently, hazardous material was removed from storage inside Umm Qasr Port. Kundu, Bhaskar; Senapati, Batakrushna; Matsushita, Ai; Heki, Kosuke...
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  • long railway to transport much-needed aid supplies from the port town of Umm Qasr to Basra. In June 2011, it was announced that planning had begun for a...
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  • Al-Rasheed, Nasiriya, Habbaniyah (including Tammuz), Shaiba, Kut, and Umm Qasr airbases, as well as Baghdad International Airport and Al-Muthanna Airport...
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    Invasion Umm Qasr Al Faw Basra I Nasiriyah Karbala I Haditha Dam Najaf I Samawah I Karbala II Al Kut Hillah Karbala Gap Debecka Pass Baghdad I...
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  • and the Clearance Diving Team took part in clearing the approaches to Umm Qasr. Boarding operations continued during the war, and on 20 March boarding...
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    Invasion Umm Qasr Al Faw Basra I Nasiriyah Karbala I Haditha Dam Najaf I Samawah I Karbala II Al Kut Hillah Karbala Gap Debecka Pass Baghdad I...
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    Invasion Umm Qasr Al Faw Basra I Nasiriyah Karbala I Haditha Dam Najaf I Samawah I Karbala II Al Kut Hillah Karbala Gap Debecka Pass Baghdad I...
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  • the navigational channels that the company manages. The company manages Umm Qasr port, Khor Al-Zubair port, Al-Maqal Port, and Abu Flous Port. "General...
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