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    Al Anbar Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الأنبار; muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of...
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    Sunni Triangle around the cities of Fallujah and Ramadi. Al Anbar, the only Sunni-dominated province in Iraq, saw little fighting in the initial invasion...
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    (Arabic: أبناء العراق Abnāʼ al-ʻIrāq) or al-Sahwah (Arabic: الصحوة, lit. 'the awakening') were a coalition in the Al Anbar province in Iraq between Sunni tribal...
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    river, within the Al Anbar province. Qusaybah Sa' dah Al Ubaydi As Sammah Mish 'al Shaqaqivah Al Jurn Babiye Artajah An Nayah Al Mahdiyah Al Ajjamiyah Rawa...
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  • Al-Asad Airbase (IATA: IQA, ICAO: ORAA) is an Iraqi airbase located in al-Anbar Governorate of western Iraq. It was originally known as Qadisiyah Airbase...
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    أبو ريشة) is a Sunni leader in the Al-Anbar province, and led the movement of Sunni tribesmen known as the Anbar Salvation Council. Abu Risha was born...
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    Iraqi Sunni tribal leader who is the leader of the Dulaim tribe, in the Al Anbar Governorate.[failed verification] Ali was born in Baghdad in 1971. His...
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    helicopter crashed while ferrying U.S. military personnel in the Al-Anbar province of western Iraq, near the town of Ar-Rutbah. All thirty-one troops...
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    2009 3/3 deployed for a third time to Iraq, this time to Al Asad Airbase in Al Anbar Province. On that deployment they made up Task Force Military Police...
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    (-), and would come to be known as "Team Gator". Upon arrival in Al Anbar Province, the unit was operationally assigned to the 1st Brigade, 1st Armored...
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  • Camp Gannon was a United States Marine Corps installation in Al Anbar province, Iraq. Situated near the border between Iraq and Syria, Camp Gannon is...
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  • Abu Waheeb (category Members of al-Qaeda in Iraq)
    May 9, 2016. "ISIS leader for Iraq's Anbar province killed in airstrike: Pentagon". Retrieved May 9, 2016. "Al Qaeda Is Taking Over Whole Cities in Iraq"...
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    in Anbar in conjunction with their assault on Northern Iraq. By 23 June, they controlled at least 70% of Anbar. Prior to the campaign, Sunnis in Al Anbar...
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  • Habbaniyah (redirect from Al Habbaniyah)
    Al Habbaniyah or Habbaniya (Arabic: ٱلْحَبَّانِيَّة, al-Ḥabbānīyah) is a city 85 km (53 mi) west of Baghdad in Al-Anbar Province, in central Iraq. A military...
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    Fallujah (redirect from Al Fallujah)
    Fallujah (Arabic: ٱلْفَلُّوجَة al-Fallūjah [el.fɐl.ˈluː.dʒɐ]) is a city in Al Anbar Governorate, Iraq. Situated on the Euphrates River, it is located roughly...
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    Anah, located in Al Anbar province. From July 2008 through February 2009 the battalion deployed to Al Habbaniyah in the Al Anbar province. The battalion...
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  • Khan Dari and Fallujah and in the governorates of Nineveh, Diyala and al-Anbar. The name of the group (Literal Translation: "Brigades of the Revolution...
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    missions leading to the capture of 34 enemy insurgents in the volatile Al Anbar province. He served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Middle East...
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  • movements and is mostly made up of Sunni Muslim tribal leaders from Al-Anbar province, an ethnic Arab region. The Awakening Councils had split into three...
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    the Al Anbar Province. From April to November 2008, 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion deployed to Iraq to conduct combat operations in Al Anbar Province for...
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    again deployed to Iraq in October 2007 operating in the Al Qaim region of the Al Anbar Province with Iraqi Police and Iraqi Army. During this deployment...
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  • contested Al Anbar province in search of al-Zarqawi, and have been very successful in eliminating many leaders of his group, and killing al-Zarqawi on...
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    of duty. Major McClung was serving as a public affairs officer in Al Anbar Province, Iraq when she was killed. Megan Malia Leilani McClung was born on...
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  • Raja Nawaf Farhan al-Mahalawi (Arabic: رجا نواف فرحان المحلاوي) was the Governor of Iraq's Al Anbar province, serving from January 2005 until his death...
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    Freedom in early 2004 for security and stabilization operations in Al Anbar Province. In March 2004, the battalion, this time attached to the 1st Marine...
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  • Iraqi politician and was the Governor of Al Anbar province from August 2013 to December 2014. The Anbar governorate election was held in June 2013, amidst...
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    in the beginning of 2004. They were given responsibility for the Al Anbar Province, the large desert region to the west of Baghdad. During this occupation...
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    division returned to Iraq in February 2004 and took control of the Al Anbar province in western Iraq; it was the lead unit in Operation Vigilant Resolve...
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  • Battle of Donkey Island (category Battles of the Anbar campaign (2003–2011))
    the banks of a canal leading from Ramadi to Lake Habbaniyah in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. Official reports of the clash indicate that the U.S. force...
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  • 1/8 returned to Iraq for its fifth and final rotation to Al-Taqaddum in Al Anbar Province in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. In June, the battalion...
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