Ramadi
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Ramădī (الرمادي) is a city in central Iraq, about 100 kilometers west of Baghdad. It is the capital of Al Anbar province.
During World War I British forces under General Maude fought there in November of 1917.
Ramadi is considered to be the southwest point of Iraq's Sunni Triangle. It has been a focal point of resistance to the U.S. occupation of Iraq. Because it hosts the main railway line into Syria, it has long been suspected by American commanders of being a staging area for insurgents.
Ramadi's population numbers around 400,000.
Wartime casualties
[1]Five marines killed by roadside bomb - 9/28/2005]
On April 6, 2004, at least 12 U.S. Marines were killed by guerilla forces in Ramadi, in an apparent effort to relieve the ongoing siege of nearby Fallujah.
Wartime Military Control
The city was first occupied by the Army's 3rd Armored Calvalry Regiment and Florida Nation Guard's 124th Infantry Regiment after the end of "major combat opperations" on May 1st, 2003. In September 2003, the city fell under control of the 82nd Airborne Division with support from the 1st Infantry Division BCT from Fort Riley, KS. The 82nd Airborne, under MG Charles Swannack, established a training post for both Iraqi police and Iraqi Civil Defense Corps (ICDC; later Iraqi Nation Guard). In December 2003, an attack on the 82nd HQ Base (an old Saddam palace) killed one Amercian soldier. In March 2004, the Marines were given control of the city.
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