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Al Zaidan

Field	Value
population_total	~250
subdivision_type	Country	subdivision_name=Iraq	subdivision_type1=Governorate	subdivision_name1=Baghdad

Al Zaidan or Zaidan is an agricultural village just west of Baghdad, Iraq.

During the US occupation Iraq, it was considered a hub of insurgent activity (especially by the 1920 Revolution Brigade) It is populated mainly by the Zobai tribe. The area also sends representatives to the Abu Ghraib district in Baghdad.

Gallery

File:US Navy 071229-M-4746J-063 2nd Lt. Christian Schmidle, assigned to I Co., 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, speaks with Iraqi policemen in Zaidon, Iraq.jpg|Iraqi police in Al Zaidan File:US Navy 071229-M-4746J-004 Marines assigned to I Co., 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment speak with a local shopkeeper in Zaidon, Iraq during a mission to gather information, patrol area neighborhoods and interact with the resi.jpg|Residents of Al Zaidan at their home File:ZAIDON, Iraq - Marines with 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment find a torture house with different chains, locks, and handcuffs in different windows while patrolling through the area 070324-M-KJ628-034.jpg|Evidence of torture found in a house in Al Zaidan in 2007 File:U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Julio Perez, with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, provides security as Iraqi children observe in Zaidon, Iraq, on Dec. 30. U.S. Marines are gathering information on villages in Zaidon, Iraq..jpg|Local children watch United States Marines during the Iraq War

References

"Marines rescue three hostages, uncover weapons cache in Operation Spotlight".
[http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?p=146401 One year later: Fallujah mending, but still volatile "One year later: Fallujah mending, but still volatile" by Scott Peterson (The Christian Science Monitor)]
in 2007 1-89 CAV worked with leaders in Al Zaidon and Abu Ghaib to establish concerned local citizens (CLCs) organizations. During a combined operation 1-89 CAV and the CLCs eliminated the majority of Al Qaeda members in the area and established the security force under a local leader, Abu Maruf. [http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/11/16/iraq_the_unraveling_xxxii_13_dead_in_anbar Iraq, the unraveling (XXXII): 13 dead in Anbar]

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