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As Samadah Destination Guide

Touring As Samadah in Iraq

As Samadah in the region of Anbar is a city located in Iraq - some 25 mi or ( 40 km ) North-West of Baghdad , the country's capital city .

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Time in As Samadah is now 10:45 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: Tikrit, Sulayman Nazif, Muhammad al 'Abbas, Manajid al Hamad, and Qaryat al Lahib. Being here already, consider visiting Tikrit . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for As Samadah ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Interesting facts about this location

Battle of Cunaxa

The Battle of Cunaxa was fought in 401 BC between Cyrus the Younger and his elder brother Arsaces, who had inherited the Persian throne as Artaxerxes II in 404 BC. The great battle of the revolt of Cyrus took place 70 km north of Babylon, at Cunaxa, on the left bank of the Euphrates River. The main source is a Greek eyewitness and soldier, Xenophon.

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Located at 33.32 44.08 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Tags: 401 BC, 5th-century BC conflicts, Anabasis (Xenophon), Battles involving ancient Greece, Battles involving the Achaemenid Empire

Dur-Kurigalzu

Dur-Kurigalzu was a city in southern Mesopotamia near the confluence of the Tigris and Diyala rivers about 30 km west of the center of Baghdad. It was founded by a Kassite king of Babylon, Kurigalzu I, some time in the 14th century BC, and was abandoned after the fall of the Kassite dynasty.

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Located at 33.35 44.20 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: Archaeological sites in Iraq, Baghdad Province, Kassite cities

Dreamland (Fallujah, Iraq)

Camp Baharia, also known as Dreamland or FOB Volturno, was a U.S. military installation that was located just outside the city of Fallujah, Iraq. It was the smaller of two major U.S. military bases maintained just outside the Fallujah city limits, during the Iraq War.

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Located at 33.35 43.86 (Lat./Long.); Less than 25 km away
Tags: Closed military facilities of the United States in Iraq, Fallujah, United States Marine Corps in the Iraq War

MEK Compound

The MEK Compound (Mujahedin-E Khalq) in Fallujah, Iraq (also known as Camp Fallujah) is a large compound used by the U.S. Marines from 2004 to 2009. Prior to Marine occupation, the Iranian dissident group called Mujahideen-e-Khalq used the MEK as a training camp, but turned it over to the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne on May 11, 2003 after the Mujahideen-e-Khalq surrender. On March 24, 2004, the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force took over the facility and used it as a base camp.

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Located at 33.32 43.88 (Lat./Long.); Less than 27 km away
Tags: Closed military facilities of the United States in Iraq, Defunct United States Marine Corps facilities, United States Marine Corps in the Iraq War