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Suwaynikh in the region of Anbar is a town located in Iraq - some 118 mi or ( 190 km ) North-West of Baghdad , the country's capital .

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Local time in Suwaynikh is now 06:22 AM (Sunday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Yardah, Wasitah, Wadahiyah, Tikrit, and Sulaymaniyah. When in this area, you might want to check out Yardah . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Suwaynikh ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Sandstorm

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View during a sandstorm from the roof of our patrol base in Albu Hyatt, Iraq. May 2008 Alpha Company, 4th AABN, 3rd PLT, "Outkast" ..

ARMA 2: COMBINED OPERATIONS United Operations Co55 Operation Enduring Freedom V9 (3/6) HD

15:00 min by MetallicaMan172
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75th Rangers are tasked to assault a Taliban held city and to destroy any caches they come across. Date of the operation- 9/24/2012 or September 24 2012 This video is created using games from Bohemia ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Haqlaniyah

Al-Haqlaniyah is an Iraqi town on the Euphrates River in Al-Anbar province.

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Located at 34.09 42.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 17 km away
Tags: Populated places in Anbar Province, Populated places on the Euphrates River

Haditha

Haditha (حديثة, al-Haditha) is a city in the western Iraqi Al Anbar Governorate, about 240 km northwest of Baghdad. It is a farming town situated on the Euphrates River at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:34|08|23|N|42|22|41|E|type:city(90,000)_region:IQ | |name= }}. Its population of around 100,000 people is predominantly Sunni Muslim Arabs.

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Located at 34.14 42.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Cities in Iraq, District capitals of Iraq, Populated places in Anbar Province, Populated places on the Euphrates River

Haditha killings

The Haditha killings (also called the Haditha incident or the Haditha massacre) refers to the incident in which 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women and children were killed by a group of United States Marines on November 19, 2005 in Haditha, a city in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar. All those killed were civilians. The dead included several children and elderly people, who were shot multiple times at close range while unarmed.

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Located at 34.14 42.38 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Battles of the Iraq War in 2005, Civilian casualties in the Iraq War, Iraq War, Iraq–United States relations, Mass murder in 2005, Massacres in Iraq, Occupation of Iraq, United States Marine Corps in the Iraq War, United States military scandals

Khan al Baghdadi

Khan al Baghdadi or Al Baghdadi is an Iraqi city on the Euphrates River in Al-Anbar province. It is the closest village to the U.S. Military's Al Asad Airbase, (formerly known as Qadisiyah Airbase when it was operated by the Iraqi Air Force).

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Located at 33.85 42.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 19 km away
Tags: Populated places in Anbar Province, Populated places on the Euphrates River

Haditha Dam

The Haditha Dam or Qadisiya Dam is an earth-fill dam on the Euphrates, north of Haditha, creating Lake Qadisiyah. The dam is just over 9 kilometres long and 57 metres high. The purpose of the dam is to generate hydroelectricity, regulate the flow of the Euphrates and provide water for irrigation. It is the second-largest hydroelectric contributor to the power system in Iraq behind the Mosul Dam.

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Located at 34.21 42.35 (Lat./Long.); Less than 26 km away
Tags: Al Anbar Governorate, Dams completed in 1987, Dams in Iraq, Earth-filled dams, Euphrates, Hydroelectric power stations in Iraq, Iraq–Soviet Union relations