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Sab' al Khamis in the region of Diyala Province is a town in Iraq - some 16 mi or ( 26 km ) North-East of Baghdad , the country's capital city .
Current time in Sab' al Khamis is now 11:59 AM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Baghdad " with a UTC offset of 3 hours. Depending on the availability of means of transportation, these more prominent locations might be interesting for you: Umm al Kuways, Umm al Ghizlan, Umm al 'Abid, Tikrit, and Karbala. Since you are here already, make sure to check out Umm al Kuways . Where to go and what to see in Sab' al Khamis ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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Khan Bani Saad City
Khan Bani Saad City or Khan Bani sa'ad is a city in Diyala province in Iraq.
Located at 33.57 44.55 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Sadr City
Sadr City formerly known as Saddam City is a suburb district of the city of Baghdad, Iraq. It was built in 1959 by Prime Minister Abdul Karim Qassim and later unofficially renamed Sadr City after Shia leader Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr. Sadr City is one of nine administrative districts in Baghdad. A public housing project neglected by Saddam Hussein, Sadr City holds around 1 million Shiite residents.
Located at 33.39 44.46 (Lat./Long.); Less than 18 km away
General Security Directorate (Iraq)
The General Security Directorate (GSD) (مديرية الامن العامة, Mudiriyat al-Amn al-Amma) was the intelligence agency of Iraq. It was announced by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi at a press conference in July 2004 in a climate of widespread violence by terrorist groups and the Iraqi insurgency. Although details on its organisation were not made clear at the time, the General Security Directorate's designated mission was to "infiltrate and annihilate Iraq's tenacious insurgency".
Located at 33.33 44.48 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Buhriz
Buhriz is an Iraqi town of about 40,000 located 25 miles north of Baghdad and 6 miles south of the major city of Baquba. The town of Buhriz is heavily agricultural, located on fertile land along the Diyala River and engaged in the cultivation of date palms, orange trees, and other crops. It maintains a rural character despite its proximity to Baquba and Baghdad, with many residents living in traditional mud huts with some concrete-block houses.
Located at 33.70 44.67 (Lat./Long.); Less than 22 km away
Canal Hotel bombing
The Canal Hotel Bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, in the afternoon of August 19, 2003, killed at least 22 people, including the United Nations' Special Representative in Iraq Sérgio Vieira de Mello, and wounded over 100. The blast targeted the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq created just 5 days earlier. (The United Nations had used the hotel as its headquarters in Iraq since the early 1990s.
Located at 33.33 44.47 (Lat./Long.); Less than 23 km away
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