Al Qayyarah Air Base has been used by elements of the 101st \ Airborne Division.
Located at an airfield \ southwest of Mosul, Camp Marez has a tent dining capacity for 500. In December 2004, \ a suicide bomber killed himself and 13 U.S. soldiers at the base’s dining tent.
'); baghdad = new dot(367,277,235,"Green Zone, Camp Falcon-Al-Sarq, and Camp Victory-Al Nasr (Baghdad)", 'The Green Zone in central Baghdad includes the main palaces of former President \ Saddam Hussein. The area at one time housed the Coalition Provisional Authority; it \ still houses the offices of major U.S. consulting companies and the temporary U.S. \ embassy facilities.
\In late September 2003, the 439th Engineering Battalion delivered over 100,000 \ tons of gravel and is assisting with building roads, walls, guard towers, and \ buildings for Camp Falcon. Camp Falcon is planned to house 5,000 soldiers.
\Camp Victory is a U.S. Army base situated on airport grounds about 5 kilometers \ from Baghdad International Airport. The base can house up to 14,000 troops. Al Faw \ Palace on Camp Victory is surrounded by a man-made lake and serves as an unofficial \ conference center for the Army.
'); taji = new dot(0,268,219,"Camp Taji (Taji)", 'Camp Taji, former Iraqi Republican Guard "military city," is now a huge \ U.S. base equipped with a Subway, Burger King and Pizza Hut on the premises.
'); kirkuk = new dot(0,274,117,"Camp Renegade (Kirkuk)", 'Strategically located near the Kirkuk oil fields and the Kirkuk refinery and \ petrochemical plant, Camp Renegade has a dormitory that houses up to 1,664 airmen\ in 13 buildings with six to eight people to a room.
'); balad = new dot(0,275,201,"Camp Anaconda (Balad Airbase)", 'Camp Anaconda or Balad Airbase is the largest base in Iraq. 20,000 troops are\ stationed at Balad along with several thousand American and other civilians.\ The base is the hub of the Air Force operation in Iraq, the biggest Army\ logistical support center in the country, and the second busiest airport\ in the world after Londons Heathrow Airport.
'); tikrit = new dot(0,245,165,"Camp Speicher (Tikrit)", 'Named after F/A-18 pilot Michael "Scott" Speicher who was shot down \ during the first Gulf War in 1991, Camp Speicher is located near Tikrit in northern \ Iraq, approximately 170 kilometers north of Baghdad.
'); irbil = new dot(0,264,100,"Unknown name (between Irbil and Kirkuk)", ''); fallujah = new dot(0,249,231,"Taqaddum Airbase", 'Al Taqaddum Airbase is located in central Iraq approximately 74\ kilometers West of Baghdad. The airfield is served by two runways 13,000 and\ 12,000 feet long.
'); nasiriyah = new dot(0,359,351,"Talil Air Base (Nasiriyah)", 'Located 14 miles southwest of Nasiriya, in the south. In 2006, Congress\ authorized $22 million to build a second dining facility to seat 6,000, a\ double perimeter security fence with high-tech gate controls, guard towers,\ and a moat.
'); badrah = new dot(367,340,234,"Patrol Base Shocker(Badraj)", 'Four miles from the Iran border near the Iraqi town of Badrah.\ Home to 240 soldiers and contractors, including 55 U.S. troops, and\ a contingent of soldiers from the Republic of Georgia, the base became\ operational in mid-November 2007. Also has U.S. military and civilian\ analysts monitoring the extent of Iranian influence in Iraq.
'); alasad = new dot(367,200,200,"Al Asad Air Base (Khan al-Baghdadi)", 'About 120 miles west of Baghdad, near the Euphrates town of\ Khan al-Baghdadi, Al Asad Air Base hosts 17,000 troops, a Burger King,\ a Pizza Hut and a car dealership, and an internal bus system. The\ Bush administration requested $39 million the FY 08 budget for new\ airfield lighting, air-traffic-control systems and upgrades allowing\ al-Asad to plug into the Iraqi electricity grid — a typical sign\ of a long-term base.
'); document.write('![](\"../images/iraq/IraqMap2008WEB.gif\")
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