- Salah ad Din Governorate
Infobox Settlement
official_name = Pagename
native_name =Arabic: صلاح الدين
mapsize=200
settlement_type =Governorate
subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name =Iraq
subdivision_type1 = Capital
subdivision_name1 =Samarra
latd=34 |latm=27 |latNS=N
longd=43 |longm=35 |longEW=E
population_as_of = 2003 [http://hhcom1.co.cc/english/Salah-Al-Din.html 1]
population_total = 1,042,200
density_km2 =
area_total_km2 = 24363
blank_name=Main language(s)
blank_info= ArabicSalah ad Din, Salâh-ad-Dîn, or Salahuddin (Arabic: صلاح الدين) is a
governorate inIraq , north of Baghdad. The province has an area of km2 to mi2|24363. The estimated population for2003 was 1,042,200 people. The provincial capital isTikrit ; the province also contains the significantly larger city ofSamarra . Before 1976 the province was part ofBaghdad Governorate .The province is named after
Saladin (written "Salah ah Din" in modern Arabic Latin transcription), an ethnicKurd and hero of the12th century .Provincial Government
*Governor:
Hamad Hammoud Shekti
*Deputy Governor:Abdullah Hussein Jubarra al-Jubbari [http://www.defendamerica.gov/articles/jan2005/a012805wm3.html]
*Provincial Council Chairman (PCC):Sheikh Rasheed [http://www.bragg.army.mil/82DV/Static%20Line/vol.%201,%20issue%208_small.pdf]Events following US invasion of Iraq, 2003
On
March 16 , 2006, a combined American/Iraqi force, supported by 50 aircraft, launched an air assault into the province.On
March 20 , "The New York Times " reported that: "Police investigators in Salahudin Province have accused American troops of executing 11 civilians, including several children, during a raid last Wednesday on a house inIshaqi , nearBalad , about 60 miles (100 km) north ofBaghdad ." OnJune 02 ,BBC News reported this again as video tape emerges, fews weeks afterHaditha revelations. OnJune 19 , the US military announced that three soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team,101st Airborne Division ,Private First Class Corey R. Clagett , SpecialistWilliam B. Hunsaker andStaff Sergeant Raymond L. Girouard , are being charged in the connection of these deaths. On June 21, SpecialistJuston R. Graber , at that time 20, was charged with premeditated murder, attempted premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit murder and making a false official statement.Districts of Salah al-Din Governorate
*
Al-Daur District (Al-Daur )
*Al-Shirqat District (Al-Shirqat )
*Baiji District (Baiji)
*Balad District (Balad)
*Samarra District (Samarra )
*Tikrit District (Tikrit )
*Tooz District (Tooz )Towns and Cities
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Tikrit
*Baiji
*Balad
*Samarra
*Dujail
*Al-Dour
*Yatherb
*Al Sherqat
*Touz
*Al Ishaqi
*Salman Pak
*Amirli
*Al Seniyah
*Al Dhuluiya
*Hawija
*Sa'ad
*Al Faris (Bamerni) See also
*
Tigris River
*Saladin
*Samarra
*al-Awja , birthplace ofSaddam Hussein External links
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5039420.stm Article and vidéo on civilians massacre] on BBC News.
* [http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/06/19/soldiers.charged/index.html "3 U.S. soldiers charged with killing of Iraqis"] on CNN.
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