Polish zone in Iraq

Polish zone in Iraq

Polish zone in Iraq or the South Central / South Center / Central South / Center South zone / sector was created in 2003 when Iraq was divided into four zones. The South Central zone (formely the Upper South zone) covers the Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, Karbala Governorate, Babil Governorate and the Wasit Governorate. The region had a population of about 5 millions spread over 65 632 km². The Najaf Governorate was passed back to American control in 2004, due to reduction in strength of the forces under Polish command; this reduced the zone to about 3 million of population spread over 28 655 km². On January 5, 2006, Polish troops handed over control of the central Babil province to U.S. troops. Major cities in the Polish zone include Diwaniyah, Kut, Hillah, and Karbala and Najaf.

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Second Persian Gulf War = operation Iraqi Freedom]

Multinational forces under Polish command (Multinational Division Central-South, MND-CS) includes or indcluded the contingents from the following countries: Republic of Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kingdom of Denmark, Republic of Kazakhstan, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Mongolia, Republic of Poland, Republic of Romania, Republic of Salvador, Slovak Republic, Kingdom of Spain, Ukraine and the United States of America; the Lithuania, Ukrainian, Spanish and Slovakian ones had already withdrawn. Polish and multinational forces are increasingly involved with training the Iraqi Army.

The strength of the Polish forces have decreased from 2500 (2003) to 900 (2007); the Division numbers about 2,000 troops. Polish casualties number 25. Casualties of the entire division are 65.

The headquarters of the zone were moved in 2004 from Camp Babilon to Camp Echo.

Commanders

Forces

ee also

*Multi-National Division (South-East) (Iraq)
*Polish involvement in the 2003 invasion of Iraq

External links

* [http://www.piomndcs.mil.pl/ Multinational Division Central-South homepage]

References

*Polish|Polska strefa w Iraku|1st February 2007


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