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[1] [2] Russell was being escorted back to his unit at Camp Stryker when he took an unsecured M16 rifle from his escort and drove back to the clinic. [1] [2] At 1:41 PM local time, Military Police at Camp Liberty received a report that shots had been fired at the Camp Liberty clinic. Witnesses at the scene saw Russell using an M16A2 rifle.
Control of many U.S.-operated bases was transferred to the Iraqi government during the 2020–2021 U.S. troop withdrawal. At the request of the Iraqi government in January 2024, [ 3 ] and amid rising regional tensions following the 2023 Israeli invasion of Gaza , the US and Iraq are set to begin negotiations to end US military presence in Iraq.
Minnesota Vikings cheerleader Lissa Steffen experiences first-hand how it feels to be taken down by a military working dog at the Camp Liberty kennels in May 2010. Camp Liberty first came into existence during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq as Camp Victory North, and was renamed (its Arabic translation is "Mukhayam Al-Nasr") in mid-September 2004 to its later name of Camp Liberty (in Arabic ...
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19 January 2005 Baghdad bombings; C. Camp Liberty shooting; P. Package Q Strike This page was last edited on 25 December 2024, at 23:23 (UTC) ...
In autumn 2020, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo repeatedly threatened to close the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad if Iraqi leaders did not prevent further attacks on the embassy. [47] According to some media sources, Pompeo informed Baghdad that it would target 120 sites in Iraq linked to Iran-backed militias if rocket attacks cost American lives.
The Nisour Square massacre occurred on September 16, 2007, when employees of Blackwater Security Consulting (now Constellis), a private military company contracted by the United States government to provide security services in Iraq, shot at Iraqi civilians, killing 17 and injuring 20 in Nisour Square, Baghdad, while escorting a U.S. embassy convoy.
Baghdad 3 0 2020 Camp Taji attacks - Three soldiers - two American and one British - were killed when a missile hit a military base in Baghdad. [1] 28 August Al-Maamel, Al- Husayniyah district 2 17 At least 2 people were killed and another 17 were injured in Al-Maamel, Al- Husayniyah district. [2] 30 August Al-Haytawin, Diyala Governorate: 1 2