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A U.S. Navy Seabee mans a vehicle-mounted machine gun while travelling through Al Hillah, Iraq in May 2003. The Triangle of Death is a name given to a region south of Baghdad during the 2003–2011 occupation of Iraq by the U.S. and allied forces [1] which saw major combat activity and sectarian violence from early 2003 into the fall of 2007.
Sabrina Harman, posing over the body of Manadel al-Jamadi in November 2003 Charles Graner, posing over the body of Manadel al-Jamadi in November 2003 . US Navy SEALs had apprehended al-Jamadi following the 27 October 2003 bombing of Red Cross offices in Baghdad that killed 34 people, including one US soldier, and left more than 200 wounded.
30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing was a series of bombings targeting U.S. soldiers handing out sweets to the Iraqi children at the celebration during the opening of a water treatment plant in the Amil District of Baghdad. [1] The bombings killed at least 41, including 35 children, and wounded 131, including 10 U.S. soldiers.
In April 2009, contracts in Iraq handled by Blackwater USA, then under investigation for rule-breaking and violence, were assigned by the State Department to Triple Canopy. Previously, Triple Canopy had been responsible for contracts outside of Baghdad, whereas those contracts the firm took over were mainly based in Baghdad. [13]
The Iraq War started with a US-led invasion on 20 March 2003, causing much damage to the capital city, Baghdad. The war and collateral damage continued for years. In October 2003, a joint United Nations/World Bank team conducted an assessment of funding needs for reconstruction in Iraq during the period 2004-2007. [2]
September 4, 2004 – American, John N.Mallery, was killed in an ambush in Taji. He was returning to his home base in Baghdad after picking up a payment at Camp Anaconda, Balad, Iraq. At the time of his death he was working for MayDay Supply as a project manager. [59] Date Unknown – Egyptian, Nasser Salama, was captured and executed near Baiji.
The Six Triple Eight, as the battalion was nicknamed, was tasked with sorting through 17 million pieces of undelivered mail in Europe and ensuring it was delivered to U.S. soldiers.
A 2008 research brief by the RAND Corporation on the subject of counter-insurgency tactics in Iraq between 2003 and 2006 [4] depicts a chart that shows that in June and July 2004, Iraqi insurgents began to shift their focus away from attacking coalition forces with roadside bombs and instead began targeting the Iraqi population with suicide bombers and vehicle-borne IEDs.