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At the height of the occupation the US had 170,000 personnel in uniform stationed in 505 bases throughout all provinces of Iraq. Another 135,000 private military contractors were also working in Iraq. [1] [2] Due to International military intervention against ISIL, personnel have returned to old bases and new bases created.
One of the more notable attacks came just a month after the fighting ceased on December 21, 2004, when a suicide bomber dressed like an Iraqi soldier managed to get into the mess tent on an American base called Forward Operating Base Marez, and detonated himself – killing 22 people, including 14 American soldiers.
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Iraqi children walk home from school as Iraqi police and U.S. Army Soldiers from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, of Fort Bliss, Texas, conduct a patrol in their neighborhood in Mosul, Iraq, March 19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vanessa Valentine) Camera manufacturer
The Islamist insurgent group Army of Ansar al-Sunna (partly evolved from Ansar al-Islam) released an internet message taking credit for the attack. [2] The bomber entered the mess tent and approached a large group of U.S. soldiers, detonating himself and killing 22 people. It was the single deadliest suicide attack against the US military in Iraq.
Iraqi army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Iraqi Army Division patrol a street in Mosul, Iraq, Feb. 18, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jason Robertson) (Released) Author: STAFF SGT. JASON ROBERTSON: Headline: Iraqi Freedom: Short title: 080218-F-5677R-101; City shown: MOSUL: Date and time of data generation ...
Description: Representative Mike Pence meets with Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team during his brief visit to Logistical Staging Area Diamondback, Mosul, Iraq.
Qayyarah Airfield West (Arabic: قاعدة القيارة الجوية) is an Iraqi Air Force base in the Qayyarah subdistrict of Mosul District in northern Iraq. It was captured by U.S. Army during Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. It was also known as Q–West or Key West by the various U.S. Army Forces [1] and civilian contractors stationed ...