List of stadiums - Antigua and Barbuda. Antigua Recreation Ground – Saint John's List of stadiums - Aruba. Trinidad Stadion – Oranjestad List of stadiums - Bahamas. Thomas Robinson Stadium – Nassau List of stadiums - Barbados. The Barbados National Stadium, Waterford, Bridgetown – Bridgetown The Kensington Oval (Cricket) – Bridgetown List of stadiums - BelizeSee also:

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Japan, List of stadiums - Jordan, List of stadiums - Kazakhstan, List of stadiums - Kyrgystan, List of stadiums - Kuwait, List of stadiums - Laos, List of stadiums - Lebanon, List of stadiums - Malaysia, List of stadiums - Maldives, List of stadiums - Mongolia, List of stadiums - Myanmar, List of stadiums - Nepal, List of stadiums - North Korea, List of stadiums - Oman, List of stadiums - Pakistan, List of stadiums - Philippines, List of stadiums - Qatar, List of stadiums - Saudi Arabia, List of stadiums - Singapore, List of stadiums - South Korea, List of stadiums - Sri Lanka, List of stadiums - Syria, List of stadiums - Taiwan, List of stadiums - Tajikistan, List of stadiums - Thailand, List of stadiums - Turkmenistan, List of stadiums - United Arab Emirates, List of stadiums - Uzbekistan, List of stadiums - Vietnam, List of stadiums - Yemen, List of stadiums - Central America and the Caribbean, List of stadiums - Antigua and Barbuda, List of stadiums - Aruba, List of stadiums - Bahamas, List of stadiums - Barbados, List of stadiums - Belize, List of stadiums - Cayman Islands, List of stadiums - Costa Rica, List of stadiums - Cuba, List of stadiums - Dominican Republic, List of stadiums - El Salvador, List of stadiums - Grenada, List of stadiums - Guatemala, List of stadiums - Haiti, List of stadiums - Honduras, List of stadiums - Jamaica, List of stadiums - Martinique, List of stadiums - Netherlands Antilles, List of stadiums - Nicaragua, List of stadiums - Panama, List of stadiums - Puerto Rico, List of stadiums - St. Kitts and Nevis, List of stadiums - St. Lucia, List of stadiums - Trinidad and Tobago, List of stadiums - Europe, List of stadiums - Andorra, List of stadiums - Albania, List of stadiums - Austria, List of stadiums - Belarus, List of stadiums - Belgium, List of stadiums - Bosnia and Herzegovina, List of stadiums - Bulgaria, List of stadiums - Croatia, List of stadiums - Cyprus, List of stadiums - Czech Republic, List of stadiums - Denmark, List of stadiums - Estonia, List of stadiums - Faroe Islands, List of stadiums - Finland, List of stadiums - France, List of stadiums - Germany, List of stadiums - Greece, List of stadiums - Hungary, List of stadiums - Iceland, List of stadiums - Ireland, List of stadiums - Italy, List of stadiums - Latvia, List of stadiums - Liechtenstein, List of stadiums - Lithuania, List of stadiums - Luxembourg, List of stadiums - Macedonia, List of stadiums - Malta, List of stadiums - Moldova, List of stadiums - Monaco, List of stadiums - Netherlands, List of stadiums - Norway, List of stadiums - Poland, List of stadiums - Portugal, List of stadiums - Romania, List of stadiums - Russia, List of stadiums - San Marino, List of stadiums - Serbia and Montenegro, List of stadiums - Slovakia, List of stadiums - Slovenia, List of stadiums - Spain, List of stadiums - Sweden, List of stadiums - Switzerland, List of stadiums - Turkey, List of stadiums - Ukraine, List of stadiums - United Kingdom, List of stadiums - Oceania, List of stadiums - American Samoa, List of stadiums - Australia, List of stadiums - Fiji, List of stadiums - French Polynesia, List of stadiums - Nauru, List of stadiums - New Zealand, List of stadiums - Papua New Guinea, List of stadiums - Solomon Islands, List of stadiums - North America, List of stadiums - Canada, List of stadiums - Mexico, List of stadiums - USA, List of stadiums - South America, List of stadiums - Argentina, List of stadiums - Bolivia, List of stadiums - Brazil, List of stadiums - Chile, List of stadiums - Colombia, List of stadiums - Ecuador, List of stadiums - Guyana, List of stadiums - Paraguay, List of stadiums - Peru, List of stadiums - Suriname, List of stadiums - Uruguay, List of stadiums - Venezuela

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List of stadiums - Andorra. Aixovall – Andorra la Vella List of stadiums - Albania. Qemal Stafa – Tirana List of stadiums - Austria. Liebenau Stadium – Graz Ernst Happel Stadion – Vienna Gerard Hanappi Stadion – Vienna Stadion Salzburg – Salzburg Tivoli Neu Stadion – Innsbruck Fill Metallbau Stadion – Ried List of stadiums - Belarus. Dinamo Stadion – Mins ...

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Mozambique, List of stadiums - Namibia, List of stadiums - Niger, List of stadiums - Nigeria, List of stadiums - Rwanda, List of stadiums - São Tomé and Príncipe, List of stadiums - Senegal, List of stadiums - Seychelles, List of stadiums - Sierra Leone, List of stadiums - Somalia, List of stadiums - South Africa, List of stadiums - Sudan, List of stadiums - Swaziland, List of stadiums - Tanzania, List of stadiums - Togo, List of stadiums - Tunisia, List of stadiums - Uganda, List of stadiums - Zambia, List of stadiums - Zimbabwe, List of stadiums - Asia, List of stadiums - Afghanistan, List of stadiums - Armenia, List of stadiums - Azerbaijan, List of stadiums - Bahrain, List of stadiums - Bangladesh, List of stadiums - Bhutan, List of stadiums - Brunei Darussalam, List of stadiums - Cambodia, List of stadiums - China, List of stadiums - Georgia, List of stadiums - India, List of stadiums - Indonesia, List of stadiums - Iran, List of stadiums - Iraq, List of stadiums - Israel, List of stadiums - Japan, List of stadiums - Jordan, List of stadiums - Kazakhstan, List of stadiums - Kyrgystan, List of stadiums - Kuwait, List of stadiums - Laos, List of stadiums - Lebanon, List of stadiums - Malaysia, List of stadiums - Maldives, List of stadiums - Mongolia, List of stadiums - Myanmar, List of stadiums - Nepal, List of stadiums - North Korea, List of stadiums - Oman, List of stadiums - Pakistan, List of stadiums - Philippines, List of stadiums - Qatar, List of stadiums - Saudi Arabia, List of stadiums - Singapore, List of stadiums - South Korea, List of stadiums - Sri Lanka, List of stadiums - Syria, List of stadiums - Taiwan, List of stadiums - Tajikistan, List of stadiums - Thailand, List of stadiums - Turkmenistan, List of stadiums - United Arab Emirates, List of stadiums - Uzbekistan, List of stadiums - Vietnam, List of stadiums - Yemen, List of stadiums - Central America and the Caribbean, List of stadiums - Antigua and Barbuda, List of stadiums - Aruba, List of stadiums - Bahamas, List of stadiums - Barbados, List of stadiums - Belize, List of stadiums - Cayman Islands, List of stadiums - Costa Rica, List of stadiums - Cuba, List of stadiums - Dominican Republic, List of stadiums - El Salvador, List of stadiums - Grenada, List of stadiums - Guatemala, List of stadiums - Haiti, List of stadiums - Honduras, List of stadiums - Jamaica, List of stadiums - Martinique, List of stadiums - Netherlands Antilles, List of stadiums - Nicaragua, List of stadiums - Panama, List of stadiums - Puerto Rico, List of stadiums - St. Kitts and Nevis, List of stadiums - St. Lucia, List of stadiums - Trinidad and Tobago, List of stadiums - Europe, List of stadiums - Andorra, List of stadiums - Albania, List of stadiums - Austria, List of stadiums - Belarus, List of stadiums - Belgium, List of stadiums - Bosnia and Herzegovina, List of stadiums - Bulgaria, List of stadiums - Croatia, List of stadiums - Cyprus, List of stadiums - Czech Republic, List of stadiums - Denmark, List of stadiums - Estonia, List of stadiums - Faroe Islands, List of stadiums - Finland, List of stadiums - France, List of stadiums - Germany, List of stadiums - Greece, List of stadiums - Hungary, List of stadiums - Iceland, List of stadiums - Ireland, List of stadiums - Italy, List of stadiums - Latvia, List of stadiums - Liechtenstein, List of stadiums - Lithuania, List of stadiums - Luxembourg, List of stadiums - Macedonia, List of stadiums - Malta, List of stadiums - Moldova, List of stadiums - Monaco, List of stadiums - Netherlands, List of stadiums - Norway, List of stadiums - Poland, List of stadiums - Portugal, List of stadiums - Romania, List of stadiums - Russia, List of stadiums - San Marino, List of stadiums - Serbia and Montenegro, List of stadiums - Slovakia, List of stadiums - Slovenia, List of stadiums - Spain, List of stadiums - Sweden, List of stadiums - Switzerland, List of stadiums - Turkey, List of stadiums - Ukraine, List of stadiums - United Kingdom, List of stadiums - Oceania, List of stadiums - American Samoa, List of stadiums - Australia, List of stadiums - Fiji, List of stadiums - French Polynesia, List of stadiums - Nauru, List of stadiums - New Zealand, List of stadiums - Papua New Guinea, List of stadiums - Solomon Islands, List of stadiums - North America, List of stadiums - Canada, List of stadiums - Mexico, List of stadiums - USA, List of stadiums - South America, List of stadiums - Argentina, List of stadiums - Bolivia, List of stadiums - Brazil, List of stadiums - Chile, List of stadiums - Colombia, List of stadiums - Ecuador, List of stadiums - Guyana, List of stadiums - Paraguay, List of stadiums - Peru, List of stadiums - Suriname, List of stadiums - Uruguay, List of stadiums - Venezuela

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Main article: Economy of Iraq Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector, which has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchange earnings. In the 1980s financial problems caused by massive expenditures in the eight-year war with Iran and damage to oil export facilities by Iran led the government to implement austerity measures, borrow heavily, and later reschedule foreign debt payments; Iraq suffered economic losses from the war of at least US$100 billion. After hostilities ended in 1988, oil exports gradually increa ...

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Main article: Geography of Iraq Large parts of Iraq consist of desert, but the area between the two major rivers Euphrates and Tigris is fertile, with the rivers carrying about 60 million cubic meters of silt annually to the delta. The north of the country is largely mountainous, with the highest point being Haji Ibrahim at 3,600 m (11,811 ft). Iraq has a small coastline with the Persian Gulf. Close to the coast and along the Shatt al-Arab (known as arvandrūd: اروندرود among Iranians) there used to be marshlands, but many o ...

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In the most recent millennium, what is now Iraq has been made up of five cultural areas: Kurdish in the north centered on Arbil; Sunni Islamic Arabs in the center around Baghdad; Shi'a Islamic Arabs in the south centered on Basra; the Assyrians, who are a Christian people, living in various cities in the North; and the Marsh Arabs, a nomadic peoples, who live on the marshlands of the central river. Markets, and debating the price of goods, are the common form of trade. ...

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Main article: History of Iraq Modern Iraq became a British mandate (the British League of Nations Trust Territory of Iraq) at the end of World War I and was granted independence from British control in 1932. It was formed out of three former Ottoman Willayats (regions): Mosul, Baghdad and Basra. The British-installed Hashemite monarchy lasted until 1958, when it was overthrown through a coup d'etat by the Iraqi army, known as the 14 July Revolution. It brought Brigadier General Abdul Karim Qassim's government to power (which wi ...

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Main article: Governorates of Iraq Iraq is divided into 18 governorates or provinces (Arabic: muhafadhat, singular - muhafadhah, Kurdish: پاریزگه Pârizgah). Particularly in Iraqi government documents the term governorate is preferred: Baghdad Arab Salah ad Din Arab Diyala Arab, Kurdish Wasit Arab Maysan Arab Al Basrah Arab Dhi Qar Arab Al Muthanna Arab Al Qadisyah Arab Babil Arab Al Karbala ArabSee also:

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List of stadiums - American Samoa. Veterans Memorial Stadium – Pago Pago List of stadiums - Australia. AAMI Stadium – Adelaide (formerly Football Park) Adelaide Oval – Adelaide ANZ Stadium – Brisbane (formally QEII Stadium) Aussie Stadium – Sydney (formerly Sydney Football Stadium) Bellerive Oval – Hobart Brisbane Cricket Ground – Brisbane (also known as "The Gabba" or Woolloongabba Oval) Can ...

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Mozambique, List of stadiums - Namibia, List of stadiums - Niger, List of stadiums - Nigeria, List of stadiums - Rwanda, List of stadiums - São Tomé and Príncipe, List of stadiums - Senegal, List of stadiums - Seychelles, List of stadiums - Sierra Leone, List of stadiums - Somalia, List of stadiums - South Africa, List of stadiums - Sudan, List of stadiums - Swaziland, List of stadiums - Tanzania, List of stadiums - Togo, List of stadiums - Tunisia, List of stadiums - Uganda, List of stadiums - Zambia, List of stadiums - Zimbabwe, List of stadiums - Asia, List of stadiums - Afghanistan, List of stadiums - Armenia, List of stadiums - Azerbaijan, List of stadiums - Bahrain, List of stadiums - Bangladesh, List of stadiums - Bhutan, List of stadiums - Brunei Darussalam, List of stadiums - Cambodia, List of stadiums - China, List of stadiums - Georgia, List of stadiums - India, List of stadiums - Indonesia, List of stadiums - Iran, List of stadiums - Iraq, List of stadiums - Israel, List of stadiums - Japan, List of stadiums - Jordan, List of stadiums - Kazakhstan, List of stadiums - Kyrgystan, List of stadiums - Kuwait, List of stadiums - Laos, List of stadiums - Lebanon, List of stadiums - Malaysia, List of stadiums - Maldives, List of stadiums - Mongolia, List of stadiums - Myanmar, List of stadiums - Nepal, List of stadiums - North Korea, List of stadiums - Oman, List of stadiums - Pakistan, List of stadiums - Philippines, List of stadiums - Qatar, List of stadiums - Saudi Arabia, List of stadiums - Singapore, List of stadiums - South Korea, List of stadiums - Sri Lanka, List of stadiums - Syria, List of stadiums - Taiwan, List of stadiums - Tajikistan, List of stadiums - Thailand, List of stadiums - Turkmenistan, List of stadiums - United Arab Emirates, List of stadiums - Uzbekistan, List of stadiums - Vietnam, List of stadiums - Yemen, List of stadiums - Central America and the Caribbean, List of stadiums - Antigua and Barbuda, List of stadiums - Aruba, List of stadiums - Bahamas, List of stadiums - Barbados, List of stadiums - Belize, List of stadiums - Cayman Islands, List of stadiums - Costa Rica, List of stadiums - Cuba, List of stadiums - Dominican Republic, List of stadiums - El Salvador, List of stadiums - Grenada, List of stadiums - Guatemala, List of stadiums - Haiti, List of stadiums - Honduras, List of stadiums - Jamaica, List of stadiums - Martinique, List of stadiums - Netherlands Antilles, List of stadiums - Nicaragua, List of stadiums - Panama, List of stadiums - Puerto Rico, List of stadiums - St. Kitts and Nevis, List of stadiums - St. Lucia, List of stadiums - Trinidad and Tobago, List of stadiums - Europe, List of stadiums - Andorra, List of stadiums - Albania, List of stadiums - Austria, List of stadiums - Belarus, List of stadiums - Belgium, List of stadiums - Bosnia and Herzegovina, List of stadiums - Bulgaria, List of stadiums - Croatia, List of stadiums - Cyprus, List of stadiums - Czech Republic, List of stadiums - Denmark, List of stadiums - Estonia, List of stadiums - 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Australia, List of stadiums - Fiji, List of stadiums - French Polynesia, List of stadiums - Nauru, List of stadiums - New Zealand, List of stadiums - Papua New Guinea, List of stadiums - Solomon Islands, List of stadiums - North America, List of stadiums - Canada, List of stadiums - Mexico, List of stadiums - USA, List of stadiums - South America, List of stadiums - Argentina, List of stadiums - Bolivia, List of stadiums - Brazil, List of stadiums - Chile, List of stadiums - Colombia, List of stadiums - Ecuador, List of stadiums - Guyana, List of stadiums - Paraguay, List of stadiums - Peru, List of stadiums - Suriname, List of stadiums - Uruguay, List of stadiums - Venezuela

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List of stadiums - Canada. Lynx Stadium - Ottawa Rogers Centre - Toronto (formerly SkyDome) Centennial Park Stadium - Toronto King George V Park - St. John's, Newfoundland Complexe sportif Claude-Robillard - Montreal Labatt Park - London Swangard Stadium - Burnaby Commonwealth Stadium - Edmonton, Alberta BC Place Stadium - Vancouver Canad Inns Stadium - Winnipeg, Manitoba C ...

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Mozambique, List of stadiums - Namibia, List of stadiums - Niger, List of stadiums - Nigeria, List of stadiums - Rwanda, List of stadiums - São Tomé and Príncipe, List of stadiums - Senegal, List of stadiums - Seychelles, List of stadiums - Sierra Leone, List of stadiums - Somalia, List of stadiums - South Africa, List of stadiums - Sudan, List of stadiums - Swaziland, List of stadiums - Tanzania, List of stadiums - Togo, List of stadiums - Tunisia, List of stadiums - Uganda, List of stadiums - Zambia, List of stadiums - Zimbabwe, List of stadiums - Asia, List of stadiums - Afghanistan, List of stadiums - Armenia, List of stadiums - Azerbaijan, List of stadiums - Bahrain, List of stadiums - Bangladesh, List of stadiums - Bhutan, List of stadiums - Brunei Darussalam, List of stadiums - Cambodia, List of stadiums - China, List of stadiums - Georgia, List of stadiums - India, List of stadiums - Indonesia, List of stadiums - Iran, List of stadiums - Iraq, List of stadiums - Israel, List of stadiums - Japan, List of stadiums - Jordan, List of stadiums - Kazakhstan, List of stadiums - Kyrgystan, List of stadiums - Kuwait, List of stadiums - Laos, List of stadiums - Lebanon, List of stadiums - Malaysia, List of stadiums - Maldives, List of stadiums - Mongolia, List of stadiums - Myanmar, List of stadiums - Nepal, List of stadiums - North Korea, List of stadiums - Oman, List of stadiums - Pakistan, List of stadiums - Philippines, List of stadiums - Qatar, List of stadiums - Saudi Arabia, List of stadiums - Singapore, List of stadiums - South Korea, List of stadiums - Sri Lanka, List of stadiums - Syria, List of stadiums - Taiwan, List of stadiums - Tajikistan, List of stadiums - Thailand, List of stadiums - Turkmenistan, List of stadiums - United Arab Emirates, List of stadiums - Uzbekistan, List of stadiums - Vietnam, List of stadiums - Yemen, List of stadiums - Central America and the Caribbean, List of stadiums - Antigua and Barbuda, List of stadiums - Aruba, List of stadiums - Bahamas, List of stadiums - Barbados, List of stadiums - Belize, List of stadiums - Cayman Islands, List of stadiums - Costa Rica, List of stadiums - Cuba, List of stadiums - Dominican Republic, List of stadiums - El Salvador, List of stadiums - Grenada, List of stadiums - Guatemala, List of stadiums - Haiti, List of stadiums - Honduras, List of stadiums - Jamaica, List of stadiums - Martinique, List of stadiums - Netherlands Antilles, List of stadiums - Nicaragua, List of stadiums - Panama, List of stadiums - Puerto Rico, List of stadiums - St. Kitts and Nevis, List of stadiums - St. Lucia, List of stadiums - Trinidad and Tobago, List of stadiums - Europe, List of stadiums - Andorra, List of stadiums - Albania, List of stadiums - Austria, List of stadiums - Belarus, List of stadiums - Belgium, List of stadiums - Bosnia and Herzegovina, List of stadiums - Bulgaria, List of stadiums - Croatia, List of stadiums - Cyprus, List of stadiums - Czech Republic, List of stadiums - Denmark, List of stadiums - Estonia, List of stadiums - Faroe Islands, List of stadiums - Finland, List of stadiums - France, List of stadiums - Germany, List of stadiums - Greece, List of stadiums - Hungary, List of stadiums - Iceland, List of stadiums - Ireland, List of stadiums - Italy, List of stadiums - Latvia, List of stadiums - Liechtenstein, List of stadiums - Lithuania, List of stadiums - Luxembourg, List of stadiums - Macedonia, List of stadiums - Malta, List of stadiums - Moldova, List of stadiums - Monaco, List of stadiums - Netherlands, List of stadiums - Norway, List of stadiums - Poland, List of stadiums - Portugal, List of stadiums - Romania, List of stadiums - Russia, List of stadiums - San Marino, List of stadiums - Serbia and Montenegro, List of stadiums - Slovakia, List of stadiums - Slovenia, List of stadiums - Spain, List of stadiums - Sweden, List of stadiums - Switzerland, List of stadiums - Turkey, List of stadiums - Ukraine, List of stadiums - United Kingdom, List of stadiums - Oceania, List of stadiums - American Samoa, List of stadiums - Australia, List of stadiums - Fiji, List of stadiums - French Polynesia, List of stadiums - Nauru, List of stadiums - New Zealand, List of stadiums - Papua New Guinea, List of stadiums - Solomon Islands, List of stadiums - North America, List of stadiums - Canada, List of stadiums - Mexico, List of stadiums - USA, List of stadiums - South America, List of stadiums - Argentina, List of stadiums - Bolivia, List of stadiums - Brazil, List of stadiums - Chile, List of stadiums - Colombia, List of stadiums - Ecuador, List of stadiums - Guyana, List of stadiums - Paraguay, List of stadiums - Peru, List of stadiums - Suriname, List of stadiums - Uruguay, List of stadiums - Venezuela

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Main article: Economy of Iraq Iraq's economy is dominated by the oil sector, which has traditionally provided about 95% of foreign exchange earnings. In the 1980s financial problems caused by massive expenditures in the eight-year war with Iran and damage to oil export facilities by Iran led the government to implement austerity measures, borrow heavily, and later reschedule foreign debt payments; Iraq suffered economic losses from the war of at least US$100 billion. After hostilities ended in 1988, oil exports gradually increa ...

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Main article: Demographics of Iraq 75 to 80 percent of Iraq's population (mainly Iraqi but some Hejazi) speaks Arabic; the other major ethnic groups are the Kurds 15-20% (other sources more than 20%), Assyrians, Turkomans and other (5%), who mostly live in the north and north-east of the country. The Assyrians, Kurds, and Turkomans differ from Arabs in many ways, including culture, history, clothing, and language. Other distinct groups are Persians and Armenians (possible descendants of the ancient Mesopotamian culture). About 2,500 Jews and 20,0 ...

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Main article: Culture of Iraq In the most recent millennium, what is now Iraq has been made up of five cultural areas: Kurdish in the north centered on Arbil; Sunni Islamic Arabs in the center around Baghdad; Shi'a Islamic Arabs in the south centered on Basra; the Assyrians, who are a Christian people, living in various cities in the North; and the Marsh Arabs, a nomadic peoples, who live on the marshlands of the central river. Markets, and debating the price of goods, are the common form of trade.See also:

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Iraqi Airways has had, to date, ten air tragedies. In 1986 a Boeing 737 of Iraqi Airways, flying from Saddam International Airport in Baghdad to Jordan, was attacked by terrorists. Although the plane tried to make an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, the terrorists threw a bomb into the plane's cockpit, and its destruction caused the plane to crash resulting in the deaths of 61 of the 103 people on board. See also Iraqi Airways Hijacking. ...

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Iraqi Airways serves the following domestic and international scheduled destinations, or is in negotiations for these destinations. (as of August 2005): Iraqi Airways - Africa. Egypt Cairo Iraqi Airways - Asia. Iran Tehran Iraq Arbil Basra Sulaymaniyah Jordan Amman Kuwait Kuwait City Lebanon Beirut Syria Damascus United Arab ...

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Main article: Geography of Iraq Large parts of Iraq consist of desert, but the area between the two major rivers Euphrates and Tigris is fertile, with the rivers carrying about 60 million cubic meters of silt annually to the delta. The north of the country is largely mountainous, with the highest point being a 3,611 m (11,847 ft) point, unnamed on the map opposite, but known locally as Cheekah Dar (black tent). Iraq has a small coastline with the Persian Gulf. Close to the coast and along the Shatt al-Arab (known as arvandrūd: اروندرود among Iranians) there used to be marshlands, but many o ...

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It was formed in December 2001 as a merger of Jund al-Islam (Soldiers of Islam), led by Abu Abdallah al-Shafi'i, and a splinter group from the Islamic Movement in Kurdistan led by Mullah Krekar. Krekar is alleged to be the leader of Ansar al-Islam. He has lived in Norway, where he has refugee status, since 1991. On March 21, 2003 his arrest was ordered by Økokrim, a Norwegian law enforcement agency, to ensure he did not leave the country while accusations that he had threa ...

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Main article: Governorates of Iraq Iraq is divided into 18 governorates or provinces (Arabic: muhafadhat, singular - muhafadhah, Kurdish: پاریزگه Pârizgah). Particularly in Iraqi government documents the term governorate is preferred: Baghdad Arab Salah ad Din Arab Diyala Arab Wasit Arab Maysan Arab Al Basrah Arab Dhi Qar Arab Al Muthanna Arab Al Qadisyah Arab Babil Arab Al Karbala Arab An ...

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When the US invaded, it attacked suspected Ansar al-Islam training camps in the north, and the organization's leaders retreated to neighboring countries. When the war in the north settled down, the militants returned to Iraq to fight against the occupying American forces. The group is believed to be responsible for several suicide bomb attacks in Iraq, mostly in the north. The first such was at a checkpoint on February 26, 2003, before the war. Ansar al-Islam then detonated a suicide car bomb in the north on March 22, 2003, killing an ...

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Main article: Politics of Iraq Iraq was under Ba'ath Party rule from 1968 to 2003, in 1979 Saddam Hussein took leadership and became president until 2003, when he was unseated by a US-led invasion. The unicameral Iraqi parliament, the National Assembly or Majlis al-Watani, had 250 seats and its members were elected for 4-year terms. No non-Ba'ath candidates were allowed to run. In November 2003, the US-managed Coalition Provisional Authority announced plans to turn over sovereignty to an Iraqi Interim Government b ...

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