Salah ad Din Governorate

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Salah ad Din Governorate Arabic: صلاح الدين
Coordinates: 34°27′N 43°35′E / 34.45, 43.583
Country	Iraq
Capital	Samarra
Area
- Total	24,751 km² (9,556.4 sq mi)
Population (2003)
- Total	2,146,500
Main language(s)	Arabic

Salah ad Din or Salâh-ad-Dîn (Arabic: صلاح الدين) is a governorate in Iraq, north of Baghdad. The province has an area of 24,751 square kilometers (9,556.4 sq mi). The estimated population for 2003 was 2,146,500 people. The provincial capital is Tikrit; the province also contains the significantly larger city of Samarra. Before 1976 the province was part of Baghdad Governorate.

The province is named after Saladin (written Salah ah Din in modern Arabic Latin transcription), an ethnic Kurd and hero of the 12th century. Salahuddin province is a variant version of the province's name.

Contents 1 Provincial Government 2 Events following US invasion of Iraq, 2003 3 Districts of Salah al-Din Governorate 4 Towns and Cities 5 See also 6 External links

[edit] Provincial Government

• Governor: Hamed Hamood Shekti
• Deputy Governor: Abdullah Hussein Jubarra al-Jubbari [1]
• Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Sheikh Rasheed [2]

[edit] Events following US invasion of Iraq, 2003

Main article: Post-invasion Iraq, 2003–2006

On March 16, 2006, a combined American/Iraqi force, supported by 50 aircraft, launched an air assault into the province.

On March 20, The New York Times reported that: "Police investigators in Salahudin Province have accused American troops of executing 11 civilians, including several children, during a raid last Wednesday on a house in Ishaqi, near Balad, about 60 miles (100 km) north of Baghdad." On June 02, BBC News reported this again as video tape emerges, fews weeks after Haditha revelations. On June 19, the US military announced that three soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, Private First Class Corey R. Clagett, Specialist William B. Hunsaker and Staff Sergeant Raymond L. Girouard, are being charged in the connection of these deaths. On June 21, Specialist Juston R. Graber, at that time 20, was charged with premeditated murder, attempted premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit murder and making a false official statement.

[edit] Districts of Salah al-Din Governorate

• Al-Daur District (Al-Daur)
• Al-Faris District (Al-Faris)
• Al-Shirqat District (Al-Shirqat)
• Baiji District (Baiji)
• Balad District (Balad)
• Samarra District (Samarra)
• Tikrit District (Tikrit)
• Tooz District (Tooz)

[edit] Towns and Cities

• Tikrit
• Baiji
• Balad
• Samarra
• Dujail
• Al-Dour
• Al-Tarmia
• Yatherb
• Al Sherqat
• Touz
• Al Ishaqi
• Salman Pak
• Amirli
• Al Seniyah
• Al Dhuluiya
• Hawija
• Sa'ad
• Al Faris (Bamerni)

[edit] See also

• Tigris River
• Saladin
• Samarra
• al-Awja, birthplace of Saddam Hussein

[edit] External links

• Article and vidéo on civilians massacre on BBC News.
• "3 U.S. soldiers charged with killing of Iraqis" on CNN.

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