Haditha
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Haditha
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Postal code | 31004 |
Haditha (
Politics
Haditha is officially a political district subordinate to the Al Anbar Province. The Haditha District consists of the Sub-Districts of Haditha [City], the Haqlaniyah Sub-District, and the Barwannah Sub-District. Each district is governed by a Mayor and a Sub-District Council. The twenty member sub-district councils elect one of their own to serve as the Council Chairman. They also employ other municipal managers such as a Municipal Engineer.
Agriculture
The riverbank in the Haditha District is occupied by well irrigated farm plots that produce a large amount of food. Substantial sheep and goat flocks are also kept in the area. Further food sources come from fishing the river or the nearby
Hydroelectric
Entering the Haditha Sub District, one is likely to see municipal signs illustrated with a water wheel. These are displayed as a reference to the area's history. Locals suggest that the ancient looking structures on or near the
Iraq War
The Haditha Dam and surrounding areas were initially secured by
On July 16, 2003 Mohammed Nayil Jurayfi, mayor of Haditha, and his youngest son, Ahmed, were assassinated.[1][2]
In 2004, U.S. troops left a local police force in charge of the city and insurgents rounded up dozens of local police officers and publicly executed them in a soccer stadium.[3]
In May 2005, U.S. forces launched
According to an August 2005 report by
The mayor of Haditha in November 2005 was Emad Jawad Hamza.[6]
2005 Haditha Killings
On 19 November 2005, 24 Iraqi
A court-martial on June 4, 2008 acquitted a US Marine for any role in covering up the deaths of 24 civilians in Haditha in Iraq in 2005, while charges were dropped against five other marines in the affair. Lieutenant Andrew Grayson, 27, was declared "not guilty on all charges" by a jury, said a spokesman for the Camp Pendleton military base in southern California where the hearing started on May 28. Grayson had been charged with making false statements and attempting to fraudulently separate from the Marine Corps. He was also charged with obstruction of justice, but the military judge dismissed this charge June 3, 2008.
Charges of murder against squad leader Frank Wuterich were changed to the lesser offense of
Recovery and rebuilding
This article is written like a story.(January 2018) |
The change in U.S. strategy in late 2006 brought quick results to the Hadithah Triad. The U.S. Marines and their Iraqi and coalition allies had largely driven out insurgents by the summer of 2007.
Hadithah was much more secure and had recovered some of its prosperity by the summer of 2008. The progress was evident when an American Congressional Delegation visited the town in August and found full shops and friendly people.
With this turbulent history the future was unpredictable. However, according to the website of Multi National Forces – Iraq, progress began after a large berm was erected around the cities of Haditha and Haqlaniyah on the western side of the Euphrates and Barwannah on the East side during Operation Al Majid.
Marine units rotated in and out of the area detaining numerous persons. Iraqi Police were firmly established by 2007 and violence fell. In contrast to previous years, the Ramadan period of 2007 came and went in Haditha with no insurgent attacks.
In the next few months two bridges across the Euphrates were rebuilt, the area hospital was reopened and re-equipped, the K3 Oil refinery south of the area was brought back online, and life began to take on the air of normalcy.
Also planned is keeping the hydro-electric dam functioning and rebuild capacity with the help of US led coalition forces, to re-open a local oil refinery, again with significant funding and technical advice from Coalition forces and provincial reconstruction teams headquartered in Ramadi and Al Asad, to rebuild two dams over the Euphrates River, man a large (and apparently effective) police force, establish regular ambulance service, re-equip and run their hospital, open an asphalt factory, re-open schools with basic refurbishments complete, fill the offices of their local government, expand their local markets, begin rebuilding a local marble factory.
War with ISIL
In early 2014,
Al Jazeera's Iraq editor Hamed Hadeed said Haditha plays a major role in the country's conflict because of its strategic location and unparalleled resistance to ISIL:
"Haditha serves as a significant transportation route between the western regions of Anbar, the central province of Salahuddin, and northern governorate of Nineveh. It is also the only city in Anbar province that has been able to block IS's repeated attempts to control it."[14]
Climate
Haditha has a
Climate data for Haditha | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.5 (54.5) |
16.6 (61.9) |
21.6 (70.9) |
27.4 (81.3) |
34.5 (94.1) |
39.5 (103.1) |
41.9 (107.4) |
41.8 (107.2) |
38.7 (101.7) |
32.1 (89.8) |
22.6 (72.7) |
14.6 (58.3) |
28.7 (83.6) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 2.4 (36.3) |
3.6 (38.5) |
8.1 (46.6) |
13.2 (55.8) |
18.3 (64.9) |
22.3 (72.1) |
24.9 (76.8) |
24.4 (75.9) |
20.5 (68.9) |
14.9 (58.8) |
7.5 (45.5) |
3.6 (38.5) |
13.6 (56.5) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 22 (0.9) |
18 (0.7) |
15 (0.6) |
19 (0.7) |
3 (0.1) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
9 (0.4) |
17 (0.7) |
24 (0.9) |
127 (5.0) |
Source: Climate-Data.org, Climate data |
Notable people
- Kamal al-Hadithi, (1939 – 2018) poet, journalist and politician. [15]
- Mar Mari Emmanuel(born 1970), an Assyrian bishop in Australia.
References
- ^ New casualties test US resolve BBC
- Washington PostForeign Service
- ^ Andrew Tilghman U.S. call for Iraqi police in Haditha goes unanswered[permanent dead link] Stars and Stripes Mideast edition, Monday, June 5, 2006
- ^ Under US noses, brutal insurgents rule Sunni citadel, The Guardian, August 22, 2005
- ^ Knickmeyer, Ellen. "U.S. Will Reinforce Troops in West Iraq". The Washington Post.
- ^ Tim McGirk Collateral Damage or Civilian Massacre in Haditha? Time
- telegraph.co.uk, May 27, 2006
- ^ "mudvillegazette.com". Archived from the original on 2008-04-03. Retrieved 2008-04-17.
- ^ Ali Hamdani and Ned Parker, "Marines and the 'massacre': a neighbour tells of aftermath", Times, 29 May 2006
- BBC10 O'Clock News, BBC, 2 June 2006
- ^ U.S. probe implicates Marines - Conflict in Iraq - nbcnews.com
- ^ Frank Wuterich Murtha Defamation Suit Dies In Court AP. May 15, 2009. Retrieved Oct. 13, 2014.
- ^ "Military: '60 Minutes' loses appeal in Wuterich case: Court rejects claim of reporter privilege for unaired portions of interview". nctimes.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
- ^ "ISIL launches major assault on Iraq's Haditha".
- ^ Yaʻqub, Imil (2004). Muʻjam al-shuʻarāʼ : mundhu badʼ ʻaṣr al-Nahḍah معجم الشعراء منذ بدء عصر النهضة [Dictionary of poets since the beginning of Nahda] (in Arabic). Vol. 2 (first ed.). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Sader. p. 936.
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