Camp Al-Saqr

Camp Al-Saqr, referred to by some media sources as Camp Falcon, Forward Operating Base Falcon, Joint Security Station Falcon, or Combat Outpost Falcon, was a United States military forward operating base in a short distance outside , some 13 kilometres south of the .
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Military installation
  • Description: former United States military operating base in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Camp Falcon”, “Forward Operating Base Falcon”, “Joint Security Station Falcon”, “Joint Service Station (JSS) Falcon”, and “معسكر الصقر”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al-Saydiya and Dora.

Quarter
is a neighborhood in the Al Rashid district of southwestern , . Baiyaa is to the north and to the east. A once middle-class district, much of was built within the last three decades on prime real estate between Baghdad Airport Road and the main highway where it forks into central Baghdad and south to . is situated 4½ km north of Camp Al-Saqr.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in Al Rashid administrative district, southern , . Before the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, it was home to the city's largest concentration of Christian Assyrians, as well as Mandaeans and Muslim families. is situated 6 km northeast of Camp Al-Saqr.

Quarter
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or Al Rashid is one of the nine administrative districts in Baghdad, . It is in southern Baghdad, on the western side of the River. is to the north of the western half of the district, on the other side of the Baghdad Airport Road. is situated 6 km northwest of Camp Al-Saqr.

Camp Al-Saqr

Latitude
33.21012° or 33° 12′ 36″ north
Longitude
44.36579° or 44° 21′ 57″ east
Open location code
8H566968+28
Open­Street­Map ID
way 83672854
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Wiki­data ID
Q5473223
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

“Camp Al-Saqr” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة فالكون”

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