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Salah ad Din, Salâh-ad-Dîn, or Salahuddin is a governorate
Governorate

A Governorate is an administrative division of a country. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or colonies, the term governorate is sometimes used in translation from non-English-speaking administrations....
 in Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, north of Baghdad. The province has an area of . The estimated population for 2003 was 1,042,200 people. The provincial capital is Tikrit
Tikrit

Tikrit is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river . The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the province of Salah ad Din ....
; the province also contains the significantly larger city of Samarra
Samarra

Samarra is a city in Iraq.It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah al-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700....
. Before 1976 the province was part of Baghdad Governorate
Baghdad Governorate

Baghdad Governorate in the nation of Iraq and contains the conurbation of Baghdad. It includes the city of baghdad, as well as the surrounding metropolitan area, with includes Al-Mada'in, Taji, Mahmudiya district and Abu Ghraib district ....
.

The province is named after Saladin
Saladin

ala ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub , better known as Saladin in medieval Europe, was the Sultan of Egypt and Greater Syria. He led the Islamic opposition to the Second Crusade and Third Crusade....
 (written Salah ah Din in modern Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 Latin transcription), an ethnic Kurd and hero of the 12th century.


Events following US invasion of Iraq, 2003
On March 16, 2006, a combined American
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
/Iraqi force, supported by 50 aircraft, launched an air assault
Operation Swarmer

Operation Swarmer was a joint Military of the United States-Military of Iraqi air assault offensive targeting insurgents in Salah ad Din Governorate, near the central city of Samarra, Iraq....
 into the province.

On March 20, The New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
 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
Ishaqi

Ishaqi is a small town in Iraq about 60 miles north of Baghdad....
, near Balad
Balad

AL-Balad is the historical area of Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia. Balad can literally be translated as "The Town". Balad traces its history 2,500 years back as a fishing village when the Quda'a fishermen tribe settled there....
, about 60 miles (100 km) north of Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
." On June 02, BBC News
BBC News

BBC News, formerly BBC News and Current Affairs, is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporation's news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online....
 reported this again as video tape emerges, fews weeks after Haditha
Haditha

Haditha is a city in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar, about 240 km northwest of Baghdad. It is a farming town situated on the Euphrates River at ....
 revelations.






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Salah ad Din, Salâh-ad-Dîn, or Salahuddin is a governorate
Governorate

A Governorate is an administrative division of a country. It is headed by a governor. As English-speaking nations tend to call regions administered by governors either states or colonies, the term governorate is sometimes used in translation from non-English-speaking administrations....
 in Iraq
Iraq

Iraq , officially the Republic of Iraq , is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros Mountains, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, north of Baghdad. The province has an area of . The estimated population for 2003 was 1,042,200 people. The provincial capital is Tikrit
Tikrit

Tikrit is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river . The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the province of Salah ad Din ....
; the province also contains the significantly larger city of Samarra
Samarra

Samarra is a city in Iraq.It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah al-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700....
. Before 1976 the province was part of Baghdad Governorate
Baghdad Governorate

Baghdad Governorate in the nation of Iraq and contains the conurbation of Baghdad. It includes the city of baghdad, as well as the surrounding metropolitan area, with includes Al-Mada'in, Taji, Mahmudiya district and Abu Ghraib district ....
.

The province is named after Saladin
Saladin

ala ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub , better known as Saladin in medieval Europe, was the Sultan of Egypt and Greater Syria. He led the Islamic opposition to the Second Crusade and Third Crusade....
 (written Salah ah Din in modern Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 Latin transcription), an ethnic Kurd and hero of the 12th century.

Provincial Government

  • Governor: Hamad Hammoud Shekti
  • Deputy Governor: Abdullah Hussein Jubarra al-Jubbari
  • Provincial Council Chairman (PCC): Sheikh Rasheed


Events following US invasion of Iraq, 2003


On March 16, 2006, a combined American
United States Army

The United States Army is the branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for Army operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S....
/Iraqi force, supported by 50 aircraft, launched an air assault
Operation Swarmer

Operation Swarmer was a joint Military of the United States-Military of Iraqi air assault offensive targeting insurgents in Salah ad Din Governorate, near the central city of Samarra, Iraq....
 into the province.

On March 20, The New York Times
The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper published in New York City. The largest metropolitan newspaper in the United States, "The Gray Lady"?named for its staid appearance and style?is regarded as a national newspaper of record....
 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
Ishaqi

Ishaqi is a small town in Iraq about 60 miles north of Baghdad....
, near Balad
Balad

AL-Balad is the historical area of Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia. Balad can literally be translated as "The Town". Balad traces its history 2,500 years back as a fishing village when the Quda'a fishermen tribe settled there....
, about 60 miles (100 km) north of Baghdad
Baghdad

Baghdad is the Capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Governorate, with which it is also coterminous. With a municipal population estimated at 6.5 million, it is the largest city in Iraq, and the second largest city in the Arab World....
." On June 02, BBC News
BBC News

BBC News, formerly BBC News and Current Affairs, is the department within the BBC responsible for the corporation's news-gathering and production of news programmes on BBC television, radio and online....
 reported this again as video tape emerges, fews weeks after Haditha
Haditha

Haditha is a city in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar, about 240 km northwest of Baghdad. It is a farming town situated on the Euphrates River at ....
 revelations. On June 19, the US military announced that three soldiers of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division
101st Airborne Division

The 101st Airborne Division ? the "Screaming Eagles"? is a U.S. Army modular infantry division trained for air assault military operation....
, Private First Class
Private First Class

In many armed forces in the world, Private First Class is a rank held by junior enlisted persons....
 Corey R. Clagett
Corey R. Clagett

Corey R. Clagett is a Private First Class of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. He was charged for murder along with Specialist William B....
, Specialist
Specialist (rank)

Specialist is one of the four junior enlisted ranks in the United States Army, just above Private First Class and equivalent in pay grade to Corporal....
 William B. Hunsaker
William B. Hunsaker

William B. Hunsaker is a Specialist of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. SPC Hunsaker was charged with executing three suspected al-Qaida insurgents that were captured during a raid near Samarra, Iraq on 9 May 2006....
 and Staff Sergeant
Staff Sergeant

Staff Sergeant is a Military rank of non-commissioned officer used in several countries.The origin of the name is that they were part of the staff of a British army regiment and paid at that level rather than as a member of a battalion or company....
 Raymond L. Girouard
Raymond L. Girouard

Raymond L. Girouard is a Staff Sergeant#United States of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. He was found not guilty by court martial jury in Fort Campbell, Kentucky of premeditated murder and conspiracy to commit murder , though he was convicted of negligent homicide as well as obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstr...
, are being charged in the connection of these deaths. On June 21, Specialist Juston R. Graber
Juston R. Graber

Juston R. Graber is a Specialist of the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. He was charged on 21 June 2006 with premeditated murder, attempted premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit murder and making a false official statement in connection of the accused execution of three male detainees in Iraq on 9 May, 2006....
, at that time 20, was charged with premeditated murder, attempted premeditated murder, conspiracy to commit murder and making a false official statement.

Districts of Salah al-Din Governorate

  • Al-Daur District (Al-Daur)
  • Al-Shirqat District (Al-Shirqat)
  • Baiji District (Baiji
    Baiji, Iraq

    Baiji is a city of about 200,000 inhabitants in northern Iraq some 130 miles north of Baghdad, on the main road to Mosul. It is a major industrial centre best known for its oil refinery, the biggest in Iraq and has a large power plant....
    )
  • Balad District (Balad
    Balad, Iraq

    Balad is a city north of Baghdad in Iraq. It is located within the borders of the so-called Iraqi Sunni Triangle; however, Balad is a primarily Shiite town of approximately 100,000....
    )
  • Samarra District (Samarra
    Samarra

    Samarra is a city in Iraq.It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah al-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700....
    )
  • Tikrit District (Tikrit
    Tikrit

    Tikrit is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river . The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the province of Salah ad Din ....
    )
  • Tooz District (Tooz)


Towns and Cities

  • Tikrit
    Tikrit

    Tikrit is a town in Iraq, located 140 km northwest of Baghdad on the Tigris river . The town, with an estimated population in 2002 of about 260,000 is the administrative center of the province of Salah ad Din ....
  • Baiji
    Baiji, Iraq

    Baiji is a city of about 200,000 inhabitants in northern Iraq some 130 miles north of Baghdad, on the main road to Mosul. It is a major industrial centre best known for its oil refinery, the biggest in Iraq and has a large power plant....
  • Balad
    Balad

    AL-Balad is the historical area of Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia. Balad can literally be translated as "The Town". Balad traces its history 2,500 years back as a fishing village when the Quda'a fishermen tribe settled there....
  • Samarra
    Samarra

    Samarra is a city in Iraq.It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah al-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700....
  • Dujail
    Dujail

    Dujail is a small Shi'a Islam town in the Salah ad Din Governorate. It is situated about 65 kilometers north of Iraq's capital, Baghdad, and has approximately 10,000 inhabitants. It is the site of the 1982 Dujail Massacre....
  • Al-Dour
  • Yatherb
  • Al Sherqat
  • Touz
  • Al Ishaqi
    Ishaqi

    Ishaqi is a small town in Iraq about 60 miles north of Baghdad....
  • Salman Pak
  • Amirli
    Amirli

    Amirli is a town near Kirkuk in northern Iraq. It has a population of 26000 mainly from Iraq's Turkoman ethnic minority. Amirli is located in Salah ad Din Governorate near the border with Diyala Governorate....
  • Al Seniyah
  • Al Dhuluiya
  • Hawija
    Hawija

    Hawija is a Sunni Arab town near Kirkuk north of Baghdad.Hawijah is in the Al-Tamim province of Iraq and approximately 30 miles south of Kirkuk....
  • Sa'ad
    Sa'ad

    Sa'ad is a Orthodox Judaism kibbutz in the Negev desert in southern Israel. Located near the Gaza strip, and the cities of Sderot and Netivot, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Negev Regional Council....
  • Al Faris (Bamerni)


See also

  • Tigris River
  • Saladin
    Saladin

    ala ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub , better known as Saladin in medieval Europe, was the Sultan of Egypt and Greater Syria. He led the Islamic opposition to the Second Crusade and Third Crusade....
  • Samarra
    Samarra

    Samarra is a city in Iraq.It stands on the east bank of the Tigris in the Salah al-Din Governorate, north of Baghdad and, in 2003, had an estimated population of 348,700....
  • al-Awja
    Al-Awja

    Al-Awja is a village 8 miles south of Tikrit, in Iraq on the western bank of the Tigris.It was the birth place of the former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein in 1937 and home of many of the leaderships of Iraqi provinces during his Presidency over Iraq....
    , birthplace of Saddam Hussein
    Saddam Hussein

    Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti was the President of Iraq of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003.A leading member of the revolutionary Ba'ath Party, which espoused secular pan-Arabism, economic modernization, and Arab socialism, Saddam played a key role in the 1968 coup that brought the party to long-term power....


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