# Al Zaidan

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{{Infobox settlement|name=Al-Zaidan|official_name=الزيدان|settlement_type=Village
|population_total=~250
|subdivision_type=[Country](/source/List_of_sovereign_states)|subdivision_name=Iraq|subdivision_type1=Governorate|subdivision_name1=Baghdad}}
'''Al Zaidan''' or '''Zaidan''' is an agricultural village just west of [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), [Iraq](/source/Iraq).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.onemarinesview.com/one_marines_view/2006/07/index.html |title=Marines rescue three hostages, uncover weapons cache in Operation Spotlight |access-date=2010-02-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230709/http://www.onemarinesview.com/one_marines_view/2006/07/index.html |archive-date=2011-07-16 |url-status=usurped }}</ref>  

During the [US occupation Iraq](/source/Occupation_of_Iraq_(2003%E2%80%932011)), it was considered a hub of [insurgent activity](/source/Iraqi_insurgency_(2003%E2%80%932011)) (especially by the [1920 Revolution Brigade](/source/1920_Revolution_Brigade))<ref>[http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?p=146401 One year later: Fallujah mending, but still volatile "One year later: Fallujah mending, but still volatile" by Scott Peterson (The Christian Science Monitor)]</ref>  It is populated mainly by the Zobai tribe. The area also sends representatives to the [Abu Ghraib](/source/Abu_Ghraib) district in [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad).<ref>in 2007 1-89 CAV worked with leaders in Al Zaidon and Abu Ghaib to establish concerned local citizens (CLCs) organizations.  During a combined operation 1-89 CAV and the CLCs eliminated the majority of Al Qaeda members in the area and established the security force under a local leader, Abu Maruf.  [http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/11/16/iraq_the_unraveling_xxxii_13_dead_in_anbar Iraq, the unraveling (XXXII): 13 dead in Anbar]</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:US Navy 071229-M-4746J-063 2nd Lt. Christian Schmidle, assigned to I Co., 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, speaks with Iraqi policemen in Zaidon, Iraq.jpg|Iraqi police in Al Zaidan
File:US Navy 071229-M-4746J-004 Marines assigned to I Co., 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment speak with a local shopkeeper in Zaidon, Iraq during a mission to gather information, patrol area neighborhoods and interact with the resi.jpg|Residents of Al Zaidan at their home
File:ZAIDON, Iraq - Marines with 2nd Squad, 3rd Platoon, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment find a torture house with different chains, locks, and handcuffs in different windows while patrolling through the area 070324-M-KJ628-034.jpg|Evidence of torture found in a house in Al Zaidan in 2007
File:U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Julio Perez, with I Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, provides security as Iraqi children observe in Zaidon, Iraq, on Dec. 30. U.S. Marines are gathering information on villages in Zaidon, Iraq..jpg|Local children watch United States Marines during the Iraq War
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Category:Populated places in Baghdad Province

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