# Arab Jibor

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'''Arab Jibor''' (or '''Jabour''') is a [neighborhood](/source/neighborhood) of [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad), [Iraq](/source/Iraq). It is a predominantly [Sunni](/source/Sunni) area to the immediate south-east of Baghdad that lies to the west of the [Tigris River](/source/Tigris_River). It has an estimated population 12,00 of which 80% are Sunni.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080418085136/http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/01/18/iraq/main2369707.shtml U.S. Troops Go It Alone In South Baghdad, Predominantly Shiite Iraq Force Not Welcome In Sunni Area; Americans Search Out Deadly Enemy Alone - CBS News<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> It is a fertile, rural area with many canals and difficult terrain. During the era of [Saddam Hussein](/source/Saddam_Hussein), many influential Sunnis, including [Uday](/source/Uday_Hussein) and [Qusay Hussein](/source/Qusay_Hussein), had weekend homes in the area.

Arab Jabour was a hotbed of the Sunni insurgency, with cells that supported [al-Qaeda in Iraq](/source/al-Qaeda_in_Iraq) networks in Baghdad. These cells operated until Coalition operations during the [troop surge](/source/troop_surge) rooted them out during Operation Marne Thunderbolt, which concluded in February 2008.<ref>[http://understandingwar.org/operation/operation-marne-thunderbolt Operation Marne Thunderbolt | Institute for the Study of War<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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