{{Infobox settlement|name=Al-Zaidan|official_name=الزيدان|settlement_type=Village |population_total=~250 |subdivision_type=Country|subdivision_name=Iraq|subdivision_type1=Governorate|subdivision_name1=Baghdad}} '''Al Zaidan''' or '''Zaidan''' is an agricultural village just west of Baghdad, 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, it was considered a hub of insurgent activity (especially by the 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 district in 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== <gallery> 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 </gallery><br /> ==References== {{reflist}} {{commonscat}} <br />
Category:Populated places in Baghdad Province