Sunni Triangle - Wikipedia
The Sunni Triangle is a densely populated region of Iraq to the north and west of Baghdad inhabited mostly by Sunni Muslim Arabs. [1] The roughly triangular area's points are usually said to lie near Baghdad (the southeast point), Ramadi …
Triangle of Death (Iraq) - Wikipedia
The "Triangle of Death" (not to be confused with the much larger Sunni Triangle further north) lies between Baghdad and Al Hillah, is inhabited by one million mostly Sunni civilians, and contains several large towns in the Mahmudiya District including Yusufiyah, Mahmoudiyah, Iskandariyah, Latifiyah and Jurf Al Sakhar and hundreds of rural villages.
Why the Triangle of Death in Iraq was so infamously dangerous
2023年3月7日 · The “Triangle of Death” in Iraq was an extremely dangerous area during the US-Iraq war. When U.S. and Coalition forces liberated Iraq between 2003 to 2011, the patch of territory just south of Baghdad developed the menacing nickname.
Sunni Islam in Iraq - Wikipedia
Iraqi Sunni Muslims mainly inhabit the northern half of Iraq. Sunni Arabs primarily inhabit the Sunni Triangle, Upper Mesopotamia and the desert areas, such as Al-Anbar Governorate in the Arabian Desert and Syrian Desert. The Sunni Kurds …
Iraq’s Sunni Arabs - Council on Foreign Relations
2005年10月14日 · Most Sunni Arabs reside in central Iraq, including the so-called Sunni Triangle, an area that stretches northwest of Baghdad and encompasses insurgent strongholds like Tikrit (Saddam’s...
The Iraqis And The Americans - The Sunni Triangle - PBS
2004年2月12日 · The area of central Iraq known as the Sunni Triangle, to the west and north of Baghdad, has been the focal point of violent resistance to the U.S.-led occupation.
11. The Discursive Mapping of Sectarianism in Iraq: The “Sunni Triangle ...
The concept of the “Sunni Triangle,” a term referring to a geographical region in Iraq that appeared in the print media in conjunction with the emergence of an Iraqi insurgency in 2003, was key to this normalization.
In Iraq's Former 'Triangle of Death,' a Decade of Stability
2017年8月9日 · Ten years ago, nearly 3,500 U.S. troops fought—and 54 died—to suppress tribal warfare and an al-Qaeda insurgency on a battleground known as the “Triangle of Death.” The Army’s 10 th Mountain Division appealed to the U.S. Institute of Peace to organize an Iraqi peace accord that could bring real stability for the area.
Sunni participation in a Shi‘i‐led Iraq: Identity politics and the …
Known as the Sunni Triangle, these provinces became a focus of the insurgency in its struggle against the US invasion and Shi‘i empowerment, gaining the support of the Jihadist forces of al-Qa‘ida and, later, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Expert Examines Iraq's Sunni Triangle - NPR
2003年11月4日 · NPR's Robert Siegel talks with Adeed Dawisha, professor of political science at Miami University, Ohio, about the region in Iraq commonly referred to as the Sunni triangle. Dawisha says the...