alternative words: Fallujah, Al Fallujah
keywords:
town
related topics:
Euphrates river
related web sites:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallujah
explanation: Located 70km west of Baghdad, on the road to Syria and Jordan and on the Euphrates river. Though Fallujah has been inhabited since Babylonian times, it had remained relatively anonymous until April 2004, when a fierce battle between the coalition force and Al Sadr's militia took place. Belonging to so called Sunni triangle, many residents got Saddam's favour during his reign. Its population is at 285,000.
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