An Numaniyah

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An Numaniyah is a city on the Tigris River in Iraq, located roughly 90 miles southeast of Baghdad in the Wasit Province.

IT is also the site of a base that was started as construction by Yugoslavian contractors Mostogradnja in suport of the Hussein regime. Following the beginning of the Iraq War, it changed its purpose September 1, 2004 [1] to operate as a training base for new recruits and serve as the home station for three battalions of the Iraqi Intervention Force – the Iraqi army's counterinsurgency wing.

[edit] An Numaniyah Airfield

According to Globalsecurity.org, [2] "An Numaniyah Airbase is located in Southern Iraq approximately 294 kilometers South of Baghdad. The airfield is served by a single 9,700 foot long runway. An Numaniyah Airbase occupies a 17 square kilometer site and is protected by a 18 kilometers security perimeter."