Balad Ruz
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Balad Ruz is a small village in the Diyala province of Iraq. Its mayor is Mohamed Maroof Al-Hussein [1]
Balad Ruz has a radio station that was opened Dec. 18 2006, known as Al Noor Radio Station, also known as “The Light,” [2]
[edit] Military and Security related events in Balad Ruz
- US Forces conducted a raid Dec. 27 2006 because the small village was believed to be used as a safe haven by anticoalition forces to traffic people, weapons and money into other regions in Iraq to disrupt security operations by coalition forces. [3]. Following the raid, Colaition Forces discovered several large caches containing hundreds of rockets, IED-making materials, small arms munitions and dozens of anti-tank weapons. [4]
- On February 1, 2007, approximately 150 local sheikhs, city council members and local citizens gathered in Balad Ruz for a town hall meeting with the governor of Diyala (named Ra’ad Hameed Al-Mula Jowad Al-Tanimi, the 5th Iraqi Army Division commander (named Maj. Gen. Shakur Halaim Husain) and the Provincial Director of Police (Named Maj. Gen. Ghanem Abass Ibraham al-Qureshy to discuss security. [5]
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