Ad-Dawr, (Al-Dour) (الدور) (the same pronunciation of the English word "door") is a small agricultural town near the Iraqi town of Tikrit, Saddam Hussein's birthplace.
The town is populated mainly by Arabs. There is a housing complex called Saad 14 which was built by Hyundai Engineering & Constructions Inc. in the 1980s. The most famous modern Arab historian scholars is of this town, Prof. Dr. Abdul Aziz Al-Douri (1918–2010), the chancellor of Baghdad University in the 1960s.
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In May 2003, the 4th Battalion 42nd Field Artillery, part of the US Army's 4th Infantry Division, established a Forward Operating Base just south of the town, called FOB Arrow. On May 15, 2003, troops from the U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division raided the town, arresting more than 260 suspected Baath Party supporters.
The vast majority were soon released but five Iraqi special security forces officers were reported captured, including two Iraqi army generals and a general from Saddam's security forces who had disguised himself as a shepherd.
On 13 August 2003, a soldier was killed near FOB Arrow when his vehicle hit an Anti-Tank mine.[1]
An attack near ad-Dawr killed three American soldiers and injured three on 18 September 2003.[2] [1] [2]
The 4th Infantry Division's 4th Battalion 42nd Field Artillery, along with elements of the 124th Signal Battalion adopted the Nasiba Primary School for Girls in the town and completed its refurbishment in November 2003.
On December 13, 2003, the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team conducted Operation Red Dawn and found Saddam Hussein hiding in a spider hole in front of a hut occupied by a man believed to be his former cook, Qais Namuk.