Al Zaidan Explained

Al Zaidan or Zaidan is an agricultural village just west of Baghdad, Iraq.^[1]

During the US occupation Iraq, it was considered a hub of insurgent activity (especially by the 1920 Revolution Brigade)^[2] It is populated mainly by the Zobai tribe. The area also sends representatives to the Abu Ghraib district in Baghdad.^[3]

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Web site: Marines rescue three hostages, uncover weapons cache in Operation Spotlight . 2010-02-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716230709/http://www.onemarinesview.com/one_marines_view/2006/07/index.html . 2011-07-16 . dead .
http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?p=146401 One year later: Fallujah mending, but still volatile "One year later: Fallujah mending, but still volatile" by Scott Peterson (The Christian Science Monitor)
in 2007 1-89 CAV worked with leaders in Al Zaidon and Abu Ghaib to establish concerned local citizens (CLCs) organizations. During a combined operation 1-89 CAV and the CLCs eliminated the majority of Al Qaeda members in the area and established the security force under a local leader, Abu Maruf. Iraq, the unraveling (XXXII): 13 dead in Anbar