The Haditha Dam (Arabic: سد حديثة, romanized: Sadd Ḥadītha) or Qadisiya Dam is an earth-fill dam on the Euphrates, north of Haditha (Iraq), creating Lake Qadisiyah (Arabic: Buhayrat al-Qadisiyyah). The dam is just over 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) long and 57 metres (187 ft) high.

One of the largest dams in the world, the Haditha complex provided fully one-third of the Iraqi electrical grid load in 2003. Located northwest of Baghdad, the dam was built during the Cold War to provide hydroelectric power for central Iraq, including Baghdad.

On 1 April 2003, B Company, 3rd Ranger Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, stormed the Al-Qadisiyah (Hadithah) Dam complex northwest of Baghdad. Their mission was to prevent Saddam Hussein and his forces from destroying the dam.

On 2 April 2003, CENTCOM Brigadier General Vincent Brooks announced that special operations forces had seized Hadithah Dam, “a very important dam that could potentially flood the Euphrates River leading down toward Baghdad, and particularly in the area of Karbala. ” 1 That short statement belied the significance of the dam, and barely hinted at ...

The Haditha massacre was a series of killings on November 19, 2005, in which a group of United States marines killed 25 unarmed Iraqi civilians. [1] [2] The killings occurred in the city of Haditha in Iraq's western province of Al Anbar.Among the dead were men, women, elderly people and children as young as three years old, who were shot multiple times at close range.

O 1 April 2003, B Company, 3rd Ranger Ba alion, 75th Ranger Regiment, stormed the Al-Qadisiyah (Hadithah) Dam complex northwest of Baghdad. Their mission was to prevent Saddam Hussein and his forces from destroying the dam.

Feb 26, 2024 · We had already hit Objective Serpent and were up at Lynx calling for fire at Haditha dam until Greg Ironhead Birch showed up with a whole battalion of Rangers — he really knows how to show up...

Apr 27, 2021 · Located in northwestern Iraq, Haditha Dam was a strategic target for both sides. Almost 5 miles long and 200 feet high, the dam is one of the largest in the world and can provide electricity to...

One of the largest dams in the world, the Haditha complex provided fully one-third of the Iraqi electrical grid load in 2003. Located northwest of Baghdad, the dam was built during the Cold War to provide hydroelectric power for central Iraq, including Baghdad.

Nov 28, 2019 · One of the most important, and enduring, victories of 3/3’s time in the Haditha Triad was tracking down a former Iraqi army colonel from the region named Farouk and returning him to his home city of Haditha. The Marines convinced Farouk to establish a resurgent police force, with he as the chief.