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Biggest Base in Iraq Has Small-Town Feel (1226 words)
	BALAD, Iraq -- Staff Sgt. Chad Twigg is on a one-year tour of duty in the middle of the Sunni Triangle.
	Balad Air Base is a unique creation, a small American town smack in the middle of the most hostile part of Iraq.
	Balad is scheduled to be one of the last four U.S. bases in Iraq and probably will be the very last, officials say.

Balad, Iraq - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1608 words)
	Balad is a city 50 miles (80 kilometres) North of Baghdad in Iraq.
	Balad Airbase is located in Northern Iraq approximately 68 kilometers North of Baghdad.
	In one attack on a highway near Balad, US soldiers were ambushed three times over a span of eight hours by about 50 enemies lying in wait in trenches and behind earthen berms on both sides of the highway.

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