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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. |
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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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