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'Haifa Street' (or 'Hayfa Street') is a street that is two miles long in Baghdad, Iraq.[1] It runs northwest from the Assassin's Gate, an archway that served as the main entrance to the American-run Green Zone during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, paralleling the Tigris river.[2] It was named "Haifa" in the 1980s by Saddam Hussein in honor of the Israeli port city of Haifa, which many Arabs see as a part of aspired future Palestinian state (though Haifa lies on coastal plain, does not belong to the Palestinian territories and is situated far beyond the Green Line). The street is lined with many high-rise buildings.
Haifa Street was the location of the June 2004 Operation Haifa Street,[3] and the September 2004 "Haifa Street helicopter incident", in which 12 people were killed as US troops battled insurgents who fired a salvo of mortars into Iraq's government compound, orchestrated two failed car bombings and assassinated a security official. Two days later a massive car bombing on Haifa Street killed 47.[4] American troops stationed in Baghdad at the time dubbed the street "Grenade Alley" and "Purple Heart Boulevard".[5] By mid-2005 there were reports that conditions on Haifa Street had calmed,[6] and control of the street was turned over to Iraqi forces in February of 2006[7] but as of early 2007 the street remains riddled with insurgent hideouts. Fifty people were killed in a US-led operation there on January 9, 2007[8] and another thirty were killed on January 24.[9] The street's residents are predominantly Sunni and some have claimed that American forces had been duped by Iraq's Shia-dominated security forces into helping drive them out.
1. There Are Signs the Tide May Be Turning on Iraq's Street of Fear John F. Burns
2. (Special Reference Graphic) NIMA 2003
3. Operation Haifa Street
4. Blast Kills 47 in Baghdad - Hell on Haifa Street Patrick Cockburn
5. Patrols Turn Ugly on Baghdad's Haifa Street Lisa Burgess
6. A violent street finds calm Scott Peterson
7. Baghdad street becomes new Fallujah
8. 50 killed in US-led operation in Iraq
9. U.S. and Iraqi troops storm Baghdad neighborhood again Richard Mauer
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| During the American invasion of Iraq |
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During the American invasion of Iraq
Haifa Street was the location of the June 2004 Operation Haifa Street,[3] and the September 2004 "Haifa Street helicopter incident", in which 12 people were killed as US troops battled insurgents who fired a salvo of mortars into Iraq's government compound, orchestrated two failed car bombings and assassinated a security official. Two days later a massive car bombing on Haifa Street killed 47.[4] American troops stationed in Baghdad at the time dubbed the street "Grenade Alley" and "Purple Heart Boulevard".[5] By mid-2005 there were reports that conditions on Haifa Street had calmed,[6] and control of the street was turned over to Iraqi forces in February of 2006[7] but as of early 2007 the street remains riddled with insurgent hideouts. Fifty people were killed in a US-led operation there on January 9, 2007[8] and another thirty were killed on January 24.[9] The street's residents are predominantly Sunni and some have claimed that American forces had been duped by Iraq's Shia-dominated security forces into helping drive them out.
References
1. There Are Signs the Tide May Be Turning on Iraq's Street of Fear John F. Burns
2. (Special Reference Graphic) NIMA 2003
3. Operation Haifa Street
4. Blast Kills 47 in Baghdad - Hell on Haifa Street Patrick Cockburn
5. Patrols Turn Ugly on Baghdad's Haifa Street Lisa Burgess
6. A violent street finds calm Scott Peterson
7. Baghdad street becomes new Fallujah
8. 50 killed in US-led operation in Iraq
9. U.S. and Iraqi troops storm Baghdad neighborhood again Richard Mauer
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