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Sign up to pray for a city in Iraq...
Between 1st January and 24th April 2007 there were 1010
fatal attacks in Iraq. 764 (76%) of these occurred in just 10 cities of
which 408 (40%) were in Baghdad alone. (Statistics derived from
icasualties.org)
iraqprayer.org is focusing on these 10 most
violent cities, plus the 9 districts of Baghdad. The main map (below) shows
these 10 cities, and clicking on the smaller map in the top right corner
takes you to the Baghdad map.
Move your mouse over each city name to give you some basic details about each city. Next to each city name is the current number already signed up to pray for that city. Clicking on the city name enters it into the sign up form on the right. Please complete the rest of the details.
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Signed up to pray since 26th May 2007: 156
Iraq
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Baquba (9)
Population 280,000
Attacks 22
An ancient town 30 miles north east of Baghdad, on the medieval silk route. The name could be derived from "Jacob's house". Location of some of the heaviest fighting during 2004.
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Diwaniya (5)
Population 421,000
Attacks 27
On the Euphrates river and rail link between Baghdad and Basra, in a fertile area of the country.
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Falluja (19)
Population 256,000
Attacks 34
35 miles West of Baghdad, where the desert highway crosses the Euphrates. The name may mean "division". Location of a major fighting with the British in 1920, and the US in 2004.
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Hilla (8)
Population 524,000
Attacks 22
Built in c.1100 from the ruins of Babylon, Hilla is 60 miles south of Baghdad and the capital of Babil province. Location of heavy fighting during British rule in 1920, and duirng the invasion of 2003.
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Iskandariya (7)
Population not known
Attacks 35
An ancient town, 25 miles south of Baghdad in the province of Babil. Named after Alexander the Great.
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Kirkuk (14)
Population 728,000
Attacks 54
Heartland of the Kurdish region, and major oil field, the site has been occupied since 3,000BC. The name may mean "siege wall" or "father of flames" or "beauty".
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Mahmudiya (5)
Population not known
Attacks 16
15 miles south of Baghdad in the province of Babil
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Mosul (34)
Population 1,739,000
Attacks 126
250 miles north west of Baghdad on the Tigris river, the city is mainly Sunni Arab, the suburbs are mostly Kurdish, with Turkomen, Yezidis and Christians as well. An ancient Assyrian city, the site of Nineveh, Assyrian capital from the 8th century BC.
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Ramadi (10)
Population 423,000
Attacks 20
60 miles west of Baghdad, Ramidi was founded in 1869. It is a key junction on the highway and railroad to Syria.
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Baghdad (45)
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Population 5,605,000
Attacks 408
Settled from ancient times, the city was founded in the 8th century as the capital of the Abbasid dynasty. It has been a city of great wealth and culture (and also severely damaged) many times in its history.
