Camp Taji

Camp Taji is a military installation, also known as Camp Cooke used by coalition forces near Taji or Al Taji (Arabic: التاجي‎), Iraq. The camp is located in a rural region approximately 20 miles (30 km) north of the city of Baghdad in the Baghdad Governorate. Al-Taji airfield, in the volatile Sunni Triangle, was originally an Iraqi Republican Guard base during the Saddam era. It was once a center for the manufacture of chemical weapons. UNSCOM found at Taji 6,000 empty canisters designed to be filled with chemical weapons for use in 122mm rockets. According to the Gulf War Airpower Survey, there was a Sector Operations Center located at Al Taji. The airbase is served by a 5,500-foot-long (1,700 m) runway. Taji was also the largest tank...