Jurf Al Sakhar

Jurf Al Sakhar (Arabic:جرف الصخر) — also spelled Jur al-Sahkar — is a city in Iraq, located about 60 kilometers southwest of Baghdad. It is near Musayyib and approximately 80 kilometers east of Fallujah. It has about 20,000 inhabitants, mostly Sunni Muslims from the Al-Janabi and Dulaim tribes. At Jurf Al Sakhar was a large military complex including the Al Hakum facility, at one time Iraq's most sophisticated and largest biological weapons (BW) production factory. It is also the location of some of the most bitter fighting during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Nine medals of valor were awarded to the paratroopers of Apache Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment (Geronimo), for their actions in and around the town. The...