Jihad (Al-Jihad or Hayy Al-Jihad) is a neighborhood (''hayy'') in the
Al Rashid district in western
Baghdad
Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon. I ...
,
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...
. To the north is
Al-A'amiriya
Al-A'amiriya (Arabic العامرية) is a neighborhood in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is ...
(Amiriya) on the other side of
Baghdad Airport Road
The Baghdad Airport Road is a 12-kilometre (7.5 mi) stretch of highway in Baghdad, Iraq linking the Green Zone, a heavily fortified area at the centre of Baghdad, to Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). It also links different parts of Bagh ...
, and to the east is
Al-A'amel.
''
The New York Times
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'' has said, "a former slice of mixed middle-class calm in the heart of western Baghdad, Jihad fell to
Sunni insurgents after the American invasion. Flowing in from neighboring Amiriya to streets dominated by former
Baathist intelligence officers, the extremist groups shot and killed barbers, government officials and businessmen and dumped their bodies in the streets for all to see."
Since 2006 the Shia
Mahdi Army has gradually seized control.
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References
Jihad
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