Al-Iskandariya or Alexandria is an ancient city in central Iraq, one of a number of towns in the Near East founded by and named after Alexander the Great. It is a majority Shia Arab district including Musayyib and Jurf Al Sakhr. The district capital is located about 70 kilometres (45 mi) south of Baghdad, near the Euphrates River.
Iskandariyah thermal power plant, 2008
A young U.S. soldier hands out candy to a child in Iskandariya as locals look on (2005).
18th Military Police Brigade (United States)
The 18th Military Police Brigade is a military police brigade of the United States Army based in Vilseck, Germany, with subordinate battalions and companies stationed throughout Germany. It provides law enforcement and force protection duties to United States Army Europe.
Soldiers of the brigade en route to their 2007 deployment to Iraq.
An MP prepares a defensive position in a Humvee.