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
Iskandariyah thermal power plant, 2008
A young U.S. soldier hands out candy to a child in Iskandariya as locals look on (2005).
The Al Qa'qaa high explosives controversy concerns the possible removal of about 377 tonnes of high explosives from the Al Qa'qaa facility by the Iraqi insurgency, after the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Alt
Iskandariya
…surfaced on the Internet which claimed to show the bombing. This town is the location of Al Qa'qaa, a major industrial facility and the location of the Al Qa'qaa high explosives controversy. List of places in Iraq…
A U.S. government aerial photo of munitions bunkers at Al Qa'qaa, 17 March 2003