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[[Image:Camp Slayer Aerial View.jpg|thumb|400px|right|Aerial View of Camp Slayer, Showing Perimeter]] |
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'''Camp Slayer''' was US Military base in Iraq, an annex of the [[Victory Base Complex]], established early into the [[2003 Iraq War]]. Located on the southeastern corner of the [[Baghdad International Airport]], it is part of the former [[Radwaniyah Palace|Al Radwaniyah Presidential Complex]] and contains several man-made lakes, a man-made hill (result of the man-made lakes), the Ba'ath Party House, the Victory Over America Palace, Perfume Palace, and dozens of smaller luxury homes for [[Ba'ath Party]] notables. |
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During the [[2003 Iraq War]], it was most notable for being the headquarters of the [[Iraq Survey Group]] until 2005. |
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==Landmarks== |
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===Perfume Palace=== |
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[[Image:Perfume Palace.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Perfume Palace during US occupancy, with Ba'ath Party Palace in background.]] |
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The Perfume Palace was untouched during the US [[shock and awe]] bombing campaign due to its circular dome, which closely resembled a mosque. Following the invasion, the Palace was used as the main headquarters of the Iraq Survey Group and received minor damage from insurgent mortar fire, during the US occupancy. |
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===Ba'ath Party Recreation Palace=== |
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Ba'ath Party Recreation Palace was located in the center of a manmade lake, just southeast of Baghdad's International Airport. The building was split into four main quadrants, one of which suffered a direct hit during the US shock and awe campaign. The four quadrants are separated by waterways, where boats are able to enter and dock inside the building. The quadrants consisted of a huge theater, ballroom, conference room and swimming pool. Shortly after the 2003 US invasion, the building was heavily looted. |
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===Victory Over America Palace=== |
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[[Image:Camp Slayer Palace VOUSA.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Victory Over America Palace, where construction was stopped in 2003.]] |
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Construction of the Victory Over America Palace was commissioned by [[Saddam Hussein]] following his assertion of victory over the US, ending the 1991 [[Gulf War]]. Ironically, construction was brought to an abrupt halt during the shock and awe campaign of the US in 2003, receiving a direct hit and leaving one of the construction cranes standing limp, with its boom collapsed from the explosion. |
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The Victory Over America Palace is sometimes mislabeled as the Victory Over Iran Palace (formally known as the [[Al-Faw Palace]]). |
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===Uday House=== |
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One of many homes of [[Uday Hussein]], Uday House was located just southeast of Baghdad International Airport. Uday House is famous for being one of, if not the only, private residence that was targeted and hit with cruise missiles during the US shock and awe campaign. (Not to be confused with the villa owned by Nawaf az-Zeidan, where Uday and his brother Qusay were killed by US forces.) |
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===Flintstone House=== |
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[[Image:Flintstone House.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Flinstone House, thus named due to its stoneage appearance.]] |
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With much of Saddam Hussein's palace complexes shrouded behind stone walls, few knew much about the facilities inside. The Flintstone House received notoriety with US soldiers due to its unique appearance and was thus named since little else was known about the facility prior to the US occupation of the site. The facility is best described as an elaborate playhouse for children, in its prime having running water, operable kitchen and elevators. The name "Flintstone" conveys a comparison to the animated sitcom "The [[Flintstones]]", due to the facilities stone-age appearance. |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/iraq/radwaniyah-cc.htm Camp Slayer] from Globalsecurity.org |
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{{coord missing|Iraq}} |
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[[Category:Closed military facilities of the United States in Iraq]] |
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