Al Zaidan or Zaidan is an agricultural village just west of Baghdad, Iraq.
During the US occupation Iraq, it was considered a hub of insurgent activity (especially by the 1920 Revolution Brigade)One year later: Fallujah mending, but still volatile "One year later: Fallujah mending, but still volatile" by Scott Peterson (The Christian Science Monitor) It is populated mainly by the Zobai tribe. The area also sends representatives to the Abu Ghraib district in Baghdad.in 2007 1-89 CAV worked with leaders in Al Zaidon and Abu Ghaib to establish concerned local citizens (CLCs) organizations. During a combined operation 1-89 CAV and the CLCs eliminated the majority of Al Qaeda members in the area and established the security force under a local leader, Abu Maruf. Iraq, the unraveling (XXXII): 13 dead in Anbar
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