Balad, Iraq Totally Explained

Balad (Arabic: بلد) is a city 50 miles (80 kilometres) north of Baghdad in Iraq. It is located within the borders of the so-called Sunni Triangle; however, Balad is a primarily Shiite town of approximately 100,000.

Military Camps

Located within the municipality of Yethrib, the installation is known officially as LSA Anaconda. The Saddam era military base also hosts several U.S. Air Force units and small attachments of U.S. Navy personnel. The Air Force refers to LSA Anaconda as Balad Air Base. The base is also unofficially called Camp Anaconda.
As of early 2007 the base is the central hub for airlift and U.S. Air Force operations in Iraq, it's also a major transshipment point for US Army supply convoys.
It is probably best known for having the only Army & Air Force Exchange Service 35mm projection screen movie theater in Iraq and for having a full-size swimming pool. Known colloquially as "Mortaritaville" by some of its residents, it's also derogatorily called "Pogadishu" by combat arms soldiers in reference to the large number of non-combat arms soldiers--or the "Pog" (Personnel Other-than Grunt)--stationed there.

Broadcasting infrastructure

Balad has a shortwave relay station SED.
SED's transmission capabilities

16 x 500 kw shortwave transmitters
26 HR type curtan arrays

SED has similar transmission capabilities to RCI's Sackville Relay Station, and DW's Wertachtal Relay Station.

Balad Massacres

On October 15 2006, Balad was the scene of horrific violence between Shiite and Sunni deathsquad. After the slaying of 17 Shiite workers, local Shiite residents called in the Mahdi Army, setting up roadblocks and checkpoints. In the next days the Mahdi Army controlled the city, killing at least 81 Sunnis and destroying a lot of property.

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