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Al Faw

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Al Fāw

Oil port on a peninsula at the mouth of the Shatt-al-Arab in Iraq. Iran launched a major offensive against Iraq in 1986, capturing Al Fāw for two years.



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The weather is perfect (about 70 degrees, with a light breeze), the water in the manmade lake is lapping gently against the patio, and the beige-stone Al Faw Palace (now the headquarters of Multi-National Corps-Iraq) looms majestically in the background.
British forces made a significant contribution to coalition efforts, leading the amphibious assault on the Al Faw peninsula, taking the city of Basra, and conducting over 2,500 air sorties.
During OIF, UK ships provided NSFS to I MEF on the Al Faw peninsula.
 
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