Safwan

The Iraqi town by the crossroads was called Safwan.

How Wars end Gideon Rose 2010

Young, 20, Los Angeles; killed in Safwan when his vehicle struck an explosive; assigned to Company C, 3rd Battalion, 160th Infantry Regiment, California Army National Guard, San Pedro, Calif.

March 2007 2007

Angeles, Calif., died March 2 in Safwan, Iraq, of wounds sustained when an improvised explosive device detonated near his vehicle.

Gulf War II 2007

Emirs, O Grandees, ye ken that I am Wazir and that my Wazirate dateth from old, before the accession of King Asim bin Safwan, who hath now divested himself of the Kingship and made his son King in his stead?

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

When thou returnest to King Asim bin Safwan and you twain are re-united, do ye both go forth some day armed with bow, bolts and brand, and fare to such a place, where ye shall find a certain tree.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Khalid bin Safwan further relates that the man knocked at the door at dawn and behold, the King had put off his crown and resolved to become an anchorite, for the stress of his exhortation.

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

Vegas, Nev., died June 16 in Safwan, Kuwait, when his HMMWV rolled over.

Gulf War II 2005

So King Asim bin Safwan arose and came down from his seat and seating his son on the great throne,383 took the crown from his own head and set it on the head of Sayf al-Muluk and girt his middle with the royal girdle. 384 Then he sat down beside his son on the throne of his kingship, whilst the Emirs and Wazirs and Lords of the land and all the rest of the folk rose and kissed ground before him, saying, “Indeed, he is worthy of the kingship and hath better right to it than any other.”

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

I mean when we drove -- when I was in Iraq a couple of months ago, we drove from Safwan, which is right at the Kuwait border, into Baghdad and back a week later, without seeing a single U.S. soldier on the road.

CNN Transcript Apr 1, 2004 2004

KAGAN: This food right here that you're looking is being loaded on is going to an area called Safwan and that's right across the border.

CNN Transcript Mar 25, 2003 2003