Yusufiyah

June 16: Army Spc. David J. Babineau, 25, Springfield, Mass.; died Friday after an attack on a checkpoint in Yusufiyah, southwest of Baghdad; assigned to the 1st Battalion, 502nd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky.

USATODAY.com - June 2006 2006

At Yusufiyah, which is a town very close to Mahmudiyah, where these three soldiers were taken just last year, in June of last year.

CNN Transcript May 14, 2007 2007

BLITZER: As we're speaking, there's word that one American soldier was killed, two others are now missing at a checkpoint at a location at a place calls Yusufiyah near Baghdad, not too far away.

CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2006 2006

BLITZER: As we're speaking, there's word that one American soldier was killed, two others are now missing at a checkpoint at a location at a place calls Yusufiyah near Baghdad, not too far away.

CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2006 2006

U.S. military search teams right now conducting a search near the town of Yusufiyah, which is southwest of Baghdad.

CNN Transcript Jun 16, 2006 2006

NGUYEN: Now in the news two American soldiers reported missing near the Iraqi town of Yusufiyah which is where we understand they were apparently abducted.

CNN Transcript Jun 18, 2006 2006

We are planning another "Yusufiyah" Project for early next year and hope to send an even bigger shipment of supplies there.

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And later, after the surge and when things had quieted down, in that same area around Mahmudiyah and Yusufiyah, 30,000 troops were brought in to cover that same area.

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And this was shortly after they arrived with the 101st Airborne into this area, Mahmudiyah and Yusufiyah.

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And later, after the surge and when things had quieted down, in that same area around Mahmudiyah and Yusufiyah, 30,000 troops were brought in to cover that same area.

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