Camp Fallujah

Camp Fallujah (formerly known as the MEK (Mujahedin-E Khalq) Compound) is a large compound in Fallujah, Iraq used by the U.S. Marines from 2004 to 2009.

"MEK Compound" redirects here. For the organic compound also known as Methyl Ethyl Ketone, see Butanone.
Camp Fallujah
Fallujah, Al Anbar Governorate in Iraq
Camp Fallujah Insignia
Camp Fallujah
Shown within Iraq
Coordinates33°18′54″N 43°52′59″E
Site information
OwnerMinistry of Defence
OperatorUnited States Army
United States Marine Corps
Site history
Built2003 (2003)
In use2003-2009 (2009)
Battles/warsOperation Iraqi Freedom
* Operation Vigilant Resolve
* Operation Phantom Fury
Garrison information
GarrisonHQ, 1st Division (Iraq)

History

Before the Marine occupation, the Iranian dissident group called Mujahideen-e-Khalq used the MEK as a training camp, but turned it over to the U.S. Army 3d Armored Cavalry Regiment on May 11, 2003 after the Mujahideen-e-Khalq surrender. The 82nd Airborne Division took over the facility in August 2003. On March 24, 2004, the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force relieved the 82nd Airborne and used it as a base camp. On January 12, 2009, the Government of Iraq took control of the compound from the United States military.[1] As of January 2010, the camp appears to be the headquarters of the Iraqi Army's 1st Division. The last US force to occupy Camp Fallujah was Guardian Company, IMHG, FMF west.

The camp is adjacent to the other major U.S. base in Fallujah, the former Baathist resort Camp Baharia (also known as "Dreamland").

An M198 howitzer firing from Camp Fallujah, Iraq in 2004

U.S. Operational Names

See also

References
  1. http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/2009/01/iraq-090112-mnfi01.htm @ GlobalSecurity.org


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