Sunni triangle
The
Sunni Triangle refers to a roughly
triangular area of
Iraq to the northwest of
Baghdad. It is inhabited mainly by
Sunni Arabs who have historically been the most enthusiastic supporters of the former Iraqi
dictator Saddam Hussein. Saddam himself was born just outside the town of
Tikrit, in the Sunni Triangle.
Since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the area has become a center for the Iraqi resistance. On December 13, 2003, Saddam was captured in a raid on the village of ad-Dawr some 15km south of Tikrit.
See also