Baghdad Belts - Quiz
  • 1. What do the Baghdad Belts encircle?
A) The Persian Gulf
B) The Iraqi capital
C) The Syrian border
D) Lake Tharthar
  • 2. What type of areas make up the Baghdad Belts alongside agricultural and industrial zones?
A) Residential areas and infrastructure
B) Desert oil fields and refineries
C) Ancient ruins and museums
D) Mountainous regions and ski resorts
  • 3. How were the Baghdad Belts used by insurgents during the Iraq War?
A) As refugee resettlement camps
B) As international trade hubs
C) As staging points for operations in the capital
D) As peace negotiation zones
  • 4. Into how many quadrants can the Baghdad Belts be divided?
A) Five
B) Three
C) Four
D) Two
  • 5. Which province is included in the belts in the northeast?
A) Babil
B) Wasit
C) Al Anbar
D) Diyala
  • 6. Which governorate is located in the west of the belts?
A) Wasit Governorate
B) Saladin Governorate
C) Baghdad Governorate
D) Al Anbar Governorate
  • 7. Which groups used locations in the Baghdad Belts to supply combat operations between 2004 and June 2007?
A) Kurdish Peshmerga and UN forces
B) Iranian regular army and foreign mercenaries
C) Al-Qaeda in Iraq and Shi'ite militias
D) British navy and local police
  • 8. According to General Odierno, where did attacks occurring in Baghdad often originate?
A) From southern port cities
B) Within the capital's central zone
C) In foreign neighboring countries
D) In outlying regions
  • 9. Who captured a hand-drawn map showing Al-Qaeda's high priority on controlling the belts in 2006?
A) British intelligence
B) US forces
C) United Nations inspectors
D) Iraqi security forces
  • 10. Whose hand-drawn map of the belts was captured by US forces in 2006?
A) General David Petraeus
B) General Odierno
C) Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
D) Saddam Hussein
  • 11. What purpose did Al-Qaeda have for controlling the belts, according to the captured map?
A) Creating an oil export terminal
B) Building a major highway system
C) Transporting weapons and fighters and building bomb factories
D) Establishing an agricultural cooperative
  • 12. Who was the top US commander in Iraq who committed three of the five Surge brigades to the belts in early 2007?
A) General David Petraeus
B) Norman Schwarzkopf
C) General Odierno
D) Colin Powell
  • 13. How many Surge brigades were committed to the belts by General David Petraeus in early 2007?
A) All five
B) Three of the five
C) Two of the five
D) One of the five
  • 14. In what month and year was Operation Phantom Thunder launched as part of a country-wide offensive?
A) December 2011
B) June 2004
C) Early 2003
D) June 2007
  • 15. Where did US and Iraqi forces conduct operations around Lake Tharthar?
A) West of Baghdad
B) South of Baghdad
C) Northeast of Baghdad
D) Southeast of Baghdad
  • 16. What was the name of the operation conducted northeast of Baghdad during the 2007 offensive?
A) Operation Arrowhead Ripper
B) Operation Marne Torch
C) Operation Phantom Thunder
D) Operation Commando Eagle
  • 17. What was the name of the operation conducted southeast of Baghdad?
A) Operation Arrowhead Ripper
B) Operation Lake Tharthar
C) Operation Commando Eagle
D) Operation Marne Torch
  • 18. Which operation was conducted south of Baghdad?
A) Operation Phantom Thunder
B) Operation Commando Eagle
C) Operation Arrowhead Ripper
D) Operation Marne Torch
  • 19. Which group launched an offensive against the Iraqi Government in June 2014?
A) Al-Qaeda in Iraq
B) Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
C) Shi'ite militias
D) The US-led coalition
  • 20. According to US analysts in 2014, what was the suspected strategy of ISIL regarding the Baghdad Belts?
A) Evacuating all residents to neighboring countries
B) Negotiating a permanent peace treaty
C) Turning the area into an international wildlife reserve
D) Following Zarqawi's plan to capture the belts before laying siege to Baghdad
  • 21. Who has been accused of seeking to permanently purge Sunnis from the Baghdad Belt?
A) Kurdish tribal leaders
B) US analysts and NATO commanders
C) UN humanitarian workers
D) Shiite militias and the Iraqi security forces
  • 22. What was a reported goal of purging Sunnis from the Baghdad Belt?
A) To create a majority Shiite territory separated from war-torn Sunni regions
B) To expand agricultural production zones
C) To establish a democratic coalition government
D) To build a new capital city
  • 23. Which governorate is located in the north of the belts, moving clockwise?
A) Wasit Governorate
B) Al Anbar Governorate
C) Saladin Governorate
D) Babil Governorate
  • 24. Which provinces are found in the southeast of the Baghdad Belts?
A) Nineveh and Basra
B) Babil and Wasit
C) Diyala and Saladin
D) Al Anbar and Baghdad
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