COB memory
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| Characteristics | |||
| ICAO code | ORSH | ||
| Coordinates | |||
| Height above MSL | 130 m (427 ft ) | ||
| Transport links | |||
| Distance from the city center | 10 km northwest of Tikrit | ||
| Runways | |||
| 14L / 32R | 2238 m × 50 m asphalt | ||
| 14R / 32L | 3126 m × 46 m concrete | ||
Contingency Operating Base (COB) Speicher (also known as Camp Speicher in German-speaking countries), known in Iraq as Al Sahra Airfield ( ICAO code : ORSH), is an Iraqi air base that is no longer used as a military air base due to war damage . It is located about 10 km northwest of Tikrit .
From 2003 to October 2011, the United States used this tactically important air force base. American US by the military forces he was sent to Scott Speicher named one fighter pilots of the US Navy , which during the first night of Desert Storm operation was killed when his F / A-18 - multirole fighter of an Iraqi MiG-25 with an air -Air missile was shot down.
massacre
On June 12, 2014, fighters from the Sunni terrorist organization IS murdered up to 1,700 cadets of the Iraqi Air Force who were staying at the camp for training. The massacre was preceded by the surprise fall of the city of Mosul and the rapid advance of IS, partly to the cheers of the Sunni population in northern Iraq. The commanders of the academy on the camp warehouse site instructed the recruits to leave all weapons in the camp and go home. The groups of men marching on the streets were overtaken by IS and those who were recognized as Shiites were taken to the Tigris and shot at various locations. Videos of the massacre were posted on the Internet and IS reported 1,700 people killed. The region was recaptured in March 2015, and activists estimated in November 2017 that up to 1,935 people had been murdered in the massacre, and 994 bodies had been found by then. In August 2016, 36 alleged perpetrators were sentenced to death in a fast-track trial and executed.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrick Cockburn: "Camp Speicher massacre: Retracing the steps of Isis's worst-ever atrocity" The Independent of November 6, 2017
- ↑ Tim Arango: Escaping Death in Northern Iraq - Video Feature: Surviving an ISIS Massacre. In: New York Times . September 3, 2014, accessed March 14, 2015 .