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Mahmoudiyah (also transliterated '''Al-Mahmudiyah, Al-Mahmoudi''', or [[Mahmudiya District|Al-Mahmudiya]], prefixed usually with '''Al-''') is a rural city south of [[Baghdad]]. Known as the “Gateway to Baghdad,” the city's proximity to Baghdad made it central to the counterinsurgency campaign.
[[Mahmudiya District|Al-Mahmudiya]] has approximately 350,000 inhabitants, most of whom are [[Sunni]] [[Arabs]], over 75% of [[Mahmudiya District|Al-Mahmudiya]] are Sunni,<ref>[http://iraqslogger.powweb.com/index.php/post/3051/Sunni_and_Shia_Tribes_Clash_in_Babel Sunni and Shia Tribes Clash in Babel]</ref> as reported by the UNHCR IDPs list. While the control of
==War crime [[Mahmudiyah rape and killings|incident]]==
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