Ad-Dawr ( Arabic : الدور ) is a small agricultural town in Saladin Governorate , Iraq , near Tikrit . It includes a great number of people from four tribes, al-Shuwaykhat, al-Mawashet, al-Bu Haydar and al-Bu Mdallal. Al-Mawashet tribe is famous for supporting Saddam Hussein .
7-502: Ad-Dawr is home to a housing complex called "Saad 14", which was built in the 1980s by Hyundai Engineering & Construction , a major South Korean construction company. In May 2003, the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery , a part of the United States Army 's 4th Infantry Division , along with the 534th Signal Company, established a Forward Operating Base just south of the town, called FOB Arrow . On May 15, 2003, troops from
14-502: Is the de facto holding company of Hyundai Group . Hyundai Group and Hyundai Motor Group (another spin-off from Hyundai Group) are both vying to purchase HDEC. In 2011, Hyundai Motor Group became the new owner of Hyundai Engineering & Construction. This was determined by Korean banks' decision after the company won a bidding war against the Korean Merchant Marine. The former president of South Korea , Lee Myung-bak ,
21-698: The U.S. Army's 4th Infantry Division raided the town, arresting more than 260 suspected Ba'ath Party supporters. The vast majority were soon released but five Iraqi special security forces officers were reported captured, including two Iraqi army generals and a general from Saddam's security forces who had disguised himself as a shepherd. On August 13, 2003, a U.S. Army soldier was killed near FOB Arrow when his vehicle hit an anti-tank mine. An attack by insurgents near Ad-Dawr killed three American soldiers and injured three on September 18, 2003. The 4th Battalion 42nd Field Artillery, along with 3rd Platoon 534th Signal Company, adopted Nasiba Primary School for Girls in
28-550: The region for construction of a shipyard for the Iranian Navy near Bandar-e Abbas . 800,000 Koreans went to work in Saudi Arabia and another 25,000 went to Iran ; Hyundai was their largest employer. Under creditors' management with Korea Exchange Bank as the largest creditor, Hyundai Group was split into several entities from 2001 to 2006. As of March 2007, HDEC is the main shareholder of Hyundai Merchant Marine , which
35-493: The town and completed its refurbishment in November 2003. On December 13, 2003, the 4th Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team conducted Operation Red Dawn and found Saddam Hussein hiding in a spider hole in front of a hut occupied by a man believed to be his former cook, Qais Namuk. • Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri • One of the most well-known Arab historical scholars, Professor-Doctor Abdul Aziz Al-Douri (b. 1918 – d. 2010),
42-452: Was a native of ad-Dawr; he served as the chancellor of Baghdad University during the 1960s. This Iraq geographical location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Hyundai Engineering %26 Construction Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co., Ltd. ( HDEC ; Korean : 현대건설 주식회사 ) is a major construction company in South Korea . The company
49-592: Was founded by Chung Ju-yung in 1947 as the Hyundai Civil Works Company and was a major component of the Hyundai Group . Hyundai Construction and Hyundai Engineering merged in 1999. Hyundai Construction played a major role in the importation of Korean laborers to the Middle East to work on construction projects in the 1970s and 1980s. In the decade following 1975, Hyundai signed their first contract in
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