Camp Liberty
| Camp Liberty (Camp Victory) (Camp Hurriya) (Camp Al-Tahreer) |
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| Baghdad, Iraq | |
Camp Liberty after 26 December 2013 missile attack.
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| Coordinates | 33°18′0.94″N 44°14′47.68″E / 33.3002611°N 44.2465778°E |
| Site information | |
| Owner |
 Iraq
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| Site history | |
| Built | 2003 |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
| Events | Camp Liberty killings, Camp Ashraf, 2013 Camp Ashraf massacre |
| Garrison information | |
| Occupants |
 People's Mujahedin of Iran (current) United States of America (former)
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Coordinates: 33°18′0.94″N 44°14′47.68″E / 33.3002611°N 44.2465778°E
Camp Liberty is a former United States military installation in Baghdad, Iraq, which has been used from 2012 to September 2016 to house the members of the People's Mujahedin of Iran (PMOI, also called MEK), who had been forcibly evicted from Camp Ashraf.
Camp Liberty first came into existence during the 2003 invasion of Iraq as Camp Victory North, and was renamed (its Arabic translation is "Camp Al-Tahreer") in mid-September 2004 to its later name of Camp Liberty (in Arabic "Camp Hurriya"). Other camps that made up the Victory Base Complex include Camp Victory (formerly known as Camp Victory South), Camp Striker, Seitz, and Camp Slayer. The renaming was part of an effort to give U.S. facilities around Baghdad friendlier connotations, and an attempt to resolve the issue of constantly changing facility names.
During the Iraq War, following the 2003 Invasion of Iraq, the base was a large coalition military installation located northeast of the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP), becoming part of the U.S. military's Victory Base Complex (VBC). Camp Liberty was twice the size of Camp Bondsteel in Kosovo, and one of the largest U.S. overseas posts built since the Vietnam War.
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