Hasai (also: ''Hasi'') is a village in

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

, which is located in the

Al Anbar Governorate Al Anbar Governorate ( ar, محافظة الأنبار; ''muḥāfaẓat al-’Anbār''), or Anbar Province, is the largest governorate in Iraq by area. Encompassing much of the country's western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan, ...

south of the city of

Fallujah Fallujah ( ar, ٱلْفَلُّوجَة, al-Fallūjah, Iraqi pronunciation: ) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar, located roughly west of Baghdad on the Euphrates. Fallujah dates from Babylonian times and was host to important J ...

and in the north west of

Amiriyah Fallujah Al-Amiriyah ( ar, العامرية ''al-ʻāmiriyyah'') or Amiriyah Fallujah, also Ameriyah, Amiriyyah, Ameriya, Amiriyat, Ameriyat and the like, is a city in the Fallujah District of Al Anbar province, about 30 km (18 mi) south of the city ...

, about 3km from a loop of the river Euphrates. It is a farmer's village. During

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in November 2003, a U.S. Chinook helicopter was shot down near Hasai.Iraq Attacks Kill 17 U.S. Soldiers, 2 Civilians
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Siege of Fallujah The First Battle of Fallujah, code-named Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an operation against militants in Fallujah as well as an attempt to apprehend or kill the perpetrators of the killing of four U.S. contractors in March 2004. The chief cat ...

, there was intense fighting in the area between the Iraqi army and

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militants. There were reports that 2,000 families were trapped in two villages,

Albu Huwa Albu Huwa (also: ''Albu Hawa, Qaryat Albu Hawa'') is a village in Iraq, which is located in the Al Anbar Governorate south of the city of Fallujah and north of Amiriyah Fallujah, in a loop of the river Euphrates. In 2016, during the Siege of Fallu ...

and Hasai, and used as human shields.ISIS uses 2,000 families in Iraq’s Fallujah as ‘human shields’
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References

Populated places in Al Anbar Governorate {{Iraq-geo-stub