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Multi-National Division – Baghdad (MND-B) was a division of
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during the
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, responsible for controlling brigades in greater Baghdad that were responsible for areas within the city itself. It was headquartered by the 1st Cavalry Division and based at
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in
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,
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, north of
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. The brigades controlled by the 1st Cavalry Division included ones north of the city at
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, in the northeastern part in Adhamiya, at Camp Liberty in the west, in the
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, on the southern outskirts, and in the southeast near Rasheed Airfield. Following the
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, most of the brigades' troops were dispersed at battalion- and company-level combat outposts and joint security stations. The headquarters of MND-B was previously provided by HQ 1st Armored Division (2003–2004), HQ 1st Cavalry Division (2004–2005), HQ 3rd Infantry Division (2005), 4th Infantry Division (2006 & 2008–2009) and 1st Cavalry Division (2007).


See also

* Iraq War order of battle 2009


References

Multinational force involved in the Iraq War Military units and formations established in the 2000s Baghdad Governorate in the Iraq War