Camp Marlboro

Camp Marlboro was a U.S. Military Camp in Sadr City, Baghdad. It was built to facilitate military and peacekeeping operations in the densely populated Shia ghetto.

Camp Marlboro
Sadr City, Baghdad Governorate in Iraq
Site information
Owner	Ministry of Defence
Operator	United States Army United States Marine Corps
Location
Camp Marlboro Shown within Iraq
Coordinates	33°18′54″N 43°52′59″E
Site history
Built	2003 (2003)
In use	2003-2009 (2009)
Battles/wars	Operation Iraqi Freedom

Camp Marlboro was named as such because it was located on the premises of a cigarette factory, run by one of Saddam Hussein's cousins until the US forces occupied the compound.^[1][2] Marlboro is an American cigarette brand.