Jalawla
Jalawla (Arabic: جلولاء, also known as Celevla, or mistranslated as Jalula) is a town in Diyala Governorate, Iraq. It is located on the Diyala River 8 km north of As-Sadiyah.
In 2003 it had an estimated population of some 100,000 people. According to a tribal elder, the town is approximately 80% Sunni Arab, 10% Sunni Turkmen, and 10% Feyli Kurd.
The Battle of Jalula took place in the town between the Sassanid Empire and the Rashidun Caliphate soon after the conquest of Ctesiphon. Historian Ibn al-Athir reports that the Persian losses in Jalawla reached 100,000 and the dead bodies has "Jellat" (filled the ground) so the area became known as Jalawla .
From August to November 2014 the city was mostly under the control of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and local Arab tribes which seized the town from the Kurdistan Regional Government in August 2014.
On 23 November 2014, the Iraqi security forces, Shia Popular Mobilization Forces, and Kurdish Peshmerga recaptured the whole city.
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I Hear You Knocking
by: Jill DayYou went away and left me long time ago
And now you're knocking on my door
I hear you knocking
But you can't come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you've been
I begged you not to go but you said goodbye
And now you're telling me all your lies
I hear you knocking
But you can't come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you've been
Ahhh yeah
Let me hear it
Ohhooo woo
OOhh
You better get to your use-to-be
'Cause your kind of love ain't good to me
I hear you knocking
But you can't come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you've been
I told you way back in 52
That I would never go with you
I hear you knocking
But you can't come in
I hear you knocking
Go back where you've been
Yeah