Camp Speicher
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Camp Speicher is a major Iraqi military air base near Tikrit that gained international attention as the site of a 2014 mass killing by ISIS.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Camp Speicher canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2908485 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camp Speicher Context triple: [Tikrit, hasMilitaryBase, Camp Speicher]
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A.
Camp Schwab
Camp Schwab is a major United States Marine Corps base located in northern Okinawa, Japan, known for its training facilities and role in the U.S.–Japan security alliance.
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B.
Camp Schurman
Camp Schurman is a high-altitude climbing camp on the northeast side of Mount Rainier, commonly used as a base for summit attempts via the Emmons Glacier route.
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C.
Camp Geiger
Camp Geiger is a United States Marine Corps training installation in North Carolina best known as the home of the School of Infantry–East for entry-level Marine combat training.
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D.
Camp Kearny
Camp Kearny was a former U.S. military installation in San Diego that evolved through various Army and Marine Corps uses before becoming part of what is now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
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E.
Camp Muir
Camp Muir is a high-altitude climbers’ base camp on the slopes of Mount Rainier, commonly used as the primary staging point for summit attempts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Camp Speicher Target entity description: Camp Speicher is a major Iraqi military air base near Tikrit that gained international attention as the site of a 2014 mass killing by ISIS.
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A.
Camp Schwab
Camp Schwab is a major United States Marine Corps base located in northern Okinawa, Japan, known for its training facilities and role in the U.S.–Japan security alliance.
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B.
Camp Schurman
Camp Schurman is a high-altitude climbing camp on the northeast side of Mount Rainier, commonly used as a base for summit attempts via the Emmons Glacier route.
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C.
Camp Geiger
Camp Geiger is a United States Marine Corps training installation in North Carolina best known as the home of the School of Infantry–East for entry-level Marine combat training.
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D.
Camp Kearny
Camp Kearny was a former U.S. military installation in San Diego that evolved through various Army and Marine Corps uses before becoming part of what is now Marine Corps Air Station Miramar.
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E.
Camp Muir
Camp Muir is a high-altitude climbers’ base camp on the slopes of Mount Rainier, commonly used as the primary staging point for summit attempts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Iraqi Air Force base
ⓘ
military air base ⓘ |
| airfieldUse |
fixed-wing aircraft operations
ⓘ
helicopter operations ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Speicher Air Base
ⓘ
Tikrit Air Academy ⓘ |
| approximateNumberOfVictims |
over 1500
ⓘ
up to 1700 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Battle of Tikrit (2015)
ⓘ
surface form:
Tikrit offensive (2015)
|
| controlledBy |
Government of Iraq
ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi government (before June 2014)
|
| country | Iraq ⓘ |
| crimeType |
crime against humanity
ⓘ
mass execution ⓘ war crime ⓘ |
| distanceToTikrit | approximately 20 kilometers ⓘ |
| eventLocation | Camp Speicher massacre ⓘ |
| gainedInternationalAttention | after revelation of 2014 massacre ⓘ |
| hasFacilityType |
air base
ⓘ
military training facility ⓘ |
| hasFunction |
air operations base
ⓘ
military logistics hub ⓘ pilot training ⓘ |
| hasRunwayType | paved runway ⓘ |
| locatedIn | near Tikrit ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory |
Salah ad Din Governorate
ⓘ
surface form:
Salah al-Din Governorate
|
| locatedOnTerrainFeature | near Tigris River ⓘ |
| massKillingDate | June 2014 ⓘ |
| memorialization | commemorated in Iraq as symbol of ISIS atrocities ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Scott Speicher ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Tikrit ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Camp Speicher massacre 2014
ⓘ
surface form:
2014 Camp Speicher massacre
|
| operatedBy | Iraqi Air Force ⓘ |
| partOfConflict |
Iraq War
ⓘ
Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) ⓘ |
| perpetratedBy |
ISIS
ⓘ
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ⓘ
surface form:
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
|
| securityStatusAfter2014 | retaken by Iraqi forces ⓘ |
| seizedBy | ISIS (June 2014) ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
Iraqi parliamentary inquiries
ⓘ
Iraqi war crimes investigations ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Iraqi Security Forces
ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi Armed Forces
United States Armed Forces ⓘ coalition forces in Iraq ⓘ |
| usedDuring | U.S.-led occupation of Iraq ⓘ |
| victimGroup |
Iraqi Air Force
ⓘ
surface form:
Iraqi Air Force cadets
Iraqi army recruits ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Camp Speicher Description of subject: Camp Speicher is a major Iraqi military air base near Tikrit that gained international attention as the site of a 2014 mass killing by ISIS.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Camp Speicher massacre