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American tanks with small arms and machine guns, but were cut down by American tank fire, and the 1st Marine Division advanced into Al Kut. After capturing the city and its bridges, Al Kut was effectively under US
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180:Casualties and losses
28:2003 invasion of Iraq
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204:2,000–2,500 captured
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187:~12 wounded
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1594:Categories
1524:References
1233:2nd Kirkuk
1125:1st Kirkuk
763:Palm Grove
660:U.K. bases
581:2nd Ramadi
500:1st Ramadi
395:Green Line
1518:ACE truck
1455:Coalition
1416:2nd Basra
1198:Balad Ruz
1163:2nd Balad
1143:Qahtaniya
1102:Abu Sayda
1084:2nd Mosul
974:1st Balad
948:2nd Erbil
895:1st Mosul
890:1st Basra
877:1st Erbil
758:Abu Kamal
741:2nd Basra
648:3rd Najaf
522:2nd Najaf
517:Danny Boy
494:Sadr City
469:City Hall
354:1st Najaf
338:Nasiriyah
331:1st Basra
1097:Makhmour
979:Khanaqin
956:Musayyib
593:Diwaniya
576:Tal Afar
554:Al Qa'im
510:Husaybah
450:Latifiya
432:Al Anbar
320:Umm Qasr
259:Timeline
242:Iraq War
167:Strength
46:Location
1497:tanks,
1459:Baghdad
885:Ashoura
728:Nineveh
679:Baqubah
564:Haditha
532:Samarra
416:Baghdad
373:Samawah
246:Outline
196:tanks,
1491:GBU-16
1451:Al Kut
1371:Tikrit
1193:Dujail
1183:Karmah
1148:Amarah
1120:Amirli
632:Diyala
621:Amarah
615:Sinbad
474:Al Kut
389:Hillah
383:Al Kut
325:Al Faw
85:
62:Result
51:Al Kut
1570:(PDF)
925:Marez
849:Najaf
626:Turki
544:Mosul
481:]
192:Many
118:Col.
1578:2021
1550:2021
1499:BMPs
1495:T-62
1487:B-52
1483:RPGs
1438:The
1391:Taji
1344:2011
1268:2010
1223:Taza
1204:2009
1154:2008
1021:2007
985:2006
931:2005
920:Kufa
870:2004
835:2003
306:2011
301:2010
296:2009
291:2008
286:2007
281:2006
276:2005
271:2004
266:2003
194:T-62
100:Iraq
55:Iraq
38:Date
1475:GMT
559:Hit
198:APC
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479:uk
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794:t
787:v
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226:t
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