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728:
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717:Shurta Nasir
700:
693:
682:Imposing Law
681:
671:Karbala Raid
666:Haifa Street
659:
642:
635:
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597:
566:2nd Fallujah
565:
521:
515:1st Fallujah
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83:Belligerents
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28:Part of the
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1620:mercenaries
1561:Mid-Sha'ban
1498:introducing
1434:4th Karbala
1409:3rd Samarra
1310:3rd Baqubah
1216:2nd Baqubah
1201:4th Karbala
1135:2nd Samarra
1035:9th Baghdad
1030:8th Baghdad
1025:1st Samarra
997:7th Baghdad
989:6th Baghdad
943:1st Baqubah
933:5th Baghdad
928:4th Baghdad
892:1st Karbala
882:3rd Baghdad
872:2nd Baghdad
867:1st Baghdad
796:Camp Ashraf
763:Spring 2008
729:2nd Karbala
694:Black Eagle
636:2nd Ramadan
555:CIMIC-House
533:Good Friday
505: [
491:Spring 2004
472:1st Ramadan
428:Karbala Gap
406:1st Karbala
377:Haditha Dam
232:33 captured
230:300+ killed
1780:Categories
1646:References
1612:Mahdi Army
1605:government
1589:Mahdi Army
1534:Mahdi Army
1481:references
1261:2nd Kirkuk
1153:1st Kirkuk
791:Palm Grove
688:U.K. bases
609:2nd Ramadi
528:1st Ramadi
423:Green Line
227:52 wounded
143:Mahdi Army
1726:0362-4331
1444:2nd Basra
1226:Balad Ruz
1191:2nd Balad
1171:Qahtaniya
1130:Abu Sayda
1112:2nd Mosul
1002:1st Balad
976:2nd Erbil
923:1st Mosul
918:1st Basra
905:1st Erbil
786:Abu Kamal
769:2nd Basra
676:3rd Najaf
550:2nd Najaf
545:Danny Boy
522:Sadr City
497:City Hall
382:1st Najaf
366:Nasiriyah
359:1st Basra
1688:, p.311
1125:Makhmour
1007:Khanaqin
984:Musayyib
621:Diwaniya
604:Tal Afar
582:Al Qa'im
538:Husaybah
478:Latifiya
460:Al Anbar
348:Umm Qasr
287:Timeline
270:Iraq War
225:4 killed
120:Bulgaria
48:Location
30:Iraq War
1731:2 March
1675:, p.313
1617:Chechen
1571:Summary
1546:Karbala
1494:improve
913:Ashoura
756:Nineveh
707:Baqubah
592:Haditha
560:Samarra
444:Baghdad
401:Samawah
274:Outline
53:Karbala
1724:
1599:Battle
1585:Shiite
1538:police
1483:, but
1399:Tikrit
1221:Dujail
1211:Karmah
1176:Amarah
1148:Amirli
660:Diyala
649:Amarah
643:Sinbad
502:Al Kut
417:Hillah
411:Al Kut
353:Al Faw
117:
108:Poland
105:
64:Result
1701:Time.
1638:Trial
1544:) in
953:Marez
877:Najaf
654:Turki
572:Mosul
509:]
175:Col.
163:Gen.
1733:2023
1722:ISSN
1557:Shia
1550:Iraq
1528:The
1419:Taji
1372:2011
1296:2010
1251:Taza
1232:2009
1182:2008
1049:2007
1013:2006
959:2005
948:Kufa
898:2004
863:2003
334:2011
329:2010
324:2009
319:2008
314:2007
309:2006
304:2005
299:2004
294:2003
96:Iraq
57:Iraq
40:Date
1624:QRF
587:Hit
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203:POW
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