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Baghdad a suicide bomber killed four Iraqi soldiers, but the attacks in Mosul were the bloodiest. Four suicide bombers killed fifty-six civilians, eight Iraqi policemen and two
American soldiers. The most intense fighting was in Baquba, where, with precise and strategic attack, the insurgents attacked and took control of the main police station and city hall, and burned down the home of the police chief. American and Iraqi troops withdrew from the city, but after a few hours American bomber planes hit insurgent positions in the city at city hall, the police station and at the football stadium. After the air strikes, the American forces entered the city without resistance. Twenty-one members of the Iraqi security forces, two American soldiers and thirteen civilians were killed during the street fighting in Baquba. The only gain by the insurgents on this day was in
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on militia forces. It was followed by a second wave on May 5 in
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would fight alongside the U.S. Marines in the operation, but on the dawn of the invasion they discarded their uniforms and deserted. Heavy fighting lasted until April 9, 2004, when, again under enormous public pressure, the offensive was called off because of great civilian losses. At that point, the
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American and one Salvadoran, and at least 20 Iraqis. According to one protester, armed supporters of Muqtada al-Sadr, intermingled with the crowd,
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Karbala. This left the Najaf-Kufa region the only area still under firm Mahdi control, though it was also under sustained American assault. Several hundred Mahdi Army rebels in total were killed
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Fallujah. In heavy street fighting over four days 16 U.S. Marines
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killed 35 Mahdi Army militiamen. Mahdi Army members still maintained some influence over many of the slum areas of Sadr City, however. The fighting was not only in Sadr City, instead, it spread to other parts of
Baghdad throughout the month. The highway linking Baghdad with the western province of
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Military Police Battalion were sent out to retake them. Militiamen ambushed the U.S. forces and eight U.S. troops were killed, and 51 more wounded in the bloody battle. U.S. forces subsequently regained control of the police stations after running firefights with Mahdi rebels that
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offensives started together on the same day, they ended on the same day. On the day that the fighting ceased in the south, a massive coordinated attack by insurgents was underway in the Sunni territories. In five cities - Ramadi, Baghdad, Mahmudiya, Baquba and Mosul - attacks were underway. In
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American and Iraqi security personnel. As the siege
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with one officer briefing as such: "Col Black told the press conference: "These photographs are a recruiting poster for al-Qa'eda and every other terrorist organisation. They have made the lives of our Armed Forces in Iraq that much more difficult and dangerous."
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fighters were killed, and approximately 430 insurgents were captured. The USA, Iraq, and other allied forces suffered 383 killed. Approximately 2,500 American soldiers were wounded during this period. The results were indecisive. Most of
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and his militia, the Mahdi Army, in the south of the country. Muqtada al-Sadr also has great influence in the Sadr City section of Baghdad (Sadr City, which was Saddam City, was renamed after the invasion, in honor of Sadr's father,
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south of Baghdad, effectively cutting Highway One between Baghdad and Karbala, and the Americans responded by rerouting traffic onto Highway Eight to maintain contact with the south of the country.
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1623:1st Pan-Iraq
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1605:33rd Baghdad
1595:32nd Baghdad
1590:31st Baghdad
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1556:2nd Tal Afar
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1453:21st Baghdad
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1387:16th Baghdad
1382:1st Tal Afar
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961:Karbala Raid
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514:1,342 killed
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1846:Paul Bremer
1762:operational
1724:4th Karbala
1699:3rd Samarra
1600:3rd Baqubah
1506:2nd Baqubah
1491:4th Karbala
1425:2nd Samarra
1325:9th Baghdad
1320:8th Baghdad
1315:1st Samarra
1287:7th Baghdad
1279:6th Baghdad
1233:1st Baqubah
1223:5th Baghdad
1218:4th Baghdad
1182:1st Karbala
1172:3rd Baghdad
1162:2nd Baghdad
1157:1st Baghdad
1086:Camp Ashraf
1053:Spring 2008
1019:2nd Karbala
984:Black Eagle
926:2nd Ramadan
845:CIMIC-House
823:Good Friday
795: [
781:Spring 2004
762:1st Ramadan
718:Karbala Gap
696:1st Karbala
667:Haditha Dam
511:107 wounded
501:150 killed;
192:Indecisive
2858:Categories
2844:2006-12-15
2784:2007-05-27
2759:2017-08-21
2735:2017-08-21
2685:2017-08-21
2643:2023-04-28
2618:2020-01-05
2553:1400044871
2427:2006-12-15
2402:2006-12-15
2377:2006-12-15
2354:References
2208:Kim Sun-il
2192:beheadings
2188:kidnapping
2158:Haqlaniyah
2141:to Anbar.
2135:cease-fire
2119:mujahideen
2100:unilateral
1904:The Mirror
1877:Mahdi army
1865:Pegaso BMR
1861:technicals
1857:Blackwater
1822:Blackwater
1782:Mahdi Army
1551:2nd Kirkuk
1443:1st Kirkuk
1081:Palm Grove
978:U.K. bases
899:2nd Ramadi
818:1st Ramadi
713:Green Line
490:1 captured
488:217 killed
444:Omar Hadid
380:Mahdi Army
80:newspapers
2813:USA Today
2290:Aftermath
2284:insurgent
2251:Yusufiyah
2220:Diwaniyah
2150:Karabilah
2131:ceasefire
2011:Diwaniyah
2003:Nasiriyah
1986:near the
1955:Nasiriyah
1935:Sadr City
1844:of Iraq,
1734:2nd Basra
1516:Balad Ruz
1481:2nd Balad
1461:Qahtaniya
1420:Abu Sayda
1402:2nd Mosul
1292:1st Balad
1266:2nd Erbil
1213:1st Mosul
1208:1st Basra
1195:1st Erbil
1076:Abu Kamal
1059:2nd Basra
966:3rd Najaf
840:2nd Najaf
835:Danny Boy
812:Sadr City
787:City Hall
672:1st Najaf
656:Nasiriyah
649:1st Basra
509:16 killed
258:Australia
2680:Islamweb
2662:CBC News
2586:BBC News
2536:(2006).
2339:See also
2305:Al-Anbar
2247:Latifiya
2166:Baghdadi
2085:garrison
1830:Fallujah
1820:of four
1770:militias
1766:Iraq War
1415:Makhmour
1297:Khanaqin
1274:Musayyib
911:Diwaniya
894:Tal Afar
872:Al Qa'im
828:Husaybah
768:Latifiya
750:Al Anbar
638:Umm Qasr
577:Timeline
560:Iraq War
463:Strength
176:Location
158:Fallujah
144:Iraq War
110:May 2008
2612:ELMUNDO
2317:Samarra
2243:Samarra
2230:units.
2225:US Army
2170:Haditha
2139:Baghdad
2111:sheikhs
1951:Karbala
1788:Prelude
1203:Ashoura
1046:Nineveh
997:Baqubah
882:Haditha
850:Samarra
734:Baghdad
691:Samawah
564:Outline
468:200,000
94:scholar
2818:May 5,
2710:May 5,
2592:May 5,
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2507:May 5,
2456:May 5,
2309:Ramadi
2280:bunker
2276:Ramadi
2196:demand
2081:Ramadi
2077:Syrian
2007:Amarah
1959:Amarah
1933:, and
1869:VEC-M1
1797:Causes
1689:Tikrit
1511:Dujail
1501:Karmah
1466:Amarah
1438:Amirli
950:Diyala
939:Amarah
933:Sinbad
792:Al Kut
707:Hillah
701:Al Kut
643:Al Faw
471:35,000
269:Poland
188:Result
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2313:Sunni
2300:Shi'a
2296:Sunni
2271:Sunni
2267:Shi'a
2200:hours
2115:imams
2103:truce
1963:Basra
1944:Anbar
1923:Najaf
1778:Sunni
1774:Shi'a
1243:Marez
1167:Najaf
944:Turki
862:Mosul
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414:Col.
402:Gen.
247:Spain
101:JSTOR
87:books
2820:2010
2712:2010
2594:2010
2548:ISBN
2509:2010
2458:2010
2298:and
2269:and
2249:and
2154:Sada
2113:and
1992:RPGs
1961:and
1927:Kufa
1776:and
1756:The
1709:Taji
1662:2011
1586:2010
1541:Taza
1522:2009
1472:2008
1339:2007
1303:2006
1249:2005
1238:Kufa
1188:2004
1153:2003
624:2011
619:2010
614:2009
609:2008
604:2007
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594:2005
589:2004
584:2003
181:Iraq
168:Date
73:news
2704:CNN
2544:265
2501:CNN
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2162:Hit
1967:Kut
1931:Kut
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