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2004 Iraq spring fighting
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The 2004 Iraq spring fighting was a series of operational offensives and various major engagements during the Iraq War. It was a turning point in the war; the Spring Fighting marked the entrance into the conflict of militias and religiously based (Shi'a and Sunni) militant Iraqi groups, such as the Shi'a Mahdi Army.
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2004 Iraq spring fighting | |||||||
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Part of the Iraq War | |||||||
![]() US soldiers peer over a rooftop ledge to fix in enemy targets in Fallujah | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Insurgent groups:![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Other insurgent groups and militias | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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![]() Mahdi Al-Sumaidaie (Islamist leader) Abdullah al-Janabi (Islamist leader) Omar Hadid (Islamist commander) ![]() | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
200,000 | 35,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
![]() 1 captured 2,500 wounded ![]() 14,800 deserted Other coalition forces: 16 killed 107 wounded [1][2][3][4][5] |
1,342 killed 430 captured (coalition claim) |
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