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2008 Iraq spring fighting
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The 2008 Iraq spring fighting was a series of clashes between the Mahdi Army and allies and the Iraqi Army supported by coalition forces, in southern Iraq and parts of Baghdad, that began with an Iraqi offensive in Basra.
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2008 Iraq spring fighting | |||||||
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Part of the Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) (Iraq War) | |||||||
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400,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
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700 killed (US Claim)[8] 2,000+ killed (Iraqi claim)[9][10] | ||||||
1,112 Iraqi civilians killed, 2 U.S. and 2 Indian civilians killed |
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