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The fall of Fallujah was a battle in the city of Fallujah in western Iraq that took place from late 2013 to early 2014, in which Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and other Sunni insurgents captured the city of Fallujah.
Fallujah: The Real Fall special report on Fallujah since November 2004 - Channel 4 (11 January 2005) Falluja: City with history of rebellion - BBC News 23 December 2004; Raw Video Footage of U.S. Offensive in Fallujah large archive of news network footage and unofficial footage collected by Geoffrey Huntley – fallujah.us
The United States estimated that around 1,342 Sunni and Shi'a fighters were killed, and approximately 430 insurgents were captured. 1st Armoured Division claimed to have killed an additional 7,000 insurgents, and captured 20 insurgents during Operation Iron Saber. [23] [24] The USA, Iraq, and other allied forces suffered 383 killed ...
On 4 January 2014, ISIL, then known as the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq, captured the city of Fallujah after Iraqi government forces withdrew from the city following a five-day battle. This victory allowed ISIL to capture its first city on Iraqi soil and also allowed them to establish a stronghold only 40 kilometers (25 miles) from ...
The 2004 Fallujah ambush occurred on March 31, 2004, when Iraqi insurgents attacked a convoy containing four American contractors from the private military company Blackwater USA who were conducting a delivery for food caterers ESS.
New Dawn: The Battles for Fallujah [112] Operation Phantom Fury: The Assault and Capture of Fallujah, Iraq [113] Sunrise Over Fallujah [114] Fallujah Memoirs: A Grunt's Eye View of the Second Battle of Fallujah [115] Ghosts of Fallujah [116] U.S. Marines in Battle: Fallujah, November–December 2004 [117] House to House: An Epic Memoir of War ...
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The Third Battle of Fallujah, [23] [24] [25] code-named Operation Breaking Terrorism (Arabic: عملية كسر الإرهاب) by the Iraqi government, was a military operation against ISIL launched to capture the city of Fallujah and its suburbs, located about 69 kilometres (43 mi) west of Baghdad, the capital of Iraq.