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Battle for the city of the dead: In the shadow of the Golden Dome, Najaf, August 2004. Minneapolis, Minn: Zenith Press. Iraqi, U.S. forces battle al-Sadr's militia CNN, 5 August 2004; 11th MEU Press Release USMC, 31 July 2004; 11th MEU Press Release USMC, 2 August 2004; 11th MEU Press Release USMC, 5 August 2004; 11th MEU Press Release USMC, 5 ...
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.
Najaf [a] is the capital city of the Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km (99 mi) south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 is about 1.41 million people. [ 1 ] It is widely considered amongst the holiest cities of Shia Islam and one of its spiritual capitals, as well as the center of Shia political power in Iraq.
On the same day as this statement was given, the Mahdi Army began an uprising against coalition forces. The fighting spread across the south of Iraq, while in Baghdad the fighting was concentrated in the city's Shi'a areas, mainly Sadr City. This uprising occurred simultaneously with an offensive launched by Sunni insurgents in western Iraq. [6]
On 12 April 2004, two U.S. Marines (Robert Zurheide and Brad Shuder) along with an ally interpreter were killed in a friendly fire mortar mission at a schoolhouse in Fallujah. [47] [48] On 13 April 2004, U.S. Marines fell under attack from insurgents located within a mosque. An airstrike destroyed the mosque, prompting a public outcry. [1]
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The Mahdi Army (Arabic: جيش المهدي, romanized: Jaysh al-Mahdi) was an Iraqi Shia militia created by Muqtada al-Sadr in June 2003 and disbanded in 2008. [9]The Mahdi Army rose to international prominence on April 4, 2004, when it spearheaded the first major armed confrontation against the US forces in Iraq from the Shia community.
By the end of the spring uprising, the cities of Fallujah, Samarra, Baqubah, and Ramadi had been left under Sunni guerrilla control with American patrols in the cities ceased. The insurgency had undergone another major shift, as insurgent organizations now had safe havens in cities such as Fallujah to develop and coordinate with each other.