Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
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.
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 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.
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 [citation needed]
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.
Telling the Fallujah Story to the World - Military.com (20 November 2004) Fallujah yields up weapons, videos – The Christian Science Monitor (19 November 2004) Letter from Fallujah to Kofi Annan signed by Al-Fallujah Shura Council, a council of insurgent organizations; and by others; The 2004 Siege of Fallujah - An interactive guide - The ...
The film documents the use of chemical weapons, particularly the use of incendiary bombs containing white phosphorus, and alleges that insurgents and civilians, including children, had been killed or injured by chemical burns by military forces of the United States of America in the city of Fallujah in Iraq during the Fallujah Offensive of ...
First Fights in Fallujah: Marines During Operation Vigilant Resolve, in Iraq, April 2004. Philadelphia: Casemate. ISBN 9781636243184. No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah, by Bing West (2005) (ISBN 978-0-553-80402-7) Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq, by David J. Danelo (2007) (ISBN 978-0-8117-3393-9)