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On Easter Sunday April 11, 2004, a battle was fought at Baghdad International Airport (BIAP) in Iraq primarily between United States Army truck drivers, air defense artillerymen, armor, military policemen, engineers and miscellaneous logistics personnel and militants from Muqtada al Sadr's Mahdi Army, along the Southwest side of the airport wall in an area commonly referred to as Engineer Village.
The 2004 Good Friday ambush was an attack by Iraqi insurgents on April 9, 2004 during the Iraq War on a convoy of United States supply trucks during the Battle of Baghdad International Airport. It happened in the midst of the Iraq spring fighting of 2004, which saw intensified clashes throughout the country.
The Battle of Baghdad, also known as the Fall of Baghdad, was a military engagement that took place in Baghdad in early April 2003, as part of the invasion of Iraq.. Three weeks into the invasion of Iraq, Coalition Forces Land Component Command elements, led by the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Division, captured Baghdad.
On April 4, 2003, a 100-man force was assigned to block the highway between Baghdad and the airport, about one mile east of the airport. After a brief battle, several of the Iraqis were captured. Smith spotted a walled enclosure nearby with a tower overlooking it.
Bashur Airfield is located in northern Iraq approximately 356 kilometers north of Baghdad, 50 kilometers northeast of Erbil. The airbase is served by a single 6,700-foot long runway. Bashur appeared to be a small civilian airport. Bashur is the epitome of a bare base. It was nothing more than a 7,000-foot runway in the middle of a green valley.
Battle of Baghdad (2003) Battle of Baghdad International Airport; Battle of Baqubah; Battle of Basra (2008) Battle of Baghdad (2006–2008) D.
Battle of Baghdad: 3 April 2003: 12 April 2003: Baghdad: Battle: The invasion of the city commenced three days after Allied forces had secured the Baghdad airport Battle of Debecka Pass: 6 April 2003: 6 April 2003: Debecka Pass: Battle: To secure a major crossroads near the village of Debecka Operation Airborne Dragon: 7 April 2003: 7 April 2003
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