Please contact us for subscription options. 7, as the US offensive had been generally unsuccessful and its forces suffered casualties, the US began the siege of Fallujah - a scene of horrible killings.ĭuring Operation Phantom Fury siege, more than 100 coalition forces were killed, over 600 soldiers were injured and thousands of Iraqi civilians were killed.Īnadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The goal of the initial Fallujah attack was to apprehend or eliminate militants responsible for the 2004 murder of four US contractors. The fiercest clashes that followed the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 occurred in Fallujah. Fatalities Lance Corporal Brodie Gillon Private Ryan Wrathall who died from a gunshot wound in Basra, Iraq on Thursday 12 February 2009. "The future USS Fallujah will commemorate the first and second battles of Fallujah, American-led offenses during the Iraq War."ĭel Toro called it an honor for the nation to memorialize Marines, soldiers and coalition forces that fought valiantly and those that sacrificed their lives during both battles.” The battles during the invasion of Iraq resulted in violent clashes and civilian deaths. ![]() that the new amphibious assault ship was named the USS Fallujah to honor the first and second battles in Fallujah. the course of the fighting in Fallujah, his platoon took casualties without. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro said in a speech Wednesday at Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C. Star for his heroic actions during OPERATION PHANTOM FURY in Fallujah. The Second Battle of Fallujah was the bloodiest battle of the entire conflict for American troops, and is notable for being the first major engagement of the Iraq War that was fought solely against insurgents as opposed to the government military forces of the former Ba'athist Iraq.The US Navy named their next-generation warship after a site made famous for civilian massacres in Iraq. When the coalition fought their way into the centre of the city, the Iraqi Interim Government requested that the city's control be transferred over to an Iraqi-run local security force, which then began stockpiling weapons and building complex defenses across the city through mid-2004. ![]() Earlier, in April 2004, coalition forces fought the First Battle of Fallujah in an attempt to capture or kill insurgent elements who were considered responsible for the 2004 Fallujah ambush, which resulted in the deaths of four private military contractors of Blackwater. Operation Phantom Fury was the second major coalition effort in Fallujah. Ultimately, this campaign Operation Phantom Fury cost allied forces 100 fatalities, almost all American, besides 600 wounded. 2003 1st Baghdad 2nd Baghdad Najaf 3rd Baghdad 1st Nasiriyah 1st Karbala 2004 ‡ 1st Erbil ‡ Ashoura 1st Basra 1st Mosul 4th Baghdad 5th Baghdad Karbala & Najaf 1st Baqubah Kufa Marez 2005 Suwaira bombing ‡ 1st Al Hillah 2nd Erbil ‡ Musayyib 6th Baghdad ‡ 7th Baghdad 1st Balad Khanaqin 2006 ‡ Karbala-Ramadi 1st Samarra 8th Baghdad 9th Baghdad ‡ 10th Baghdad 2007 11th Baghdad 12th Baghdad ‡ 13th Baghdad 14th Baghdad 15th Baghdad ‡ 2nd Al Hillah ‡ 1st Tal Afar 16th Baghdad 17th Baghdad 2nd & 3rd Karbala 2nd Mosul ‡ 18th Baghdad Makhmour Abu Sayda 2nd Samarra 19th Baghdad ‡ Amirli 1st Kirkuk 20th Baghdad 21st Baghdad § Qahtaniya Amarah 2008 22nd Baghdad 2nd Balad 23rd Baghdad 4th Karbala 24th Baghdad Karmah 2nd Baqubah Dujail Balad Ruz 2009 25th Baghdad 26th Baghdad Baghdad-Muqdadiyah Taza 27th Baghdad 2nd Kirkuk 2nd Tal Afar ‡ 28th Baghdad ‡ 29th Baghdad ‡ 30th Baghdad 2010 31st Baghdad 32nd Baghdad 3rd Baqubah 33rd Baghdad 34th Baghdad 35th Baghdad ‡ 1st Pan-Iraq 36th Baghdad 37th Baghdad 2nd Pan-Iraq 38th Baghdad 39th Baghdad ‡ 40th Baghdad 2011 41st Baghdad ‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq Karbala-Baghdad 42nd Baghdad Tikrit 3rd Al Hillah 3rd Samarra Al Diwaniyah Taji 4th Pan-Iraq 43rd Baghdad 4th Karbala 44th Baghdad 2nd Basra 45th Baghdad § indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War ‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
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