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323:Debecka Pass
306:
284:
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229:
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175:
174:
72:Belligerents
63:U.S. victory
24:Part of the
1421:Spring 2004
1324:4th Karbala
1299:3rd Samarra
1200:3rd Baqubah
1106:2nd Baqubah
1091:4th Karbala
1025:2nd Samarra
925:9th Baghdad
920:8th Baghdad
915:1st Samarra
887:7th Baghdad
879:6th Baghdad
833:1st Baqubah
823:5th Baghdad
818:4th Baghdad
782:1st Karbala
772:3rd Baghdad
762:2nd Baghdad
757:1st Baghdad
686:Camp Ashraf
653:Spring 2008
619:2nd Karbala
584:Black Eagle
526:2nd Ramadan
445:CIMIC-House
423:Good Friday
395: [
381:Spring 2004
362:1st Ramadan
318:Karbala Gap
296:1st Karbala
267:Haditha Dam
122:40 captured
1700:Categories
1652:References
1613:The battle
1518:2nd Ramadi
1456:Abu Ghraib
1437:1st Ramadi
1151:2nd Kirkuk
1043:1st Kirkuk
681:Palm Grove
578:U.K. bases
499:2nd Ramadi
418:1st Ramadi
313:Green Line
120:270 killed
117:36 wounded
102:127 troops
1627:Aftermath
1560:Abu Kamal
1334:2nd Basra
1116:Balad Ruz
1081:2nd Balad
1061:Qahtaniya
1020:Abu Sayda
1002:2nd Mosul
892:1st Balad
866:2nd Erbil
813:1st Mosul
808:1st Basra
795:1st Erbil
676:Abu Kamal
659:2nd Basra
566:3rd Najaf
440:2nd Najaf
435:Danny Boy
412:Sadr City
387:City Hall
272:1st Najaf
256:Nasiriyah
249:1st Basra
1602:Husaybah
1594:attacked
1586:Fallujah
1530:Al Majid
1442:Husaybah
1015:Makhmour
897:Khanaqin
874:Musayyib
511:Diwaniya
494:Tal Afar
472:Al Qa'im
428:Husaybah
368:Latifiya
350:Al Anbar
238:Umm Qasr
177:Timeline
160:Iraq War
115:5 killed
97:Strength
49:Husaybah
44:Location
26:Iraq War
1604:on the
1462:Matador
803:Ashoura
646:Nineveh
597:Baqubah
482:Haditha
450:Samarra
334:Baghdad
291:Samawah
164:Outline
1606:Syrian
1598:Ramadi
1537:Alljah
1469:Sayeed
1289:Tikrit
1111:Dujail
1101:Karmah
1066:Amarah
1038:Amirli
550:Diyala
539:Amarah
533:Sinbad
392:Al Kut
307:Hillah
301:Al Kut
243:Al Faw
83:
60:Result
843:Marez
767:Najaf
544:Turki
462:Mosul
399:]
1576:The
1309:Taji
1262:2011
1186:2010
1141:Taza
1122:2009
1072:2008
939:2007
903:2006
849:2005
838:Kufa
788:2004
753:2003
224:2011
219:2010
214:2009
209:2008
204:2007
199:2006
194:2005
189:2004
184:2003
53:Iraq
36:Date
1475:Hit
477:Hit
1702::
397:uk
51:,
1686:.
1377:e
1370:t
1363:v
1272:‡
1254:‡
1221:‡
1178:‡
1170:‡
1162:‡
1059:§
1036:‡
1008:‡
980:‡
972:‡
954:‡
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908:‡
885:‡
872:‡
859:‡
801:‡
793:‡
740:‡
719:e
712:t
705:v
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151:e
144:t
137:v
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