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Battle of Najaf

United States of America · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
2003–2007Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

2003

George Walker Bush29 March 2003

Najaf · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

The 101st Airborne Division on March 29, supported by a battalion from the 1st Armored Division attacked Iraqi forces in the southern part of the city, near the Imam Ali Mosque and captured Najafs airfield

2007

George Walker Bush28 January 2007

Najaf · Warfare / Gulf War, 2nd

250 are killed near Najaf as American and Iraqi troops fight with a Shiite militia, an American helicopter is shot down in the battle

Names involved

George Walker Bush

Provenance

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