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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.
On May 9, 2005, a supply convoy left the U.S. military air base at Al Asad, Iraq. The convoy was escorted by 12 Iraqi, 4 South African and 1 Japanese private military contractor. Almost immediately after they exited the base they were observed by Iraqi insurgents. The insurgents then prepared a well planned ambush for the convoy.
Victory Base Complex (VBC), a cluster of installations surrounding the Baghdad International Airport (BIAP). Successively headquarters for Multi-National Force - Iraq and United States Forces - Iraq. [19]: 1 al-Faw Palace, part of the Victory Base Complex, headquarters of the United States Forces - Iraq in Baghdad
Heavy utility truck ≈500 [36] HEMTT United States: Heavy utility truck 150 [37] MTVR United States: Medium utility truck 270 [38] Navistar 7000 United States: Armoured personnel carrier ≈300 [39] 115 Navistar 7000-MV on order in addition to unknown number in service. [40] M939 United States: Armoured personnel carrier ≈250 KrAZ-6322 Ukraine
Eight years ago, two US Marines from very different walks of life met for the first time when they were put on guard duty at 7:30 in the morning.
Iraq-Iran Basra-Shalamcheh line – almost complete (2006) Kermanshah, Iran, and the Iraqi province of Diyala – construction commenced. [citation needed] Kuwait – no railways; Saudi Arabia-Jordan – partially constructed – break of gauge 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge / 1,050 mm (3 ft 5 + 11 ⁄ 32 in) gauge
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.
He was working as a truck driver. October 19, 2004 – American, Felipe E.Lugo III, was killed in a mortar attack near Baghdad. He was working for Kellogg, Brown & Root as a labor foreman. October 23, 2004 – Croat, Dalibor Burazović, was killed in an ambush near Mosul. He was working for Eurodelta d.o.o. as a truck driver.