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The Battle of Donkey Island was a skirmish that occurred on 30 June and 1 July 2007 between elements of the U.S. Army Task Force 1-77 Armor Regiment, the 2nd Battalion 5th Marines and a numerically superior force of Islamic State of Iraq insurgents on the banks of a canal leading from Ramadi to Lake Habbaniyah in the Al Anbar province of Iraq.
Battle of Donkey Island; F. 2004 Fallujah ambush; ... Battle of Haditha; 2005 Hit convoy ambush; Battle of Husaybah (2004) L. Lake Tharthar raid; R. Battle of Ramadi ...
Battle of Donkey Island (30 June 2007 – 1 July 2007) al-Qaeda. Islamic State of Iraq United States: Defeat Operation Phantom Strike (15 August 2007 – January 2008) al-Qaeda. Islamic State of Iraq; Other Iraqi Insurgents United States: Defeat Operation Phantom Phoenix (8 January 2008, – 28 July 2008) al-Qaeda. Islamic State of Iraq; Other ...
2nd Battalion 5th Marines (2/5 or "Two Five") is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps consisting of approximately 800 marines and sailors. They are based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California and fall under the command of the 5th Marine Regiment and the 1st Marine Division.
Battle of Basra (2007) Battle of Baghdad (2006–2008) D. Battle of Donkey Island; H. Second Battle of Habbaniyah; Battle of Haifa Street; K. Karbala provincial ...
An 80-year-old woman who is the sole resident of a remote Greek island has just found some company. On Tuesday, Nov. 19, journalist Vasilios Saribalidis announced on Facebook that Irene Rinio had ...
Swerving to avoid a crater left in the road by a strike, a donkey trots along the debris-strewn streets of Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip, then slows to navigate a narrow passageway cleared through ...
The battle was later described by the US military as "the heaviest urban combat Marines have been involved in since the battle of Hue City in Vietnam." [ 163 ] The official Marine Corps history recorded that 78 Marines, sailors, and soldiers died and another 651 were wounded retaking Fallujah (394 were able to return to duty). [ 164 ]