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  2. Category : United States Marine Corps in the Iraq War

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    Category: United States Marine Corps in the Iraq War. ... 2003 invasion of Iraq; Iraq War troop surge of 2007; 2004 Iraq spring fighting; Operation Iron Hammer (Iraq ...

  3. Haditha massacre - Wikipedia

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    In September 2005, the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines (3/1) deployed to Haditha, an agricultural town along the Euphrates river in western Iraq. [12] Prior to the deployment, a Guardian investigation reported that two Iraqi insurgent groups—Ansar al-Sunna and Al-Qaeda—had taken over operations of the town after driving out local police and civil servants. [13]

  4. Battle of Al-Qa'im (2005) - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Al-Qa'im (code-named Operation Matador) was a military offensive conducted by the United States Marine Corps, against insurgent positions in Iraq's northwestern Anbar province, which ran from 8 May 2005 to 19 May 2005. It was focused on eliminating insurgents and foreign fighters in a region known as a smuggling route and a ...

  5. This week marks the 20th anniversary of the U.S.led invasion of Iraq. Then-President George W. Bush and his British counterpart, Prime Minister Tony Blair, signed off on a war based on the myth ...

  6. The Military Tried To Hide Evidence of a Massacre. A Lawsuit ...

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    The Haditha massacre was one of the worst U.S. actions during the Iraq War. After a roadside bomb killed a Marine in the town of Haditha in November 2005, the rest of his squad shot dead 24 ...

  7. Battle of Nasiriyah - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Nasiriyah was fought between the US 2nd Marine Expeditionary Brigade and Iraqi forces from 23 March to 2 April 2003 during the US-led invasion of Iraq.On the night of 24–25 March, the bulk of the Marines of Regimental Combat Team 1 passed through the city over the bridges and attacked north towards Baghdad.

  8. Battle of Najaf (2004) - Wikipedia

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    The Marines reported over 70 enemy dead after nearly an hour of fighting. The Mahdi Army kept a steady resupply of men and weapons coming out of the Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery. CAAT Alpha faced mortars, RPGs (Rocket Propelled Grenades) and small arms fire with one Marine wounded until the unit ran low on ammunition. 1/4's Bravo Company was sent in ...

  9. Battle of Haditha - Wikipedia

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    The company saw combat from Hīt, Iraq in the east to Al-Qa'im in the west. During Operation Matador, all members of one squad were killed or wounded in 96 hours of fighting. [9] By the end of their deployment the Ohio Marine battalion lost 48 marines and sailors and another 150 wounded out of a complement of 1,350 marines.