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Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi (Arabic: أحمد هاشم عبد العيساوي) was an al Qaeda terrorist operating in Iraq in the early 2000s. [1] He allegedly masterminded [2] [3] [4] the ambush and killing of four American military contractors whose bodies were then dragged by a spontaneously formed mob and hung from the old bridge over the Euphrates river in Fallujah, Iraq. [5]
The Second Battle of Ramadi was fought during the Iraq War from March 2006 to November 2006, for control of the capital of the Al Anbar Governorate in western Iraq. A joint US military force under the command 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division and Iraqi Security Forces fought insurgents for control of key locations in Ramadi.
Martyrs' Day (Arabic: عيد الشهداء) is a Syrian and Lebanese national holiday commemorating the Syrian and Lebanese Muslim-Christian Arab nationalists executed in Damascus and Beirut on 6 May 1916 by Jamal Pasha, also known as 'Al Jazzar' or 'The Butcher', the Ottoman wāli of Greater Syria.
Christopher Scott Kyle (April 8, 1974 – February 2, 2013) was a United States Navy SEAL sniper.He served four tours in the Iraq War and was awarded several commendations for acts of heroism and meritorious service in combat.
Its local elites were also closely tied to the regime. The Anbar tribes in and around the city were largely co-opted to support the regime and Ramadi was the home base of the Iraqi Army's combat engineers, special forces and many active and retired senior officers. [18] Ramadi was the scene of large-scale demonstrations against Saddam Hussein ...
The 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment was the first American military unit to reach Ramadi, arriving in early May 2003. [2] The 3rd ACR's headquarters was located at the Rifles Base, which by July had hundreds of laborers from around the world working around the clock to construct a dining hall and recreation area for American forces.
Battle of Ramadi may refer to one of the following: Battles of Ramadi (1917), battles between British and Ottoman Empire forces in September 1917 during the First World War; Battle of Ramadi (2004), part of the Iraq War; Battle of Ramadi (2006), part of the Iraq War; Battle of Ramadi (2013–2014), part of the War in Iraq (2013–2017)
The two Battles of Ramadi were fought between the forces of the British and Ottoman Empires in July and September 1917 during World War I. The two sides contested the town of Ramadi in central Iraq , about 100 km (62 miles) west of Baghdad on the south bank of the Euphrates River , where an important Ottoman garrison was quartered.