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The Second Battle of Fallujah, initially codenamed Operation Phantom Fury, Operation al-Fajr (Arabic: الفجر, lit. ' The Dawn ') was an American-led offensive of the Iraq War that began on 7 November 2004 and lasted about six weeks.
The battle was halted mid-way for political reasons, an outcome that commentators have described as insurgent victory. [3] [4] [5] Seven months later, in November 2004, a second attempt to capture the city, the Second Battle of Fallujah, proved successful. Intelligence reports concluded that the attack was planned by Ahmad Hashim Abd al-Isawi.
As of November 18, 2004, the U.S. military reported 1,200 insurgents killed and 1,000 captured. U.S. casualties were 51 killed and 425 wounded, and the Iraqi forces were 8 killed and 43 wounded. [43] On December 2, 2004, the U.S. death toll in Fallujah operation reached 71 killed. [44]
Rafael Peralta (April 7, 1979 – November 15, 2004) was a United States Marine killed in combat during the Second Battle of Fallujah during the Iraq War.In September 2008 his family was notified that he was awarded the Navy Cross, the second-highest award a United States Marine can receive. [1]
The film documents the use of chemical weapons, particularly the use of incendiary bombs containing white phosphorus, and alleges that insurgents and civilians, including children, had been killed or injured by chemical burns by military forces of the United States of America in the city of Fallujah in Iraq during the Fallujah Offensive of ...
Aubrey Leon McDade Jr. (born July 29, 1981) is a retired United States Marine who was awarded the Navy Cross for his actions in the Iraq War, in which he rescued two U.S. Marines during an enemy ambush during the Second Battle of Fallujah, in November 2004. [2] [3] He is the fifteenth U.S. Marine to receive the Navy Cross in the Global War on ...
Second Battle of Fallujah Sergeant Jose Luis Nazario Jr. (born 1979) is the first American to be tried in a civilian court for war crimes which were allegedly committed while he was on active duty.
Sean Andrew Stokes (February 6, 1983 – July 30, 2007) † was a United States Marine who posthumously received the Silver Star for actions while serving with 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines during the Second Battle of Fallujah. [4] [5] [6] Stokes was one of only three Marine privates to ever be awarded the Silver Star. [7]