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Battle of Samarra (2004)
| Battle of Samara | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part of the Iraq War | |||||||
&sq=&lang=en&file=File:OperationBatonRouge1.jpg) Smoke rises from near the Golden Mosque during the battle of Samarra, 1 October 2004. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
  Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad&sq=&lang=en&file=File:Flag_of_the_Ba%27ath_Party.svg){kind=small} Ba'ath Party loyalists[1] |
 United States Iraq | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Haitham Shaker Badri Najam Takhi Nisani Hammadi Takhi Nisani Rafiq Rahmani Hadi Hussein Kaj Zaidan Mohammad Haji Hazim Mohammad Haji Husain Ali Muzaibar Ibrahim Abbas Harbouni Alaa Ibrahim Abbas |
Adnan Thabit | ||||||
| Units involved | |||||||
| Unknown |
7th Iraqi Army Battalion 202nd Iraqi National Guard Battalion Iraqi 36th Commando Battalion | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 500–1,000 insurgents[2] |
3,000 troops 2,000 security forces | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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127 killed 60 wounded 128 captured[3][4] |
1 killed [5] 4 killed | ||||||
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20 civilians killed 61 civilians wounded[3] | |||||||
The Battle of Samarra, also called Operation Baton Rouge, took place in 2004 during the Iraq War. The city of Samarra in central Iraq had fallen under the control of insurgents shortly after insurgents had seized control of Fallujah and Ramadi. In preparation for an offensive to retake Fallujah, on 1 October, 5,000 American and Iraqi troops assaulted Samarra and secured the city after three days of fighting.
- ^ Wright, Dr. Donald P, and Reese, Colonel Timothy R. On Point II: Transition to the New Campaign: The United States Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom, May 2003-January 2005, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013 ISBN 1494406470 ISBN 978-1494406479
- ^ John Pike. "Operation Baton Rouge". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Showdown in Samarra". Fox News. 11 October 2004. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
- ^ "The U.S. Army Professional Writing Collection". Archived from the original on 8 September 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2008.
- ^ "ICasualties: Iraq Coalition Casualty Count - Deaths by Year and Month". Archived from the original on 12 August 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
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