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800 killed ( Red Cross) [17] 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 lasted roughly six weeks, starting 7 November 2004.
Fallujah, city, Al-Anbār muḥāfaẓah (governorate), central Iraq. The city lies on the eastern bank of the Euphrates River, about 50 km (30 miles) downstream of Al-Ramādī, the capital of the governorate, and 65 km (40 miles) west of Baghdad.
In 1947, Fallujah was a small town with a relatively small population but had grown to a population of about 250,900 people by 2018. Within Iraq, it is known as the "city of mosques" due to the 200+ mosques that can be found throughout the city as well as in the surrounding villages.
Nov 7, 2017 · It began Nov. 7, 2004, and ended more than six weeks later on Dec. 23. The effort was led by the U.S. Marine Corps and was the bloodiest battle of the Iraq war. The impetus for the battle began in...
Mar 22, 2023 · Areas of Fallujah were leveled in two huge battles 20 years ago when the U.S. invaded Iraq. ISIS took it over and was driven out in 2016. Today, it is a very different city, but the memories...
Second Battle of Fallujah, joint American, Iraqi, and British military campaign from November 7 to December 23, 2004, during the Iraq War that crushed the Islamic insurgents in Fallujah, Iraq, in the Sunni Muslim province of Al-Anbar.
Nov 10, 2014 · BBC correspondent Paul Wood, embedded with US forces fighting in Falluja 10 years ago, recalls the hardest battle of the US campaign in Iraq.
Fallujah was a hotbed of insurgency in Iraq until American forces fought two pitched battles to pacify the region in 2004.
Watch FRONTLINE's documentary about the battle of Fallujah. U.S. Marines, journalists and ordinary Iraqis recount one of the defining episodes of the Iraq War twenty years after the invasion.
May 30, 2016 · A profile of the Iraq city of Falluja, captured by so-called Islamic State militants in January 2014.
