Battle of Samara | |||||||
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Part of the Iraq War | |||||||
![]() Smoke rises from near the Golden Mosque during the battle of Samarra, 1 October 2004. | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
![]() 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 |
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Units involved | |||||||
Unknown |
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Strength | |||||||
500-1,000 insurgents[2] |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||
127 killed 60 wounded 128 captured[3][4] |
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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.
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