2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing

36°18′09″N 43°07′20″E / 36.302433°N 43.122342°E / 36.302433; 43.122342

Attack on Forward Operating Base Marez
Part of Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)
LocationMosul, Iraq
DateDecember 21, 2004 (2004-12-21)
TargetForward Operating Base Marez
Attack type
suicide bombing
Deaths14 U.S. soldiers
4 U.S. civilians
4 Iraqi soldiers
Injured72 (including 51 U.S. soldiers)
PerpetratorsArmy of Ansar al-Sunna
MotiveOccupation of Iraq

The Forward Operating Base Marez bombing took place on December 21, 2004. Fourteen U.S. soldiers, four U.S. citizen Halliburton employees, and four Iraqi soldiers allied with the U.S. military were killed by a suicide bomber in a dining hall at the Forward Operating Base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul.[1]

  1. ^ Redmon, Jeremy (2020-12-02). "The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War". Task & Purpose. Archived from the original on 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-05-10.

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