Battle of Najaf (2004) | |||||||||
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Part of the Iraq War | |||||||||
![]() U.S. Army soldier looks towards the An Najaf cemetery during the battle | |||||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() retired later | (Minor involvement in cooperation with JAM) | ||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Units involved | |||||||||
![]() | No specific units | ||||||||
Strength | |||||||||
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | est. 1,400–1,500 militiamen | ||||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||||
![]() 330+ wounded 666 armoured vehicles damaged[citation needed] ![]() 46 wounded[citation needed] ![]() 129 wounded[citation needed] ![]() 3 wounded[3] |
36 killed, 70 wounded (Mahdi army claim)[4] 360+killed, 261 captured (coalition claim)[5] |
The Battle of Najaf was fought between United States and Iraqi forces on one side and the Mahdi Army led by Muqtada al-Sadr on the other in the Iraqi city of Najaf in August 2004.
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