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Nov 7, 2017 · U.S. troops patrol the deserted streets of the sprawling Shia slum of Sadr City at sunset after a day of tense clashes across the country with supporters of controversial Shia cleric Moqtada al ...
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Apr 4, 2024 · Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the battle known as “Black Sunday,” a battle in Sadr City, Iraq in which a platoon from the ‘Lancer’ battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division was...
Apr 5, 2024 · Last Updated: April 5, 2024. Thursday marked the 20th anniversary of the battle known as “Black Sunday,” a battle in Sadr City, Iraq in which a platoon from the ‘Lancer’ battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division was caught in a patrol-turned-urban-combat ambush under heavy fire from machine guns, rifles and rocket propelled grenades of ...
Sep 1, 2023 · Neutralize the stronghold of the Mahdi Army in northeastern Baghdad. The operation kicked off on April 4, 2004. Later, the day would become called "Black Sunday." That's because of a bloody revolt against the Coalition after a newspaper from Muqtada Al-Sadr's Sadrist Movement was banned.
Nov 5, 2017 · The “Long Road Home,” based on the book by journalist Martha Raddatz, chronicles the events of April 4, 2004, which came to be known as “Black Sunday.” Soldiers with the 1st Cavalry Division...
Dec 19, 2017 · Addario's photography was consulted to bring ... we see dramatic scenes of the Sadr City attack on U.S. troops. ... is an eight-part chronicle of the harrowing "Black Sunday" ambush faced by Fort ...
