Operation Iron Saber

Summary

During Post-invasion Iraq, Operation Iron Saber was a coalition strike aimed at defeating the Mahdi Army under the control of Muqtada al-Sadr in Najaf, Al Kut and Karbala. The major United States unit involved was Task Force 1/37 Bandits Launched in April 2004, and after intense urban warfare which involved Mahdi militiamen taking refuge in mosques, coalition forces had defeated the Mahdi army by June and had forced a cease-fire with al-Sadr.

Operation Iron Saber
DateApril 2004
Location
Belligerents
United States United States Army
New Iraqi Army
Iraqi Mahdist Rebels
Casualties and losses
None None

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