2008 Iraq spring fighting
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The 2008 Iraq spring fighting was a series of clashes between the Mahdi Army and allies and the Iraqi Army supported by coalition forces, in southern Iraq and parts of Baghdad, that began with an Iraqi offensive in Basra.
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2008 Iraq spring fighting | |||||||
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Part of the Iraqi civil war (2006–2008) (Iraq War) | |||||||
Major flashpoints of the fighting | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
Iraqi Army | Fadhila Militia[2] | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Nouri al-Maliki |
Muqtada al-Sadr | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
400,000 | 60,000 | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
35 killed [3][4][5] 191 security forces killed 1 militiaman killed [6] 4 Islamic Dawa Party members killed 2,100 deserted, defected or captured[7] |
700 killed (US Claim)[8] 2,000+ killed (Iraqi claim)[9][10] | ||||||
1,112 Iraqi civilians killed, 2 U.S. and 2 Indian civilians killed |
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