The Iraq Spring Fighting of 2004 (April 4, 2004 – June 24, 2004) was a series of operational offensives and various major engagements during the Iraq War. It was a turning point in the war: before, the conflict was simply US/Coalition versus insurgents, but the Spring Fighting marked the entrance of militias and religiously based (Shi'a and Sunni) militant Iraqi groups, such as the Mahdi Army into the arena of conflict.
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| - The Iraq Spring Fighting of 2004 (April 4, 2004 – June 24, 2004) was a series of operational offensives and various major engagements during the Iraq War. It was a turning point in the war: before, the conflict was simply US/Coalition versus insurgents, but the Spring Fighting marked the entrance of militias and religiously based (Shi'a and Sunni) militant Iraqi groups, such as the Mahdi Army into the arena of conflict.
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| - Iraq Spring Fighting of 2004
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| - U.S.:
- 1 captured;
- 107 wounded
- 14,800 deserted
- 150 killed;
- 16 killed;
- 2,500 wounded
- 217 killed;
- Iraqi security forces:
- Other coalition forces:
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| - Australia
- Poland
- Spain
- United Kingdom
- United States
- Mahdi Army
- New Iraqi Army
- Mujahin Army in Iraq, Army of Muhammad (peace and blessins on him) (both Sunni Islamists with professional military experience)
- 22pxAl-Qaeda in Iraq
- 22pxBa'ath Loyalists
- Ansar-ul-Sunnah (spin-off from Ansar-ul-Islam)
- Coalition Forces:
- Insurgent Forces:
- Islamic Army in Iraq (largest Sunni militia)
- Multinational forces in Iraq
- Other insurgent groups and militias
- 1920 Battalions (Sunni Islamists with an Iraq focus)
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- (Major strategic gains by insurgents, U.S. manages to retain control of at least 60% of the country)
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