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The Iraq Spring Fighting of 2008 (March – May, 2008) was a series of clashes between the Mahdi Army and the Iraqi Army supported by coalition forces, in southern Iraq and Baghdad, that began with an Iraqi offensive in Basra. The fighting followed a lull in the Civil war in Iraq and was the most serious crisis since October 2007.

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  • The Iraq Spring Fighting of 2008 (March – May, 2008) was a series of clashes between the Mahdi Army and the Iraqi Army supported by coalition forces, in southern Iraq and Baghdad, that began with an Iraqi offensive in Basra. The fighting followed a lull in the Civil war in Iraq and was the most serious crisis since October 2007.
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  • Iraq Spring Fighting of 2008
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  • (Iraqi security forces)
  • 1 killed (Iraqi militia)
  • 191 killed;
  • 2,100 deserted, defected or captured
  • 35 killed (U.S. forces)
  • 4 killed (Islamic Dawa Party)
combatant
  • Special Groups
  • Badr Brigades
  • Mahdi Army
  • Awakening Councils
  • Iraqi Army
  • Fadhila Militia
  • Islamic Dawa Party
  • Thar Allah
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is part of military conflict
place of military conflict
result
  • Ceasefire
  • *Iraqi forces gain control ofSadr City
  • *Iraqi forces launch further operations inMaysan Governorate
  • *Mahdi Army propaganda victory in Basra, however clearing operations continued
  • *Maliki government politically weakened and agrees to immunity for Mahdi Army gunmen and a release of detained Mahdi Army members
strength
  • 60,000
  • 400,000
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