"35,000" . . "Mahdi Army" . "14,800 deserted" . "Other coalition forces:" . "United Kingdom" . "U.S.:" . "22pxBa'ath Loyalists" . . . . "2004-06-24Z"^^ . "Coalition Forces:" . "22pxAl-Qaeda in Iraq" . "Australia" . . "Iraqi security forces:" . "(Major strategic gains by insurgents, U.S. manages to retain control of at least 60% of the country)" . "107 wounded" . "Poland" . "The Iraq Spring Fighting of 2004 (April 4, 2004 \u2013 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."@en . "Multinational forces in Iraq" . "Insurgent Forces:" . "217 killed;" . "United States" . . "Indecisive" . . "Islamic Army in Iraq (largest Sunni militia)" . "2004-04-04Z"^^ . "Ansar-ul-Sunnah (spin-off from Ansar-ul-Islam)" . "16 killed;" . "1920 Battalions (Sunni Islamists with an Iraq focus)" . "1 captured;" . "Other insurgent groups and militias" . "150 killed;" . "Spain" . "2,500 wounded" . "New Iraqi Army" . "Iraq Spring Fighting of 2004"@en . "Mujahin Army in Iraq, Army of Muhammad (peace and blessins on him) (both Sunni Islamists with professional military experience)" . "200,000" .