Second Battle of Fallujah (Operation Phantom Fury) |
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Part of the Iraq War | |||||||
U.S. Marines from Mike Battery, 4th Battalion, 14th Marines, operate the 155mm M198 howitzer at Camp Fallujah, November 2004. |
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Republic of Iraq United Kingdom |
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Islamic Army of Iraq Ansar al-Sunna 1920 Revolution Brigade Army of Mohammed Army of the Mujahedeen Secret Islamic Army of Iraq Other insurgents |
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Richard F. Natonski Keith Stalder James Mattis James Cowan |
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi (Ansar-ul-Islam Commander) |
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Strength | |||||||
10,500 troops |
≈3,700–4,000 insurgents | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
American: 95 killed, 560 wounded (54 killed and 425 wounded from 7 to 16 November) Iraqi: 8 killed, 43 wounded British: 4 killed, 10 wounded Total: 107 killed, 613 wounded |
1,200–1,500 killed 1,500 captured |
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Unknown number of civilians killed |
Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
(Commander of Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad)
Abdullah Jannabi
(Preacher)
Omar Hadid †
(Field Commander)
Abu Ayyub al-Masri
Abdullah Shaddad
(Field Commander)
10,500 troops
2,000 security forces
850 troops