Back معركة النجف (2004) Arabic Бітва за Эн-Наджаф (2004) Byelorussian Batalla de Najaf (2004) Catalan شەڕی نەجەف (٢٠٠٤) CKB Bitva o Nadžaf (2004) Czech Slaget om Najaf Danish Bataille de Nadjaf (2004) French Битва за Наджаф (2004) Russian Druhá bitka o Nadžaf Slovak Necef Muharebesi (2004) Turkish
| Battle of Najaf (2004) | |||||||||
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| Part of the Iraq War | |||||||||
&sq=Albert Einstein&lang=en&file=File:United_States_soldier_during_the_Battle_of_Najaf.jpg) U.S. Army soldier looks towards the An Najaf cemetery during the battle | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United States United Kingdom Australia Poland Iraq Spainretired later | (minor involvement in cooperation with JAM) | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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Col. Anthony Haslam Jim Dutton[2] Grzegorz Kaliciak |
 Muqtada al-Sadr | ||||||||
| Units involved | |||||||||
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 Iraqi Ground Forces | No specific units | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
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2,000 troops 1,800 security forces 1,000 troops 100 troops 90 troops | est. 1,400–1,500 militiamen | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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8 killed 30+ wounded 6 armoured vehicles damaged[citation needed] 40 killed46 wounded[citation needed] 19 wounded[citation needed] 5 killed3 wounded[3] |
36 killed, 70 wounded (Mahdi Army claim)[4] 360+killed, 261 captured (coalition claim)[5] | ||||||||
The Battle of Najaf was fought between United States and Iraqi forces on one side and the Mahdi Army led by Muqtada al-Sadr on the other in the Iraqi city of Najaf in August 2004.
- ^ "Al-Sadr Winning Battle of Najaf". 23 August 2004.
- ^ "Operation Telic: British Forces Deployed". Archived from the original on 20 August 2014. Retrieved 9 February 2016.
- ^ "Iraqi Guardsmen Close in on Najaf Shrine". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 6 February 2009.
- ^ https://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/06/iraq.main/ [bare URL]
- ^ The Persian Gulf War and the War in Iraq by Elizabeth Schmermund