insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at their convoy near the southern city of Kut. Watching the tanks rolling by, SFC Swope frantically called into the radio for them to stop. script.setAttribute("onerror", "setNptTechAdblockerCookie(true);"); Task Force Lancer consisted primarily of the 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment from the 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division under the command of Colonel Robert B. Abrams. At the time of the battle, Sadr City contained an estimated population of between 1.6 to 2.4 million residents. Baghdad, Kut, and An Najaf were scenes of concerted attacks by the Mahdi army throughout Iraq on 4 April 2004. Battle for the city of the dead: In the shadow of the Golden Dome, Najaf, August 2004. N.B. 04 April 2004: 2-37th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division: Died of wounds received during a small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenade attack on April 4 in Sadr City: 7 Sgt. It looks so much like Sadr City. Maj. Booker, the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines conducted missions know as “IO’s” (Information Operations) prior to the events of April 6, 2004. DoD initially reported erroneously that person as a US Dept of the Army civilian. US forces, from the 759th Military Police Battalion, subsequently regained control of the police stations after running firefights with Mahdi rebels that kille… They would go on to fight this new insurgency for 80 straight days, and then after a brief respite, would endure another 60. I found myself looking for IEDs on the streets. In the days ahead of April 4, his followers had been protesting in the thousands in Baghdad and other areas. N.B. Killed when Abrams tank rolled over in a northern section of Baghdad around 9:25 a.m. Died due to injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Killed as Marines battled enemy forces near Husaybah, near the Syrian border in Qaim in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Died due to injuries received from enemy action at Husaybah near the Syrian border in Qaim in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Killed as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar Province while conducting security and stability operations, 115th Forward Support Bn, DISCOM, 1st Cavalry Division, Died in eastern Baghdad at about 10 a.m. when an improvised explosive device exploded near his patrol, Army National Guard's 153rd Engineer Battalion, 1st Bn, 26th Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 1st ID. script.setAttribute("src", "//www.npttech.com/advertising.js"); Back at the house in the alley, with an Iraqi family still inside, soldiers from the platoon took up positions on the roof. Killed when his quick reaction force (QRF) which was responding to an earlier mortar attack in the vicinity of Camp Cooke was targeted by a coordinated attack. On April 3, Bremer sent troops to al-Sadr’s home and arrested Mustafa Yaqoubi, a top lieutenant,sparking further protests. A Mehdi Army fighter looks toward American military positions in Najaf. var script = document.createElement("script"); DoD Release: Died due to injuries received from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, Naval Medical Center San Diego, 1st MARDIV Det., San Diego, Died in Ashula, Iraq, when individuals who fired a rocket-propelled-grenade attacked his unit, DoD Release: Died as a result of injuries received from enemy action in Al Anbar Province, DoD Release: Died from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, DoD Release: Killed when an improvised explosive device and small arms fire struck his mounted patrol in Baghdad, DoD Release: Died from injuries sustained when his patrol was ambushed near Baghdad on April 8, DoD Release: Died from hostile fire in Iraq, DoD Release: Killed in Baghdad, Iraq, when she became involved in an improvised explosive device and small arms attack, DoD Release: Died in Baqubah, Iraq when he was on an anti-mortar mission and there was an explosion of unknown origin, DoD Release: Died in Baghdad, Iraq, when his patrol vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, DoD Release: Died due to enemy fire in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, DoD Release: Died in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, while his unit was conducting combat operations, DoD Release: Died in Al Anbar Province, Iraq, from injuries sustained during combat operations, DoD Release: Died due to a non-combat related vehicle accident northeast of Ar Ramadi, Iraq, DoD Release: Died in Iskandariyah, Iraq, when his armored personnel carrier hit an improvised explosive device, DoD Release: Died in Landstuhl, Germany, of injuries sustained on March 14 when his military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, DoD Release: Was unaccounted for since April 9, in Iraq, when his convoy came under attack by individuals using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire. Sadr City is a dense Shiite area in eastern Baghdad whose boundaries with adjacent Sunni-dominated neighborhoods represent sectarian fault lines. On April 4, 2004 the Mahdi Army ambushed a U.S. Army patrol in Sadr City, killing eight American soldiers, and wounding 57 more. There were no reports of casualties. } Every night, U.S. troops in Sadr City roll their 60-ton armored Bradley fighting vehicles onto hostile streets, to play a dangerous game of cat-and-mouse. Troy Denomy, the commander of Charlie Company, recalled. Charlie Company passed by the alleyway, but with the antennas shot off the lead Bradley fighting vehicles, the Bradleys were unable to hear the radio calls to stop. Killed as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar province while conducting security and stability operationsK, 1st Bn, 5th Marine Regiment, 1st MARDIV, I MEF, killed as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar province while conducting security and stability operations, Died from injuries suffered in an improvised explosive device attack on a Coalition convoy in Mosul April 4. Then reports arrived of enemy fighters seizing the local police stations in the neighborhood. Killed as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar province while conducting security and stability operations, 1st Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn, 1st MARDIV, I MEF, Combat Service Support Group 11, 1st Force Service Support Group, I MEF. Eventually, a tank company came up the adjoining road. The next day thousands of Iraqis rallied outside the offices of Al-Hawza in support of the newspaper. Lt. Shane Aguero, the platoon leader, directed the team down an alleyway, where the soldiers took cover in a house. Camp, R. D. (2011). This is where those troops trained. Back at the battalion’s base, Camp War Eagle, located just outside Sadr City, the new commander, Lt. Col. Gary Volesky, was taking over command as radio reports came in from the platoon detailing the increasing intensity of the fight. The final straw came when the U.S.-led coalition shut down a popular newspaper and arrested a close ally. The population, predominantly Shia, had suffered under the Sunni leadership of Saddam Hussein, and the incoming 2-5 battalion was anticipating a reconstruction and peace keeping mission. Baghdad, Kut, and An Najaf were scenes of concerted attacks by the Mahdi army throughout Iraq on 4 April 2004. The Siege of Sadr City was a United States and Iraqi Army military blockade of the Shia-majority Baghdad slum of Sadr City which occurred from 2004 to 2008 during the Iraq War. “I understand now what it means when you go to a veterans’ ceremony and you see the old veterans get together and hug and cry and you never really understood it. Some of the troops call it "Black Sunday," sad, because it was Palm Sunday. The Siege of Sadr City was a United States and Iraqi Army military blockade of the Shia-majority Baghdad slum of Sadr City which occurred from 2004 to 2008 during the Iraq War. Electrocuted while working on a generator at a Coalition base near Samarra around 10:30 p.m. 596th Maintenance Company, 3rd Corps Support Command, V Corps. They were supporting Soldiers in a ground convoy that was receiving small arms fire, Killed in action as a result of enemy action in the Al Anbar Province while conducting security and stability operations, 2nd Battalion, 108th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, Died in Samarra, Iraq, when his patrol was ambushed, Died from hostile fire in Al Anbar Province, 3rd Assault Amphibian Bn, 1st MARDIV, I MEF, 2nd Bn, 2nd Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. DoD Release: DoD announced change in status from missing-captured to deceased on March 31, 2008. Ahmed Cason, Spc. The Soldier was pronounced dead at the hospital / DoD Release: Incident took place in Sadr City, Iraq, when his patrol came under enemy small arms fire 42 Pfc. 1st Class Swope would be awarded a Silver Star for staying in the Humvee in the alley and remaining on the radio for the entire battle. Drawing on the continuing instability, rampant unemployment and poverty still plaguing Shia communities, al Sadr was stirring up resentment across the country. killed during a convoy attack in north-east Baghdad at about 7 p.m. Soldier was killed in action in Mosul over the past 24 hours. After his vehicle was hit from behind by a civilian truck and left hanging off the side of the bridge, he attempted to climb out of the vehicle but fell, 333rd Military Police Co, [attached to 16th Military Police Brigade]. This is where those troops trained. Died when convoy was attacked with an improvised explosive device west of Mosul just after 9 a.m. Died of wounds received in action April 14 while conducting operations against anti-Coalition forces in the Al Anbar Province, Died in Samarra, Iraq, when his convoy vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, Died in Karbala, Iraq, from wounds sustained when a Coalition convoy was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire, 39th Support Battalion, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Died in Taji, Iraq, when mortar rounds hit their camp, Died in Baghdad, Iraq, of non-combat related, Petty Officer 1st Class Michael J. Pernaselli, Died when suicide bombers using boats launched waterborne attacks against oil facilities off Basrah in the northern Persian Gulf, ~100 miles from Umm Qasr, Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher E. Watts, Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan B. Bruckenthal, B Co, 3rd Bn, 153rd Infantry, 39th Brigade Combat Team, Died when his military vehicle was hit an improvised explosive device and small arms fire while traveling in a convoy from Baghdad, Killed in action while conducting operations against anti-Coalition forces in the Al Anbar Province, Army Reserve's Det. Died in Muqdadiyah, Iraq, of causes unknown. In the Battle of Sadr City, coalition forces had to worry about the will of their political leaders and casualty-weary populations; six US soldiers died during this battle. var setNptTechAdblockerCookie = function(adblocker) { 1st Class Jerry Swope stayed down in the alley in one of the remaining Humvees. What began as a routine patrol escorting sewage trucks, known as the "honey wagons," ended up in surprise ambushes … Keith M. Maupin, 24, of Batavia, Ohio. Within minutes, a gunner, Sgt. “I remember looking at the street, you’d see the rounds that were missing, you could see the impact on the street, and it kind of looked like rain when it hits puddles.”. They also had to worry about Iraqi political will, as al-Maliki balanced fragile sectarian relationships and populations. #ga-ad {display: none;} Sadr City went from being "the safest place in Iraq" in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to being a stronghold of the Mahdi Army insurgent group of Muqtada al-Sadr. The tank company commander saw the light, and stopped, bringing the power and might needed to push back the enemy fighters and get the platoon out. His convoy came under attack by individuals using rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire on April 9, 2004. Maupin had been listed as missing-captured since April 16, 2004. As part of a rescue mission, he and more than a dozen other soldiers were in the rear of an open-bed LMTV truck. From October 2003 to April 2004, constant operations in Sadr City had familiarized the … Sadr City Attack On U.S. Killed in a vehicle accident east of al Qasim around 6 p.m. 1st Bn, 36th Infantry, 1st Armored Division, Army National Guard's 133rd Engineer Battalion. Armed Iraqi Muslim Shiites, member of Shiite radical leader Moqtada al-Sadr Army of Mehdi militia jubilate near a burning US Army Humvee during clashes in Baghdad's al-Sadr City district, April 4, 2004. 05-07-2011 02:25:46 ZULU, Killed as a result of enemy action in Al Anbar Province, Improvised explosive device detonated where he was setting up an observation point in Baghdad, Killed in action in the Al Anbar Province, 1st Combat Engineer Bn, 1st MARDIV, I MEF, Died from wounds received in action in the Al Anbar Province, 2-37th Armor Regiment, 1st Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Died of wounds received during a small-arms fire and rocket-propelled grenade attack on April 4 in Sadr City, 2-5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed when militia engaged coalition forces and ISF with small arms fire and RPGs in Sadr City, Baghdad. Martha Raddatz reflects on her upcoming miniseries about Black Sunday: 'It's different than anything I've ever done', Two Soldiers, Scarred by the Same Battle, Reunite 10 Years Later. A platoon of 18 soldiers and their interpreter was returning to its base from the most routine of missions, providing security for sewage trucks, when it suddenly came under fire. Died when a U.S. Army convoy came under attack in downtown Baghdad around 11:30 p.m. 1st Bn, 82nd Field Artillery, 1st Cavalry Division, Died as a result of wounds sustained during an improvised device attack in Baghdad on April 10 when his patrol vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, Chief Warrant Officer Wesley C. Fortenberry, 1st Bn, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed when their AH-64 Apache attack helicopter was shot down near Baghdad International Airport. The platoon leader, Lt. Aguero, in a last-ditch effort, ran down the alley waving his flashlight in the dark. — -- On April 4, 2004, the 2-5 battalion of the 1st Cavalry Division was just taking over responsibility for Sadr City, a large Baghdad slum with a population of 2 million. U.S. troops patrol the deserted streets of the sprawling Shia slum of Sadr City at sunset after a day of tense clashes across the country with supporters of controversial Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, April 4, 2004, in Sadr City, Iraq. They had been handed a routine mission, Sadr City Attack On U.S. Young joined the Army just two days after Sept. 11, 2001, and assumed he would be sent to Afghanistan, but on April 4, 2004 he was in Sadr City, Iraq. As the fighting started on April 4, 2004, militiamen ambushed a 1st Cavalry Division patrol and Iraqi policewere expelled from three police stations in Sadr City. Belligerents United States Iraqi insurgentsStrength 1500 800-1200Casualties and losses 13 killed140 wounded 500-650 killed The Battle of Ramadi was fought in the spring of 2004, during the same time as the First Battle of Fallujah. One of the veterans of the ambush in Sadr City in April 2004 has revealed that National Geographic’s film The Long Road Home is a shameful piece of propaganda that butchers history and ignored offers of help from the squad who were actually in the firefight in order to present a bastardised and propagandistic version of events.. It was April 4th, 2004, and troops from the 1st Cavalry, out of Fort Hood, Texas had just arrived in Iraq.  document.cookie = "__adblocker=" + (adblocker ? Battery C, 3rd Bn, 82nd FA, 1st Cavalry Division, Died as a result of non-battle injuries sustained in a vehicle accident in western Baghdad, 2nd Bn, 5th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, 2-5th Infantry is a 25th Infantry Division, Killed in a rocket-propelled grenade attack on his patrol in eastern Baghdad, Killed while operating south of Baghdad in the vicinity of Mahmudiyah by a car bomb, 1st Bn, 63rd Armor, 1st Infantry Division, Killed in improvised explosive device attack near Baqubah, Died in a non-hostile incident in Baghdad, 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Bn, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF, Killed in a suicide car bombing near the Marines' camp in Fallujah, 2nd Combat Engineer Bn, 2nd MARDIV, II MEF, Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason B. Dwelley, Died when military vehicle hit an improvised explosive device while traveling in a convoy in Al Anbar province, Iraq, Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher M. Dickerson. Here’s more about the ambush that would be known as Black Sunday: More than a year after the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the toppling of Saddam Hussein, American forces still faced violence across the country, but Sadr City had been relatively calm. script.setAttribute("async", true); I found myself looking for IEDs on the streets. They had been handed a routine mission, Sadr City Attack On U.S. Robert Arsiaga, Spc. "true" : "false") + "; expires=" + d.toUTCString() + "; path=/"; April 4, 2004 was a bloody day for American forces in Sadr City, Iraq. Minneapolis, Minn: Zenith Press. Insurgents show off a part taken from a U.S. Army OH-58 helicopter that made an emergency landing just north of Baghdad's Sadr City neighborhood on Sunday, Aug. 8, 2004. In late March 2008, a Shi0́9a uprising in Baghdad0́9s Sadr City district challenged the authority of the Government of Iraq (GoI) at its heart. The primary role of the Marines in these mission swas to “win the hearts and minds” of the locals… April 4, 2004 was a bloody day for American forces in Sadr City, Iraq. Sadr City went from being "the safest place in Iraq" in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq to being a stronghold of the Mahdi Army insurgent group of Muqtada al-Sadr. Michael Mitchell and Spc. The armed forces medical examiner confirmed on March 29, human remains recovered in Iraq were those of Staff Sgt. For soldiers of the 2-5 battalion, it was moment that would define the days to follow. Israel Garza, Spc. Most of them were in their 20s. The Jaish al Mahdi (JAM) overran GoI outposts in the district and barraged the International Zone with short-range rockets. On that afternoon, elements of the Mahdi army engaged multiple elements of 2d Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment 2-5 CAV, 1st Cavalry Division, nearly simultaneously throughout Sadr City in northern Baghdad. Troops Retold In 'The Long Road Home' Martha Raddatz' 2007 book chronicling the ambush has been turned into an 8-part National Geographic series. I understand it now.”, 24/7 coverage of breaking news and live events. And I walked down those streets of recreated Sadr City with more than 80 buildings - acres and acres and acres. Share on Twitter; ... to the massive Sadr City neighborhood on the outskirts of Baghdad. As enemy fighters continuously assaulted the platoon, Swope was on the Humvee’s radio for the entire fight, the only point of contact with rescue teams struggling to get to them. It was so powerful. Died when an improvised explosive device exploded near his convoy escort vehicle south of Baghdad at around 12:30 a.m. 9th Engineer Bn, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Killed in improvised explosive device attack near Samarra at around noon, 1st Bn, 16th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, 3rd Brigade, 2nd ID (Stryker Brigade Combat Team), Died from an acute cardiac event in Mosul, Combat Service Support Bn 1, CSSG 11, 1st FSSG, I MEF. The U.S. military said that fighting broke out overnight in Sadr City, a stronghold of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's militants. 1, 3rd Bn, 304th Regiment, 98th Division, B Co, 20th Engineer Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division, Killed when patrol came under small-arms fire in east Baghdad, 5th Bn, 20th Infantry, 3rd BCT, 2nd Infantry Division. February 2004, the 2nd Battalion 4th Marines was tasked with stability operations in the Al Anbar capital city of Ar Ramadi, Iraq. Henry C. 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