| Operation Iron Saber | |||||
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| Belligerents | |||||
 United States Army  New Iraqi Army | Iraqi Mahdist Rebels | ||||
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| None | None | ||||
During Post-invasion Iraq, Operation Iron Saber was a coalition strike aimed at defeating the Mahdi Army under the control of Muqtada al-SadrinNajaf, Al Kut and Karbala. The major United States unit involved was Task Force 1/37 Bandits Launched in April 2004, and after intense urban warfare which involved Mahdi militiamen taking refuge in mosques, coalition forces had defeated the Mahdi army by June and had forced a cease-fire with al-Sadr.
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