On July 31, 2004 the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit - Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC), under the Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South (MND-CS), assumed operational control of An Najaf and Al-Qadisiyyah provinces from Task Force Dragon, which was composed of elements of the 1st Infantry Division. Task Force Dragon had earlier (June 2004) relieved the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment who had been extended twice in Iraq.
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| - On July 31, 2004 the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit - Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC), under the Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South (MND-CS), assumed operational control of An Najaf and Al-Qadisiyyah provinces from Task Force Dragon, which was composed of elements of the 1st Infantry Division. Task Force Dragon had earlier (June 2004) relieved the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment who had been extended twice in Iraq.
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| - Uprising of the al-Mahdi Army of Muqtada al-Sadr
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| - Col. Anthony Haslam
- Muqtada al-Sadr
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| - U.S. soldier looks towards the An Najaf cemetery in Iraq during the Battle of Najaf
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| Result
| - Mahdi Army forced from Najaf
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- United States
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- al-Mahdi Army
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| - On July 31, 2004 the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit - Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC), under the Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South (MND-CS), assumed operational control of An Najaf and Al-Qadisiyyah provinces from Task Force Dragon, which was composed of elements of the 1st Infantry Division. Task Force Dragon had earlier (June 2004) relieved the 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment who had been extended twice in Iraq. The MEU and the Mahdi Army first exchanged fire on August 2, when a patrol by CAAT Alpha Wpns Co 1/4 approached a maternity clinic located directly across the street from the home of Muqtada al-Sadr on the outskirts of the city. The clinic was in an area authorized for U.S. presence under a June cease-fire agreement brokered between coalition forces and Muqtada Sadr by the Governor of Najaf, other local civic leaders, and the Bayt al-Shia (the informal council of senior Shia clerics). The Marines reported over 70 enemy dead after nearly an hour of fighting. The Mahdi Army kept a steady resupply of men and weapons coming out of the Wadi-us-Salaam cemetery. CAAT Alpha faced mortars, RPG's (Rocket Propelled Grenades) and small arms fire with one Marine wounded until running low on ammunition. 1/4's Bravo Co. was sent in on 7-ton trucks to provide covering fire for CAAT Alpha. Both sides withdrew to their respective strongholds soon afterwards.
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