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  • Battle of Amarah
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  • The city of Amarah was said to have been relatively peaceful during the war, though two competing militia, the Badr Organization, and Mahdi Army existed in it. At the start of the war, there was considerable fighting amongst rival factions, and towards the end, British forces had daily contact with OMS militia - their headquarters being ripped apart by Iraqi mortar fire. British forces left Amarah in August 2006 and the Iraqi government resumed control of the town. In mid October, a roadside bomb killed the Police Chief of Amarah, who belonged to the Badr Organization. In response to this, the police captured a brother of the suspected bomber, who was a member of the Mahdi Army.
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Strength
  • 800
  • unknown
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Partof
  • the Post-invasion Iraq
Date
  • --10-19
Commander
Caption
  • (A masked gunman from the Mahdi Army watches smoke rise from Amarah.)
Casualties
  • 2
  • 6
  • 10
  • 15
  • 90
Result
  • Ceasefire, Iraqi army retakes city
combatant
  • Iraq
  • Mahdi Army
Place
  • Amarah, Iraq
Conflict
  • Battle of Amarah
abstract
  • The city of Amarah was said to have been relatively peaceful during the war, though two competing militia, the Badr Organization, and Mahdi Army existed in it. At the start of the war, there was considerable fighting amongst rival factions, and towards the end, British forces had daily contact with OMS militia - their headquarters being ripped apart by Iraqi mortar fire. British forces left Amarah in August 2006 and the Iraqi government resumed control of the town. In mid October, a roadside bomb killed the Police Chief of Amarah, who belonged to the Badr Organization. In response to this, the police captured a brother of the suspected bomber, who was a member of the Mahdi Army.