First Battle of Fallujah information

First Battle of Fallujah
	Part of the Iraq War
	; A U.S. Marine from the 1st Marine Division mans an M240G machine gun outside the Fallujah city limits in April 2004.
Date	4 April – 1 May 2004; (3 weeks and 6 days)
Location	Fallujah, Iraq
Result	Insurgent victory
Belligerents
United States ; United Kingdom ;	Al-Qaeda in Iraq ; Islamic Army in Iraq ; Ba'ath Party loyalists; Other Sunni insurgents
Commanders and leaders
James T. Conway; James Mattis; John A. Toolan	Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
Units involved
I Marine Expeditionary Force; 82nd Airborne Division; 101st Airborne Division; 3rd Cavalry Regiment; 10th Mountain Division; 1st Infantry Division; 5th Special Forces Group; Delta Force; Blackwater USA	Islamic Army in Iraq; Jama'at al-Tawhid wal-Jihad
Strength
10,000+	3,600
Casualties and losses
27 killed	184–228 killed (Iraq Body Count)
	572–616 civilians killed (Iraq Body Count)
	class=notpageimage\| Location within Iraq

The First Battle of Fallujah, code-named Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an operation against militants in Fallujah as well as an attempt to apprehend or kill the perpetrators of the killing of four U.S. contractors in March 2004.

The chief catalyst for the operation was the highly publicized killing and mutilation of four Blackwater USA private military contractors,^[6] and the killings of five American soldiers in Habbaniyah a few days earlier.^[7]

The battle, and especially the images of Iraqi civilians killed or injured in the fighting, caused many Iraqis to become resentful of the US presence. Western journalists found that even some Iraqis who previously supported the US invasion, and welcomed American state-building efforts, became increasingly alienated and skeptical of such promises.^[8]

^ ^a ^b "Marines, Iraqis join forces to shut down Fallujah". CNN. 6 April 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2010.
^ ^a ^b "First Battle of Fallujah | Iraq War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
^ Cite error: The named reference icasualties was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ ^a ^b "IBC Fallujah April 2004 News Digest". Iraq Body Count. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "No Longer Unknowable: Falluja's April Civilian Toll is 600". Iraq Body Count. 26 October 2004. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
^ Operation Vigilant Resolve, GlobalSecurity.org.
^ "Official Website for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton – The Scout Newspaper". Cpp.usmc.mil. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2011.
^ Christian Science Monitor, Siege of Fallujah polarizing Iraqis, 15 April 2004

[autogenerated5-1] "Marines, Iraqis join forces to shut down Fallujah". CNN. 6 April 2004. Retrieved 2 May 2010.

[britannica-2] "First Battle of Fallujah | Iraq War | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 4 April 2023.

[icasualties-3] Cite error: The named reference icasualties was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[IBC1-4] "IBC Fallujah April 2004 News Digest". Iraq Body Count. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

[IBC2-5] "No Longer Unknowable: Falluja's April Civilian Toll is 600". Iraq Body Count. 26 October 2004. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

[GlobalSecurity-6] Operation Vigilant Resolve, GlobalSecurity.org.

[7] "Official Website for Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton – The Scout Newspaper". Cpp.usmc.mil. Archived from the original on 20 January 2008. Retrieved 19 May 2011.

[8] Christian Science Monitor, Siege of Fallujah polarizing Iraqis, 15 April 2004

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