Category: War, from Wikidata’s classes “battle”, “military operation”
First Battle of Fallujah
Part of: occupation of Iraq Wikidata, Iraq War
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: battle, military operation (all its classes: Wikidata item)
The First Battle of Fallujah, code-named Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an American-led operation of the Iraq War 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, and the killings of five American soldiers in Habbaniyah a few days earlier.
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.
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First Battle of Fallujah. (2026, October 7). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=First_Battle_of_Fallujah&oldid=1379086690
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