Siege of Sadr City
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The Siege of Sadr City was a blockade of the Shi'a district of northeastern Baghdad carried out by US and Iraqi government forces in an attempt to destroy the main power base of the insurgent Mahdi Army in Baghdad. The siege began on 4 April 2004 – later dubbed "Black Sunday" – with an uprising against the Coalition Provisional Authority following the government banning of a newspaper published by Muqtada Al-Sadr's Sadrist Movement. The most intense periods of fighting in Sadr City occurred during the first uprising in April 2004, the second in August the same year, during the sectarian conflict that gripped Baghdad in late 2006, during the Iraq War troop surge of 2007, and during the spring fighting of 2008.
2004 — 2008
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| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| area | region | 1920 | Mandatory Iraq | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1921 | Kingdom of Iraq | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1958 | Unknown | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 1968 | Ba'athist Iraq | Wikidata | |
| area | region | 2003 | Coalition Provisional Authority | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Bekir Subaşı incident | rebellion | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | Bombing of Amiriya's shelter | bombardment | Wikidata | |
| event | armed conflict | 633 | Battle of Husayd | Sasanian Empire, battle, Rashidun Caliphate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 812 | Siege of Baghdad | al-Maʾmun, Al-Amin, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 932 | Battle of Baghdad | Abbasid Caliphate, battle, Mu'nis al-Khadim | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 946 | Battle of Baghdad | Buyid dynasty, Hamdanid dynasty, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1136 | Siege of Baghdad (1136) | Abbasid Caliphate, siege, Seljuk Empire | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1157 | Siege of Baghdad (1157) | Abbasid Caliphate, Zengid dynasty, Seljuk Empire, siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1258 | Siege of Baghdad | Abbasid Caliphate, Kingdom of Georgia, battle, Ilkhanate, siege, Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia, sack | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1401 | Siege of Baghdad | siege, Timurid Empire, Jalayirid Sultanate | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1508 | Capture of Baghdad | battle, Aq Qoyunlu, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1524 | Capture of Baghdad | battle, Kalhure, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1534 | Capture of Baghdad | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1624 | Capture of Baghdad (1624) | Ottoman Empire, battle, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1625 | Siege of Baghdad | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1630 | Siege of Baghdad | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1638 | Capture of Baghdad (1638) | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1733 | Siege of Baghdad (1733) | Ottoman Empire, siege, Safavid Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1821 | Siege of Baghdad | Ottoman Empire, siege, Qajar Iran | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1917 | Samarrah Offensive | offensive | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1918 | Battle of Sharqat | British Empire, Ottoman Empire, battle, Assyrian volunteers | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1935 | 1935–1936 Iraqi Shia revolts | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1948 | Al-Wathbah uprising | rebellion | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1980 | Operation Scorch Sword | battle, military operation | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1981 | Operation Opera | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1991 | Samurra Air Battle | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 1991 | Amiriyah shelter bombing | airstrike, massacre | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2003 | Battle of Baghdad | United States, Iraq, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2004 | Siege of Sadr City | siege | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2004 | Haifa Street helicopter incident | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2004 | Operation Plymouth Rock | United States, battle, military operation | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2007 | Battle of Haifa Street | United States, battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2007 | July 12, 2007 Baghdad airstrike | airstrike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2007 | Operation Imposing Law | battle | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2020 | assassination of Qasem Soleimani | targeted killing, drone warfare, missile strike, assassination | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2020 | 2020 Camp Taji attacks | missile strike | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2021 | 2021 Baghdad clashes | armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | armed conflict | 2022 | 2022 Iraq parliament attack | protest, armed conflict | Wikidata |
| event | war | 1941 | Anglo-Iraqi War | United Kingdom, war, Australia, Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Iraq, Kingdom of Italy, Kingdom of Greece, Dominion of New Zealand, 'Abd al-Ilah | Wikidata |
| organisation | arms industry | State Company for Military Industries | arms industry, business, enterprise | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Defense.gov News Photo 040818-A-8033W-006 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Defense.gov News Photo 041011-N-4614W-084 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Defense.gov News Photo 041110-A-4543J-018 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | M113 Iraq 1st Armored Division | Commons | ||
| commons | image | US Army on partol in Sadr City | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Staff Sergeant 118th Military Police in Sadr City, Iraq | Commons | ||
| commons | image | IA-Sadr-City-04242008 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Sadr-city-barrier-teams-05082008 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Sadr City April 2008 | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Top of Combat Outpost Texas, in Sadr City, Baghdad, Iraq. (3521609651) | Commons | ||









