Battle of Al Kut

Battle of Al Kut
Part of Iraq War

Areas of Responsibility in Iraq as of 30 April 2004
Date5–7 April 2004
LocationAl Kut, Iraq
Belligerents
United States
Ukraine		 Mahdi Army
Commanders and leaders
Sergiy Bezlushchenko Muqtada al-Sadr
Strength
5th Mechanized Brigade Rebel fighters
Casualties and losses
Killed: 1
Wounded: 6		 Killed: 180-200

The Battle of Al Kut was a coordinated Iraqi uprising, launched near the beginning of the Iraq War by Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

In April 2004, followers of Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr launched a well-coordinated uprising across southern Iraq. While Western media focused on events in Sadr City, Najaf, and Karbala, violence occurred elsewhere as well. A Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) source forwarded the following after-action report regarding violence in the town of Al-Kut, the capital of the Wassit Governorate and home to the Ukrainian contingent.

The unclassified report, written by a coalition security contractor, highlights dysfunction between regional coalition offices and the Coalition Provisional Authority headquarters in Baghdad, as well as tension between diplomats and security officers. The summary faulted a British diplomat who had "toned down" reports of Islamist activity so as not to alarm superiors in Baghdad. The report gave a minute-by-minute update of the battle.[1]

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References

  1. ↑ "Al-Kut, Iraq: After-Battle Report :: Middle East Quarterly". Meforum.org. Retrieved 2011-08-17.

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