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Battle of the Karbala Gap (2003)

Battle of the Karbala Gap
Part of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq
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Destroyed Iraqi Lion of Babylon tank on Highway 9 south of Karbala Gap
Date 2–4 April 2003
Location Outside Karbala and Al Musayib, Iraq
Result U.S. victory
Belligerents
 United States  Iraq
Commanders and leaders
United States Maj. Gen. Buford Blount II

Ba'athist Iraq Lt. Gen. Ra'ad al-Hamdani
Ba'athist Iraq Faiq Abdullah Mikbas
Ba'athist Iraq Riyadh Hussein Nayeri
Ba'athist Iraq Hamid Ismail Darash
Ba'athist Iraq Colonel Hassani
Ba'athist Iraq Rukan Ujaili

Ba'athist Iraq Lieutenant-Colonel Qais
Strength
US 3rd Infantry Division Iraqi Republican Guard Medina and Nizar Divisions
Casualties and losses
none killed by enemy action, 1 killed by friendly fire; unknown number wounded
1 tank damaged		 680–940 Killed in action;
Unknown captured/wounded
Hundreds of armored vehicles destroyed

Ba'athist Iraq Lt. Gen. Ra'ad al-Hamdani
Ba'athist Iraq Faiq Abdullah Mikbas
Ba'athist Iraq Riyadh Hussein Nayeri
Ba'athist Iraq Hamid Ismail Darash
Ba'athist Iraq Colonel Hassani
Ba'athist Iraq Rukan Ujaili


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