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style="width:100%;margin:0;padding:0;border:0;display:inline-table"><tbody><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Date</th><td>May 9, 2005</td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Location</th><td><div class="location"><a href="/wiki/H%C4%ABt" class="mw-redirect" title="Hīt">Hit</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a></div></td></tr><tr><th style="padding-right:1em">Result</th><td class="status"> Insurgent victory</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Belligerents</th></tr><tr><td style="width:50%;border-right:1px dotted #aaa;"> <a href="/wiki/Private_military_company" title="Private military company">Private military contractors</a></td><td style="width:50%;padding-left:0.25em"> <a href="/wiki/Jamaat_Ansar_al-Sunna" title="Jamaat Ansar al-Sunna">Ansar al-Sunna</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span 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killings</a></b></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Desert_Shield_(Iraq)" class="mw-redirect" title="Operation Desert Shield (Iraq)"><i>Desert Shield</i></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5_January_2006_Iraq_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="5 January 2006 Iraq bombings">Ramadi Bombing</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramadi_(2006)" title="Battle of Ramadi (2006)"><b>2nd Ramadi</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Ramadan_Offensive" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Ramadan Offensive">Ramadan 2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Al_Majid" title="Operation Al Majid"><i>Al Majid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Alljah" title="Operation Alljah"><i>Alljah</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Donkey_Island" title="Battle of Donkey Island">Donkey Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Al-Qaeda_offensive_in_Iraq" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Al-Qaeda offensive in Iraq">2008 AQI Offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Karmah_Bombing" class="mw-redirect" 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Iraq">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_in_Iraq" title="2008 in Iraq">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_in_Iraq" title="2009 in Iraq">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_in_Iraq" title="2010 in Iraq">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_in_Iraq" title="2011 in Iraq">2011</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/2003_invasion_of_Iraq" title="2003 invasion of Iraq">Invasion (2003)</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Umm_Qasr" title="Battle of Umm Qasr">Umm Qasr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Al_Faw_(2003)" title="Battle of Al Faw (2003)">Al Faw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Basra_(2003)" title="Battle of Basra (2003)"><b>1st Basra</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Nasiriyah" title="Battle of Nasiriyah"><b>Nasiriyah</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_attack_on_Karbala" title="2003 attack on Karbala">Raid on Karbala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haditha_Dam" title="Battle of Haditha Dam">Haditha Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Najaf_(2003)" title="Battle of Najaf (2003)">1st Najaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Northern_Delay" title="Operation Northern Delay"><i>Northern Delay</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Viking_Hammer" title="Operation Viking Hammer"><i>Viking Hammer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Samawah_(2003)" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Samawah (2003)">Samawah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Karbala_(2003)" title="Battle of Karbala (2003)">1st Karbala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Al_Kut_(2003)" title="Battle of Al Kut (2003)">Al Kut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Hillah_(2003)" title="Battle of Hillah (2003)"><b>Hillah</b></a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Green_Line_(2003)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of the Green Line (2003) (page does not exist)">Green Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Karbala_Gap_(2003)" title="Battle of the Karbala Gap (2003)">Karbala Gap</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Debecka_Pass" title="Battle of Debecka Pass">Debecka Pass</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_the_Kani_Domlan_Ridge&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of the Kani Domlan Ridge (page does not exist)">Kani Domlan Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baghdad_(2003)" title="Battle of Baghdad (2003)"><b>Baghdad</b></a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2003%E2%80%932006)" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006)">Post-invasion insurgency (2003–2006)</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anbar_campaign_(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Anbar campaign (2003–2011)"><b>Al Anbar</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killing_of_Qusay_and_Uday_Hussein" title="Killing of Qusay and Uday Hussein">Killing of Qusay & Uday Hussein</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramadan_Offensive_(2003)" title="Ramadan Offensive (2003)"><b>1st Ramadan</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Latifiya_ambush" title="2003 Latifiya ambush">Latifiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Capture_of_Saddam_Hussein" title="Capture of Saddam Hussein"><i>Capture of Saddam Hussein</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iraq_spring_fighting_of_2004" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq spring fighting of 2004"><b>Spring 2004</b></a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_of_the_Karbala_City_Hall" title="Defense of the Karbala City Hall">City Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Al_Kut_(2004)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Battle of Al Kut (2004) (page does not exist)">Al Kut</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%95%D0%BB%D1%8C-%D0%9A%D1%83%D1%82" class="extiw" title="uk:Битва за Ель-Кут">uk</a>]</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Iron_Saber" title="Operation Iron Saber"><b>Iron Saber</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Fallujah" title="First Battle of Fallujah"><b>1st Fallujah</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Sadr_City" title="Siege of Sadr City"><b>Sadr City</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramadi_(2004)" title="Battle of Ramadi (2004)">1st Ramadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Iraq_KBR_convoy_ambush" class="mw-redirect" title="2004 Iraq KBR convoy ambush">Good Friday</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Husaybah_(2004)" title="Battle of Husaybah (2004)">Husaybah</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Danny_Boy" title="Battle of Danny Boy">Danny Boy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Najaf_(2004)" title="Battle of Najaf (2004)">2nd Najaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_CIMIC_House" title="Battle of the CIMIC House">CIMIC-House</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Samarra_(2004)" title="Battle of Samarra (2004)">Samarra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Fallujah" title="Second Battle of Fallujah"><b>2nd Fallujah</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Mosul_(2004)" title="Battle of Mosul (2004)">Mosul</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Tharthar_raid" title="Lake Tharthar raid">Lake Tharthar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Al-Qa%27im_(2005)" title="Battle of Al-Qa'im (2005)">Al Qa'im</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Hit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haditha" title="Battle of Haditha">Haditha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Steel_Curtain" title="Operation Steel Curtain"><i>Steel Curtain</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tal_Afar_(2005)" title="Battle of Tal Afar (2005)">Tal Afar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ramadi_(2006)" title="Battle of Ramadi (2006)">2nd Ramadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Together_Forward" title="Operation Together Forward"><i>Together Forward</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Diwaniya" title="Battle of Diwaniya">Diwaniya</a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_civil_war_(2006%E2%80%932008)" title="Iraqi civil war (2006–2008)">Civil war (2006–2008)</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ramadan_Offensive_(2006)" title="Ramadan Offensive (2006)"><b>2nd Ramadan</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Sinbad" title="Operation Sinbad"><i>Sinbad</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Amarah" title="Battle of Amarah">Amarah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Turki" title="Battle of Turki">Turki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diyala_campaign" title="Diyala campaign"><b>Diyala</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Haifa_Street" title="Battle of Haifa Street">Haifa Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karbala_provincial_headquarters_raid" title="Karbala provincial headquarters raid">Karbala Raid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Najaf_(2007)" title="Battle of Najaf (2007)">3rd Najaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Imposing_Law" title="Operation Imposing Law"><i>Imposing Law</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Siege_of_UK_bases_in_Basra" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of UK bases in Basra">U.K. bases</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Black_Eagle" title="Operation Black Eagle"><i>Black Eagle</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Phantom_Thunder" title="Operation Phantom Thunder"><b>Baghdad belts</b></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Baqubah" title="Battle of Baqubah">Baqubah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Donkey_Island" title="Battle of Donkey Island">Donkey Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Shurta_Nasir" title="Operation Shurta Nasir">Shurta Nasir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Phantom_Strike" title="Operation Phantom Strike"><i>Phantom Strike</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Karbala_(2007)" title="Battle of Karbala (2007)">2nd Karbala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Phantom_Phoenix" title="Operation Phantom Phoenix"><i>Phantom Phoenix</i></a></li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Iraqi_insurgency_(2003%E2%80%932011)" title="Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)">Insurgency (2008–2011)</a></b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Iraqi_Day_of_Ashura_fighting" title="2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura 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class="mw-redirect" title="Imam Ali Shrine bombing">Najaf</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/27_October_2003_Baghdad_bombings" title="27 October 2003 Baghdad bombings">3rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2003_Nasiriyah_bombing" title="2003 Nasiriyah bombing">1st Nasiriyah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2003_Karbala_bombings" title="2003 Karbala bombings">1st Karbala</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2004</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Erbil_bombings" title="2004 Erbil bombings"><b>‡</b> 1st Erbil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Ashura_massacre" title="2004 Ashura massacre"><b>‡</b> Ashoura</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/21_April_2004_Basra_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="21 April 2004 Basra bombings">1st Basra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Mosul_bombings" title="2004 Mosul bombings">1st Mosul</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/14_September_2004_Baghdad_bombing" title="14 September 2004 Baghdad bombing">4th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/30_September_2004_Baghdad_bombing" title="30 September 2004 Baghdad bombing">5th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Karbala_and_Najaf_bombings" title="2004 Karbala and Najaf bombings">Karbala & Najaf</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Baqubah_bombing" title="2004 Baqubah bombing">1st Baqubah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Kufa_mosque_bombing" title="2004 Kufa mosque bombing">Kufa</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2004_Forward_Operating_Base_Marez_bombing" title="2004 Forward Operating Base Marez bombing">Marez</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2005</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Al-Suwaira_fuel_dump_explosion" title="Al-Suwaira fuel dump explosion">Suwaira bombing</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Al_Hillah_bombing" title="2005 Al Hillah bombing"><b>‡</b> 1st Al Hillah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Erbil_bombing" title="2005 Erbil bombing">2nd Erbil</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Musayyib_bombing" title="2005 Musayyib bombing"><b>‡</b> Musayyib</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/17_August_2005_Baghdad_bombings" title="17 August 2005 Baghdad bombings">6th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/14_September_2005_Baghdad_bombings" title="14 September 2005 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 7th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Balad_bombings" title="2005 Balad bombings">1st Balad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2005_Khanaqin_bombings" title="2005 Khanaqin bombings">Khanaqin</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2006</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/5_January_2006_Karbala%E2%80%93Ramadi_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="5 January 2006 Karbala–Ramadi bombings"><b>‡</b> Karbala-Ramadi</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2006_al-Askari_mosque_bombing" title="2006 al-Askari mosque bombing">1st Samarra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Buratha_mosque_bombing" title="Buratha mosque bombing">8th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_July_2006_Sadr_City_bombing" title="1 July 2006 Sadr City bombing">9th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/23_November_2006_Sadr_City_bombings" title="23 November 2006 Sadr City bombings"><b>‡</b> 10th Baghdad</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2007</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Mustansiriya_University_bombings" title="Mustansiriya University bombings">11th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/22_January_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="22 January 2007 Baghdad bombings">12th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/February_2007_Al-Saydiya_market_bombing" title="February 2007 Al-Saydiya market bombing"><b>‡</b> 13th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/February_2007_Shorja_market_bombings" title="February 2007 Shorja market bombings">14th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/18_February_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="18 February 2007 Baghdad bombings">15th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Al_Hillah_bombings" title="2007 Al Hillah bombings"><b>‡</b> 2nd Al Hillah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Tal_Afar_bombings_and_massacre" title="2007 Tal Afar bombings and massacre"><b>‡</b> 1st Tal Afar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/29_March_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="29 March 2007 Baghdad bombings">16th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Iraqi_Parliament_bombing" title="2007 Iraqi Parliament bombing">17th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Karbala_mosque_bombings" title="2007 Karbala mosque bombings">2nd & 3rd Karbala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/April_2007_Yazidi_massacre" title="April 2007 Yazidi massacre">2nd Mosul</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/18_April_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="18 April 2007 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 18th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Makhmour_bombing" title="2007 Makhmour bombing">Makhmour</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Abu_Sayda_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Abu Sayda bombing">Abu Sayda</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_al-Askari_mosque_bombing" title="2007 al-Askari mosque bombing">2nd Samarra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_al-Khilani_mosque_bombing" title="2007 al-Khilani mosque bombing">19th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Amirli_bombing" title="2007 Amirli bombing"><b>‡</b> Amirli</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Kirkuk_bombings" title="2007 Kirkuk bombings">1st Kirkuk</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/26_July_2007_Baghdad_market_bombing" title="26 July 2007 Baghdad market bombing">20th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_August_2007_Baghdad_bombings" title="1 August 2007 Baghdad bombings">21st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Qahtaniyah_bombings" title="Qahtaniyah bombings"><b>§</b> Qahtaniya</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2007_Al_Amarah_bombings" title="2007 Al Amarah bombings">Amarah</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2008</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_February_2008_Baghdad_bombings" title="1 February 2008 Baghdad bombings">22nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Balad_bombing" title="2008 Balad bombing">2nd Balad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/6_March_2008_Baghdad_bombing" title="6 March 2008 Baghdad bombing">23rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Karbala_bombing" title="2008 Karbala bombing">4th Karbala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/17_June_2008_Baghdad_bombing" title="17 June 2008 Baghdad bombing">24th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Karmah_bombing" title="2008 Karmah bombing">Karmah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Baquba_bombings" title="2008 Baquba bombings">2nd Baqubah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Dujail_bombing" title="2008 Dujail bombing">Dujail</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2008_Balad_Ruz_bombing" title="2008 Balad Ruz bombing">Balad Ruz</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2009</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Baghdad_police_recruitment_centre_bombing" title="2009 Baghdad police recruitment centre bombing">25th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="2009 Baghdad bombings">26th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/April_2009_Baghdad%E2%80%93Miqdadiyah_suicide_attacks" title="April 2009 Baghdad–Miqdadiyah suicide attacks">Baghdad-Muqdadiyah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Taza_bombing" title="2009 Taza bombing">Taza</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/June_2009_Muraidi_Market_bombing" title="June 2009 Muraidi Market bombing">27th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Kirkuk_bombing" title="2009 Kirkuk bombing">2nd Kirkuk</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2009_Tal_Afar_bombing" title="2009 Tal Afar bombing">2nd Tal Afar</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/August_2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="August 2009 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 28th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/October_2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="October 2009 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 29th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/December_2009_Baghdad_bombings" title="December 2009 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 30th Baghdad</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2010</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/25_January_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="25 January 2010 Baghdad bombings">31st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/1_February_2010_Baghdad_bombing" title="1 February 2010 Baghdad bombing">32nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Baqubah_bombings" title="2010 Baqubah bombings">3rd Baqubah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/4_April_2010_Baghdad_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="4 April 2010 Baghdad bombings">33rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/6_April_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="6 April 2010 Baghdad bombings">34th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/April_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="April 2010 Baghdad bombings">35th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/10_May_2010_Iraq_attacks" title="10 May 2010 Iraq attacks"><b>‡</b> 1st Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Al-Kazimiyya_Mosque_bombings" title="2010 Al-Kazimiyya Mosque bombings">36th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/17_August_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="17 August 2010 Baghdad bombings">37th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/25_August_2010_Iraq_bombings" title="25 August 2010 Iraq bombings">2nd Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/19_September_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="19 September 2010 Baghdad bombings">38th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2010_Baghdad_church_massacre" title="2010 Baghdad church massacre">39th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/November_2010_Baghdad_bombings" title="November 2010 Baghdad bombings"><b>‡</b> 40th Baghdad</a></dd></dl> <dl><dt>2011</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/January_2011_Baghdad_shootings" class="mw-redirect" title="January 2011 Baghdad shootings">41st Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/January_2011_Iraq_attacks" title="January 2011 Iraq attacks"><b>‡</b> 3rd Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/24_January_2011_Iraq_bombings" class="mw-redirect" title="24 January 2011 Iraq bombings">Karbala-Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/27_January_2011_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="27 January 2011 Baghdad bombing">42nd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Tikrit_assault" title="2011 Tikrit assault">Tikrit</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Al_Hillah_bombing" title="2011 Al Hillah bombing">3rd Al Hillah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Samarra_bombing" title="2011 Samarra bombing">3rd Samarra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Al_Diwaniyah_bombing" title="2011 Al Diwaniyah bombing">Al Diwaniyah</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Taji_bombings" title="2011 Taji bombings">Taji</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/15_August_2011_Iraq_attacks" title="15 August 2011 Iraq attacks">4th Pan-Iraq</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/28_August_2011_Baghdad_bombing" class="mw-redirect" title="28 August 2011 Baghdad bombing">43rd Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Karbala_bombing" title="2011 Karbala bombing">4th Karbala</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/October_2011_Baghdad_bombings" title="October 2011 Baghdad bombings">44th Baghdad</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/2011_Basra_bombings" title="2011 Basra bombings">2nd Basra</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/22_December_2011_Baghdad_bombings" title="22 December 2011 Baghdad bombings">45th Baghdad</a></dd></dl></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <p>The <b>2005 Hit convoy ambush</b> was an ambush by Iraqi insurgents of a convoy that was carrying military supplies for U.S. forces. The convoy was escorted by private military contractors. The ambush ended with the death of all the contractors. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ambush">Ambush</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Hit_convoy_ambush&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Ambush"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On May 9, 2005, a supply convoy left the U.S. military air base at <a href="/wiki/Al_Asad" class="mw-redirect" title="Al Asad">Al Asad</a>, Iraq. The convoy was escorted by 12 Iraqi, 4 South African and 1 Japanese private military contractor. Almost immediately after they exited the base they were observed by Iraqi insurgents. The insurgents then prepared a well planned ambush for the convoy. While the vehicles were passing near the city of Hit, 170 kilometers (105 mi) northwest of Baghdad, the insurgents struck. The ambush was complex and well planned, incorporating the use of multiple improvised explosive devices, rocket propelled grenades, machine gun fire and small arms fire. The vehicles got stuck in the ambush and couldn't pull back. For several hours a fierce battle raged and by morning the convoy was decimated. U.S. military helicopters arrived at the scene only after dawn broke. Insurgent propaganda footage showed burning trucks and SUV's with bodies littering the streets. 16 of the 17 security contractors were killed and the Japanese man was seriously wounded and captured. Insurgent casualties, if any, were unknown.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-news24.com_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news24.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Aftermath">Aftermath</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Hit_convoy_ambush&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Aftermath"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Following the attack there was much confusion over what really happened, but the only thing definitely confirmed was that a Japanese security contractor was wounded and captured in the attack. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Akihiko_Saito" title="Akihiko Saito">Akihiko Saito</a> was seriously wounded in the attack and captured by the insurgents. This raised the public debate in Japan to new heights whether Japanese troops should stay in Iraq or leave. Saito had been in the Japanese military until 1981, when he left the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Self-Defense_Forces" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Self-Defense Forces">Japanese Self-Defense Forces</a> and joined the <a href="/wiki/French_Foreign_Legion" title="French Foreign Legion">French Foreign Legion</a>. He had been working with Hart Security Ltd. as a security specialist at the time of his capture. </p><p>The militants tried to provide him with medical aid but it was not enough. It was reported on May 12 that he had died of his wounds.<sup id="cite_ref-news24.com_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-news24.com-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They were not all killed. A South African made his way to a combat outpost called the B/U split. From there Marines mounted tracks and went to the ambush site. It was still light out when we mounted the tracks. There were no insurgents on site, but we disarmed another IED that was left under one of the bodies, and collected all of the KIA's. We did go back in the morning again to see if we could gather anymore intel and to set a counter ambush once we pulled out. One Iraqi truck driver escaped and picked up one of Hart Security's Iraqi personnel making his way back to the Abu Ghraib Distribution center. Later debriefings at the Distribution center established that Akihiko Saito was killed by a bullet to the back of his head while attempting<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> to fight his way out of the ambush. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Hit_convoy_ambush&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output 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