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Archive: August, 2004

11th MEU, Coalition forces supply An Najaf police

The 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit's detachment of the 66th Military Police Company delivered more than 300 Small Arms Protective Inserts plates and flak jackets to Iraqi police headquarters in An Najaf, Iraq, recently. The deliveries began six months ago as an effort to equip the Iraqi police in Najaf and continue now that the Special Operations

11th MEU Marines remember first dismounted attack

The silence of the night was shattered as gunfire rang throughout the Old City district of Najaf. "Move! Hurry up!" called a silhouette in a hushed voice, as one by one, dark figures merged into the shadows and began dispersing down the street, starting their 600-meter patrol. Their mission once they reached the objective was to find, kill or

11th MEU battles anti-Iraqi forces in An Najaf

The first four days of the battle of Najaf, between 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) forces and the Muqtada Militia, started here in the early morning darkness well before dawn, Aug. 5. A large number of aggressors, later confirmed to be members of the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Muqtada Militia, attacked the

ISF, 11th MEU continue the fight against Anti-Iraqi Forces

After more than five days of fighting in the ancient city of An Najaf between elements of the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable) and Iraqi security forces against members of the radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's Muqtada Militia the battle still hasn't ended. But now there's a new element to the equation. The

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