Battle of Tal Afar
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| Battle of Tal Afar | |||||||
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| Part of the Post-invasion Iraq | |||||||
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 United States Army New Iraqi Army |
 Iraqi insurgents |
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| Iraqi Forces:5,000 US forces:3,500 |
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| USA:4 KIA, 52 WIA Iraq:15 KIA, 36 WIA |
163 KIA, 295 captured[1] | ||||||
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The Battle of Tal Afar was a military offensive conducted by the United States Army and supported by Iraqi forces, against insurgents in the city of Tal Afar, Iraq in response to the growing increase of insurgent attacks against US and Iraqi positions in the area.
The city was temporarily cleared for elections in 2005, but was not secured in a long-term view.
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