Fallujah
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Militant Iraqi insurgents
prepare to fire a mortar round
at U.S forces during a
firefight in Fallujah, Iraq.
(March 26, 2004)
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Iraqis at U.S civilian murder site
of four contractors by guerillas
and their subsequent
mutilation by a crowd of residents.
(March 31, 2004)
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Fallujah or Falluja (Al Fallujah) is a city in the Iraqi province of Al Anbar (Umbar). It is known within Iraq as the "city of mosques" and is located roughly 69 kilometers (43 miles) west of Baghdad.
Located in the so-called Sunni triangle of Iraq, Fallujah has been one of the most dangerous areas for coalition military troops both during the 2003 invasion of Iraq and afterwards. On March 31, 2004, it was the site of an attack in which 4 American civilians were dragged from SUVs and killed. Their bodies were then mutilated. A crowd of townsfolk, estimated to number over 1,000, beat the corpses, dragged the corpses behind automobiles, and hanged the dismembered remains from the girders of a bridge over the Euphrates River. These acts were recorded on film by journalists and broadcast worldwide on television.