2004 Good Friday ambush
| 2004 Good Friday ambush | |||||||
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| Part of the Iraq War | |||||||
Keith Matthew Maupin, a U.S. Army soldier who was captured in the attack and later executed. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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Mujahideen Shura Organization of Monotheism and Jihad Mahdi Army | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Matthew Brown † | Unknown | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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8 killed 16 wounded 1 missing 2 captured (1 executed) | Unknown if any | ||||||
The 2004 Good Friday ambush was an attack by Iraqi insurgents on April 9, 2004 during the Iraq War on a convoy of United States supply trucks during the Battle of Baghdad International Airport. It happened in the midst of the Iraq spring fighting of 2004, which saw intensified clashes throughout the country.