816 The 2005 Hit convoy ambush was an ambush by Iraqi insurgents of a convoy that was carrying military supplies for U.S. forces. The convoy was escorted...
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This allows attackers to hit enemy convoys or patrols while minimizing the risk of being exposed to return fire. The use of ambush tactics by early people...
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to 187 soldiers of the 245th MRR died in the ambush. A few civilians who were travelling with the convoy were also reportedly killed. According to the...
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Biafran soldiers opened fire on the convoy with small arms fire killing many more Nigerian soldiers. It was during this ambush that the Nigerian army suffered...
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List of battles in the 21st century (section 2005)
captured town of Krasnohorivka Bridger, Bianca (25 July 2024). "Tuareg Rebels Ambush Malian, Russian Forces Near Algerian Border". Atlas News. Retrieved 28 July...
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Battle of Nasiriyah (category Ambushes of the Iraq War)
not be determined. The ambush was unlikely to have been set up in advance, because the Iraqis did not know which course the convoy would take. In the resulting...
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Outline of the Iraq War (section 2005 battles)
Battle of Abu Ghraib Battle of Al-Qa'im (2005) 2005 Hit convoy ambush Battle of Haditha Battle of Tal Afar (2005) Battle of Baghdad (2006–2008) Battle of...
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Battle of Chu Dreh Pass (section Ambush)
Coloniale 19 code named opération Églantine. GM.100, however were hit in a series of deadly ambushes, suffering heavy losses in men and vehicles by 29 June. They...
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both returned to their convoy. The next day, Good Friday and the anniversary of the fall of Baghdad, the Iraqis ambushed every convoy that tried to enter...
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Lori Piestewa (section Ambush in Nasiriyah, Iraq)
traveling in a convoy through the desert and was meant to bypass Nasiriyah, in southern Iraq, during the opening days of the war; but the convoy got lost and...
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The Balamorghab ambush occurred on 27 November 2008, when vehicles carrying Afghan security forces were attacked by Taliban insurgents led by Ghulam Dastagir...
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Operation Pedestal (redirect from Convoy Pedestal)
fifty ships of the convoy reaching Malta, using bombers, German E-boats, Italian MAS and MS boats, minefields and submarine ambushes, was the last sizeable...
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9, 2005 – Four South Africans, names unknown, and one Japanese, Akihiko Saito, were killed when their convoy was ambushed and decimated near Hit. Saito...
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MRAP (redirect from Mine Resistant Ambush Protected)
Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP; /ˈɛmræp/ EM-rap) is a term for United States military light tactical vehicles produced as part of the MRAP program...
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were killed during an attack on their convoy between Tessalit and Gao in Mali's north. June 14 – An ambush of a convoy near Bouka Were, central Mali, left...
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intelligence, Nubian, Paladin and Petard, were sent to wait in ambush for an Italian convoy. The Italian merchant ship Campobasso (3,566 GRT) had left Pantelleria...
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Battle of Mogadishu (1993) (section Relief convoy)
certain destruction. While driving on National Street, the convoy faced a series of ambushes, battling its way for the subsequent three hours before eventually...
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The 9th Company (category 2005 films)
as Hill 3234, to protect passing convoys. Ryaba reunites with the friends as the sole survivor of a Mujahideen ambush, which left him wounded and traumatized...
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Akihiko Saito (category 2005 deaths)
He was ambushed alongside five other foreign contractors (most of them South African). However those foreign contractors were part of a convoy including...
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Insurgency in the Maghreb (2002–present) (section 2005)
"Algerian ambush toll hits 14". News24. 9 April 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2005. "Islamist ambush kills 12 troops". News24. 16 May 2005. Archived...
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Convoy QP 14 (13–26 September 1942) was an Arctic convoy of the QP series which ran during the Second World War. The convoy was a return journey of Allied...
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also alleged to be responsible for a July 14, 2001, ambush of a World Food Programme (WFP) relief convoy near Mogadishu, in which six persons were killed...
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several hours on 1 June 1985, when Wiltshire Police prevented The Peace Convoy, a convoy of several hundred New Age travellers, from setting up the 1985 Stonehenge...
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Flour massacre (category Ambushes of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict)
on 5 March 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2024. "Dozens killed as chaos hits Gaza food convoy and Israeli troops open fire". Financial Times. Archived from the...
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unit supply specialist with the 507th Maintenance Company when her convoy was ambushed by Iraqi troops during the Battle of Nasiriyah; Lynch was seriously...
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were killed when their food convoy was ambushed. August 17 - Nine PMCs were killed when a NATO supply convoy was ambushed. September 12 - Five PMCs were...
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Battle of Khaz Oruzgan (category Ambushes in Afghanistan)
Humvee convoy. Deep into the valley, both SASR patrols left the vehicles and moved into the foothills to establish themselves in southerly ambush locations...
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reinforce the convoy guard when Indian spies told him the Mexicans would ambush the convoy.: 7 As the company had no officers, Captain Jean Danjou, adjutant...
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October 2024. Khajuria, Ravi Krishnan. "9 killed, 33 injured as terrorists ambush bus carrying pilgrims in J&K's Reasi". "Pak-backed Lashkar front claims...
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sendan (Japanese: 竹一船団, lit. 'Bamboo Number One convoy') was a Japanese naval convoy of World War II. The convoy left occupied Shanghai on 17 April 1944, carrying...
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