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 | | The Occupation of Iraq, 2003-2004, is generally said to have begun on May 1, 2003, when the US army (leading a multinational coalition), invaded Iraq, overthrew the Ba'ath Party government led by Saddam Hussein and established their own Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA), an interim occupational government. |
 | | In the spring the United States and the IPA decided to crush the growing rebellion with a pair of assaults: one on Fallujah, the center of the "Mohammed's Army of Al-Ansar", and another on Najaf, home of an important mosque, which had become the focal point for the Mahdi Army and its activities. |
 | | The al-Madhi army has claimed few American casualties, but on May 17, it was reported that the army drove Italian troops from their base in Nasiriyah called "Libeccio" ("southwest wind") [43]. |
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