On April 3, 2004, at the Shiite holiday of Ashura, Iraqi insurgents loyal to Shiite leader Muktada As-Sadr launched an insurgency in the Polish zone, which was later declared a victory. The responsibility of protecting City Hall was assigned to the Poles, who worked with Bulgarian soldiers and Iraqi police under the command of Lieutenant colonel Grzegorz Kaliciak. The conflict became into the most significant Polish involvement since World War II as a result. Despite the fact that around 80 militants were killed in a counter-offensive, not a single allied soldier was killed.
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On April 3, 2004, at the Shiite holiday of Ashura, Iraqi insurgents loyal to Shiite leader Muktada As-Sadr launched an insurgency in the Polish zone, which was later declared a victory. The responsibility of protecting City Hall was assigned to the Poles, who worked with Bulgarian soldiers and Iraqi police under the command of Lieutenant colonel Grzegorz Kaliciak. The conflict became into the most significant Polish involvement since World War II as a result. Despite the fact that around 80 militants were killed in a counter-offensive, not a single allied soldier was killed.
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