2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting

When

18 Jan 2008 – 19 Jan 2008

Kind

Battle

Coordinates

30.52° N, 47.81° E

Placed at the area, not an exact site.

The 2008 Iraqi Day of Ashura fighting was a series of clashes that occurred on the Islamic holy day of Ashura on January 18, 2008 and the next day in the Iraqi cities of Basra and Nasiriyah. The battles were fought between the Iraqi security forces and fighters of an Iraqi cult called the Soldiers of Heaven, which a year before fought a similar battle, also on Ashura, near the city of Najaf.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA · Read the article

• Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page

• Iraq War20 Mar 2003 · Interstate war · Deaths 190,000