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| Attack on Forward Operating Base Marez | |
|---|---|
| Part of Iraqi insurgency (2003–2006) in Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011) | |
| Location | Mosul, Iraq |
| Date | December 21, 2004 |
| Target | Forward Operating Base Marez |
Attack type | suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 14 U.S. soldiers 4 U.S. civilians 4 Iraqi soldiers |
| Injured | 72 (including 51 U.S. soldiers) |
| Perpetrators | Army of Ansar al-Sunna |
| Motive | Occupation of Iraq |
The Forward Operating Base Marez bombing took place on December 21, 2004. Fourteen U.S. soldiers, four U.S. citizen Halliburton employees, and four Iraqi soldiers allied with the U.S. military were killed by a suicide bomber in a dining hall at the Forward Operating Base next to the main U.S. military airfield at Mosul.[1]
- ^ Redmon, Jeremy (2020-12-02). "The inside story of the deadliest attack on a U.S. military base during the Iraq War". Task & Purpose. Archived from the original on 2023-03-15. Retrieved 2023-05-10.