A joint American, British, and Iraqi force launches Operation Phantom Fury in and around Fallujah, in central Iraq. The offensive, also known as the Second Battle of Fallujah, was one of the costliest battles of the 2003 Iraq War as coalition soldiers successfully pried Fallujah from insurgent control.
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