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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Battle of
Najaf was fought between United States and Iraqi forces on one side and
the Islamist Mahdi Army of Muqtada al-Sadr on the other in the Iraqi
city of Najaf in August 2004. On July 31, 2004 the 11th Marine
Expeditionary Unit - Special Operations Capable (MEUSOC), under the
Polish-led Multinational Division Central-South (MND-CS), assumed
operational control of An Najaf and Al-Qadisiyyah provinces from Task
Force Dragon, which was composed of elements of the 1st Infantry
Division. Task Force Dragon had earlier (June 2004) relieved the 2nd
Armored Cavalry Regiment who had been extended twice in Iraq.