Defense of the Karbala City Hall

The Defense of the Town Hall in Karbala was a series of skirmishes fought from April 3 to April 6, 2004 between Iraqi rebels of the Mahdi Army trying to capture the town hall in the center of Karbala and the defending Polish and Bulgarian soldiers of the Multinational Division Central-South. ^[1]

Defense Of the Karabala City Hall
Part of 2004 spring fighting of Iraq War
Date 3–6 April 2004 Location Karbala, Iraq Result Polish-Bulgarian victory[ citation needed ]
Belligerents
Poland   Bulgaria Iraq Iraqi Police	Mahdi Army
Commanders and leaders
Tomasz Domański Grzegorz Kaliciak	Unknown
Strength
34 Polish and 20 Bulgarian soldiers [2] several Iraqi police officers	Unknown
Casualties and losses
1 injured	80 killed (unconfirmed polish claim) [3]

See also

• Karbala (film)

Citations

References

1. "Wojna w świętym mieście, część druga". polska-zbrojna.pl. Archived from the original on 2019-09-08. Retrieved 2025-05-16.
2. "Bitwa o City Hall". nowastrategia.org.pl (in Polish). 12 September 2015.
3. "10. rocznica bitwy w Karbali. Polscy żołnierze w oblężeniu i bez wsparcia obronili City Hall (video)". defence24.pl. 3 April 2014.