First Battle of Fallujah/Definition

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A battle of the Iraq War, fought in April 2004 by U.S. Marines against a largely Sunni insurgent force; inconclusive and stopped for political reasons; junior leaders often had to make the politically sensitive decisions of the "Strategic Corporal"; the Second Battle of Fallujah was needed for decisive results