ABC News journalist Martha Raddatz wrote about it in her 2007 book, The Long Road Home , and now it's been turned into an eight part TV drama from National Geographic. Eight Americans died in the ambush that day, and 65 were wounded. "I think it's been healing for a lot of the guys. They had been handed a routine mission, Eight Americans died in the ambush that day, and 65 were wounded. GOTTA SEE THIS-War Endur.Freedom 8/7/04-Basra,Najaf,Sadr City Yahoo, AP, Reuters, and the usual suspects, and many brave photographers | 8/87/04 | President Bush and the valiant US Military with the Armies of Good against the Axis of Evil . GOTTA SEE THIS - War for Enduring Freedom 8/7/04 - Basra, Najaf, Sadr City On October 9, 2003, the Mahdi Army In Sadr City ambushed an American convoy, inflicting multiple casualties. Posted on 08/08/2004 7:53:56 AM PDT by Diogenesis. Ambush In Sadr City, Iraq. It was April 4th, 2004, and troops from the 1st Cavalry, out of Fort Hood, Texas had just arrived in Iraq. It's been healing for me, too," she says. From October 2003 to April 2004, constant operations in Sadr City had … Al-Sadr lives in Najaf but Sadr City, teeming with thousands of young, unemployed Shi'ites, is his main power base. Then, a second bomb hit, launching a three-hour ordeal to retrieve both crippled Bradleys and evacuate the wounded. Christina Bhatti The Crusaders had been operating in Sadr City since October of 2003 when an ambush in the city killed and wounded a number of troopers from 2d Squadron, 2d Armored Cavalry Regiment (2/2 ACR). For the U.S. military, it marked what was, at the time, the worst single day in terms of casualties since Vietnam. Skip to comments. by Hawar Berwani Sep 22, 2013, 11:50 am. Reflections: The Sadr City Sniper Soldiers from 4th Platoon, Company A, 1-2 SCR, load back onto their Stryker after a dismounted patrol in Sadr City. 36 in Security Sadr city casualties reach 280 deaths, injuries. Photo by Master Sgt. 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