 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mabhatani maviri eIIF akaita mabasa muNajaf pakati paSeptember naDecember 2004. Iwo mabhatani maviri iwayo pamwe chete nerimwe bhati reIIF, pamwe chete namamwe mauto eIraq, akanga aripo mukati meHondo yechipiri yeFallujahnokukurumidza pashure pacho. Kuwedzerwa kwekutanga kwakakosha kwemauto eIIF muna 2005 kwaive kupedza kudzidza kwevarwi mazana matanhatu nemakumi manomwe kubva kunzvimbo yekudzidzira mauto eTadji musi waNdira 18, 2005. Dhipatimendi reHurumende rakataura kuti IIF yakanga ine varume 9,159 vakagoverwa se Iraq Weekly Status Report yaJanuary 12, 2005. 