There have been isolated cases of larger ambushes, such as an attack on a coalition convoy in Samarra on November 30, 2003 that involved 100 fighters and a massive ambush of a coalition convoy in Sadr City on April 4, 2004 by Mahdi Army militiamen numbering over 1000 men.
There have been isolated incidents of larger raids, such as the ambush of a coalition convoy in Samarra on November 30, 2003 involving approximately 100 fighters, and another large-scale raid on a coalition convoy in Sadr City on April 4, 2004 carried out by more than 1,000 Mahdi Army militiamen.