The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.

2003

• U.S. forces entered Baghdad. Marines expanded northward on the eastern edge of the city to secure major roads leading out of the capital.
• 3d Infantry Division Armor makes first “Thunder Run” rain into Baghdad.
• Video “Thunder Run” battle in Baghdad, Iraq, April 5, 2003

2004

• Marines from 2d Battalion, 1st Marines, and 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, shut down access to the volatile Iraqi city of Fallujah in the opening days of Operation Vigilant Resolve. The purpose was to isolate and seek out insurgents holing up in the city following the murder and mutilation of four American contractors. The bitter fighting throughout the month left numerous Marines dead or wounded and with no real peace after the Marines were ordered to scale down attacks and eventually withdraw from the city before an all-out offensive could be launched. Although a tenuous cease-fire was in effect for Fallujah, a cleric-backed militia began spreading violence to several other cities, including parts of Baghdad, Kut, Karbala, and Najaf, in an area known as the “Sunni Triangle.”

2007

• Operation Regular Justice in Iraq
• Start of Operation Valiant Guardian (Harris Ba’sil) in Iraq

Casualties on April 05:

• BOOKER, STEVON ALEXANDER – April 5, 2003
• FORD, TRAVIS ALLEN – April 5, 2003
• SAMMIS, BENJAMIN WILSON – April 5, 2003
• CHEN, YIHJYH LANG – April 5, 2004
• GOLDMAN, SHANE LEE – April 5, 2004
• HILLER, STEPHEN DUSTIN – April 5, 2004
• LARSON, SCOTT QUENTIN JR – April 5, 2004
• RAMOS, CHRISTOPHER – April 5, 2004
• SERIO, MATTHEW KENNETH – April 5, 2004
• THIRY, JESSE LEE – April 5, 2004
• GARCIA, JAVIER JESUS – April 5, 2005
• WATKINS, GLENN JAMES – April 5, 2005
• CAUTHORN, FORREST DANE – April 5, 2007
• SHAFFER, JASON ALAN – April 5, 2007
• CANDELARIA MEJIAS, ISRAEL – April 5, 2009
• NELSON, GARY LEE III – April 5, 2011
• MARTINEZ, ALEX – April 5, 2012
• WILLIAMS, AUSTIN THOMAS – April 5, 2018