The following are events related to the Global War On Terrorism (GWOT) that took place on this day.
2004
- A cease-fire signed in June between members of radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s Muqtada Militia and Iraqi officials in Iraq ended when the militia launched attacks against Marines with the 11th MEU and Iraqi security forces in Najaf, Iraq. The gunmen violated international laws of war by using the Imam Ali-Shrine and neighboring cemetery to strike against the Marines and Iraqi National Guardsmen. Within a week, Marines had surrounded the captured mosques and continued to increase pressure on the entrenched militia. Fighting in the city finally ended on 28 August.
- Start of Battle of Najaf Iraq
- Start of Battle of the CIMIC House Iraq
- Start of Operation Cajun Mousetrap II Iraq
2005
- Operation Vanguard Thunder in Iraq
2007
- End of Operation Pegasus Bridge in Iraq
2008
Casualties on August 05:
- LETUFUGA, FARAO KEVIN – August 5, 2003
- LOYD, DAVID LEROY – August 5, 2003
- FAULSTICH, RAYMOND JOSEPH JR – August 5, 2004
- MCCUNE, DONALD ROY II – August 5, 2004
- REYNOSO, YADIR GUMERCINDO – August 5, 2004
- ROCHA, MOSES DANIEL – August 5, 2004
- BALL, TERRY WAYNE JR – August 5, 2005
- DERENDA, ROBERT VALERIAN – August 5, 2005
- WALDEN, BRETT EUGENE – August 5, 2005
- KUBIK, BRIAN JAMES – August 5, 2006
- BLACKWELL, JUSTIN RICHARD – August 5, 2007
- BOHANNON, JEREMY SHAWN – August 5, 2007
- LEONARD, CHARLES EARL JR – August 5, 2007
- LINK, JOEY DWAYNE – August 5, 2007
- GARCIA, ANTHONY CHRISTIAN – August 5, 2009
- DOWNER, MARK JORDON – August 5, 2011
- GURR, DANIEL DAVID – August 5, 2011
- LEE, JINSU – August 5, 2011
- GREENE, HAROLD JOSEPH – August 5, 2014