Operation Bull Run

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Operation Bull Run
Part of the Post-invasion Iraq (Operation Phantom Thunder)

American troops conduct Operation Bull Run
Date June 24, 2007 - June 26,
Location Iraq
Result U.S. military raids successful;
Disruption of insurgent supply lines
Belligerents
Flag of the United States United States
New Iraqi Army
 Iraqi Insurgency
Al-Qaeda in Iraq
Commanders
General Rick Lynch (Task Force Marne)
Colonel Terry Ferrell (2-3BCT)
Colonel Wayne W. Grigsby Jr. (3-3HBCT)
Strength
3000 (2000 Coalition, 1000 Iraqi) Unknown
Casualties and losses
None 4-7 captured, 2 killed

Operation Bull Run was a 48 hour long military operation during the occupation of Iraq that began on June 24, 2007 in Al Dura'iya. A joint operation between the US Army's 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry of the 3rd Heavy Brigade and the Iraqi National Police and Iraqi Army, the operation netted four to seven captured insurgents and two killed.[1][2] Launched from Forward Operating Base Hammer,[2] it formed part of Operation Marne Torch, clearing insurgent sanctuaries to the southeast of Baghdad, and in addition to the insurgents killed and captured, it liberated three separate caches of artillery rounds, mortars, firearms and ammunition, along with propaganda and cell phones.[1]

On June 27, 2007, following the conclusion of the operation the previous day,[1] the Official News Website for Operation Iraqi Freedom released a news bulletin on Operation Bull Run.[2]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Operation Bull Run from Global Security retrieved May 16, 2008
  2. ^ a b c Operation Bull Run disrupts insurgent operations press release by Operation Iraqi Freedom Official News Site. Retrieved May 16, 2008

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