Operation Commando Eagle

Operation Commando Eagle
	Part of the Iraq War (Operation Phantom Thunder)
	; Iraqi soldiers from the 6th Division are briefed during rehearsals for Operation Commando Eagle, a combined ground and air assault into an al-Qaida in Iraq stronghold south-west of Baghdad, 19 June 2007.
Date	21 June 2007 – 14 August 2007
Location	Iraq
Result	U.S. military raids successful;; Disruption of insurgent supply lines
Belligerents
United States ; New Iraqi Army	Islamic state of Iraq; Other Iraqi insurgents
Strength
Unknown	Unknown
Casualties and losses
7 killed (U.S.),; 18 killed (Iraqi security forces)	12 killed, 33 detained

Operation Commando Eagle was a 2007 military operation of the Iraq War. It began on 21 June 2007, when Iraqi and Coalition forces launched a combined ground and air assault operation against al-Qaeda and other extremist terrorists operating in the Mahmudiyah region of Babil province. The action was intended to curb terrorist activity southwest of Baghdad through a mix of helicopter assaults and Humvee-mounted movements.

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