Operation Peninsula Strike

Operation Peninsula Strike
	Part of The War on Terrorism,; Iraq War
Date	9 June 2003 – 13 June 2003
Location	Balad, Iraq
Result	Capture of Ba'ath Party Officials; failure to suppress early insurgency
Belligerents
United States	Iraqi Insurgents
Commanders and leaders
	Unknown
Casualties and losses
4 wounded	27 Killed 320–397 captured
	None Reported

Operation Peninsula Strike was a series of raids conducted by American troops from 9 to 13 June 2003 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, carried out by members of Task Force Ironhorse on a peninsula alongside the Tigris River near Balad, Iraq. In the operation US forces sought to target members of the Ba'ath Party, paramilitary, and subversive units. Specifically, US Forces were to hit five objectives simultaneously, detain the targets and screen them for intelligence.

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