Operation River Falcon

Operation River Falcon
Date	25 July 2006 – 27 July 2006
Location	Sayifiyah
Result	Detained 1 suspect, performed humanitarian support and discovered several roadside bombs
Belligerents
United States Army ; New Iraqi Army	Iraqi insurgency
Commanders and leaders
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Casualties and losses
None	None

Operation River Falcon was a military operation in the Iraq War. From 25 to 27 July 2006, elements of the United States Army 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division (including elements of the 2nd Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, and the 1st Battalion, 10th Cavalry Regiment) conducted Operation River Falcon in and around the town of Sayifiyeh in Iraq. The operation was aimed at denying terrorists the use of the town as a safe haven, disrupting insurgent attacks on Coalition and Iraqi Army/Police, and on collecting and destroying insurgent munitions.

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