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Operation Crazyhorse Thunder

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Result
  
7 Suspects were Detained

Date
  
23 June 2007

Similar
  
Operation Commando Eagle, Operation Iron Hammer, Operation Alljah, Operation Marne Torch, Operation Northern Lights

Seven suspects were detained for allegedly planting improvised explosive devices along Route Tampa, the highway leading into Baghdad, 23 June. Troop C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division targeted an IED cell, based in the Abu Shiekan and Abu Hillan villages, believed to be responsible for setting IEDs several times a week along the highway. The nighttime raid was based on information provided by area residents and from local tips. The cell was operating in an area 12 kilometers southwest of the Iraqi capital. No one was harmed in the operation. The suspects are being held for questioning.

Contents

American Units

  • Troop C, 1st Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
  • Iraq War
  • Iraq
  • History of Iraq
  • Terrorism
  • Iraq Insurgency
  • Suicide bombings in Iraq since 2003
  • Bombings and terrorist attacks of the Iraq War
  • Terrorist attacks of the Iraq War

    • Casualties

  • United States casualties of war
  • Post-traumatic stress disorder
  • Iraq Body Count project
  • Violence against academics in post-invasion Iraq

    • References

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