Half of Baghdad Secured

The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of June 24, 2007. Click map to view. Understanding the numbers behind the Baghdad Security Operation On June 4, The New York Times released partial data from a classified memorandum that stated only...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 30, 2007 2:02 PM | Entry

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26 Iranian-Backed "Secret Cell" Operatives Killed, 17 Captured in Sadr City

Qods Force logo, click to view. Major operations targets the Qazali Network Multinational Forces Iraq is pressing on with operations against the Iranian-backed "Secret Cells" of the Qazali Network. Coalition forces conducted two major raids inside Sadr City against...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 30, 2007 12:01 PM | Entry

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The Iraq Offensive

Baghdad and the Belts. Red bordered units identified as active in offensive operations. Click map to view. A status update on Operation Phantom Thunder Iraqi and Coalition forces maintain the pressure against al Qaeda, Sunni insurgents, and the "rogue,"...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 28, 2007 9:30 AM | Entry

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Operation Fahrad Al Amin: the Anbar Offensive

Baghdad and the Belts. Red bordered units identified as active in offensive operations. Click map to view. An interview with Brigadier General Gurganus on Multinational Forces West's role in Operation Phantom Thunder As operations north of Baghdad in Baqubah...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 26, 2007 3:52 PM | Entry

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One Week of Operation Phantom Thunder

US forces in Baghdad and the Belts. MNF-I map, click to view. An update on the Battle of Iraq Operation Phantom Thunder, the corps coordinated operation across three theaters in the Baghdad Belts, has completed it seventh day. Ground...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 22, 2007 9:38 PM | Entry

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Operation Phantom Thunder: The Battle of Iraq

Baghdad and the Belts. Red bordered units identified as active in offensive operations. Click map to view. A status update on the operations in the Baghdad Belts and beyond Operation Phantom Thunder, the name of the overarching operation to...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 21, 2007 12:40 PM | Entry

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The Battle of Iraq - 2007

Baghdad and the Belts. Red bordered units identified as active in offensive operations. Click map to view. By Bill Roggio and DJ Elliott A look at the largest offensive operation in Iraq since 2003 Four days after the announcement...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 20, 2007 11:49 AM | Entry

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The Battle of Baqubah I

The Baqubah egion. Click map to view. Major offensive in al Qaeda's so-called capital of the Islamic State of Iraq The Diyala Campaign is underway. As part of major offensive operations throughout the belts regions of Baghdad, Iraqi and...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 19, 2007 9:38 AM | Entry

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The Battle of the Belts

"Major Operations" underway in the regions surrounding Baghdad By DJ Elliott and Bill Roggio Baghdad and the surrounding belts, click to view. With the last U.S. combat brigade to hit the ground over the last two weeks as part of...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 18, 2007 12:26 PM | Entry

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Iraqis, British strike Iranian backed "secret cells" in the south

Qods Force logo, click to view. 20 killed in attack on the Qazali Network in Amara and Majjar al-Kabir; Mahdi Army facilitator detained in Kirkuk, secret cell leader captured in Baghdad Iraqi Special Operations Forces, backed by British troops,...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 18, 2007 10:36 AM | Entry

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Securing Eastern Anbar Province

Map of the Fallujah region. Ongoing operations in eastern Anbar work to oust al Qaeda As the Baghdad Security Plan progresses, a key element of the plan is securing the "belts" outside Baghdad province. The Baghdad Belts include Eastern...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 15, 2007 2:37 PM | Entry

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Samarra Mosque bombing suspects identified; reports of violence

Samarra provincial police force members detained as unconfirmed reports of attacks on mosques, shrines surface The Iraqi police have made arrests in this morning's twin bombings of the al-Askaria mosque's remaining minarets. While early reports indicated the Iraqi National Police...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 13, 2007 7:42 PM | Entry

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Minarets of Samarra's al-Askaria mosque destroyed; al Qaeda prime suspect

The Golden Dome of the al-Askaria Mosque and its two minarets prior to the bombings in 2006 and 2007. The Shia mosque at the epicenter of last year's explosion of sectarian violence hit again Just as U.S. and Iraqi...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 13, 2007 12:53 PM | Entry

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1920s Revolution Brigades turns on al Qaeda in Diyala

Group is aligned to the the Anbar Salvation Council; developments in the Diyala Campaign The 1920s Revolution Brigades. As the U.S. and Iraqi forces gear up to conduct a push into Diyala province, the heart of al Qaeda's stronghold in...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 12, 2007 11:35 PM | Entry

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U.S. finds Karbala PJCC mockup inside Iran

The Fajr Garrison, a Qods Force training facility in Ahwaz. Click to view. Satellite imagery links Iran to the Karbala attack which resulted in five U.S. soldiers killed The January 20 attack on the Karbala Provincial Joint Coordination Center...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 9, 2007 4:28 PM | Entry

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Targeting the Iranian "Secret Cells"

Qods Force logo, click to view. Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces work to dismantle the Iranian run Sheibani and Qazali networks Since the end of April, Multinational Forces Iraq has released a multitude of press releases noting the capture...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 8, 2007 12:09 AM | Entry

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Featured Report from Iraq: COIN, Sheikhs and Eatin' Goat

By Gene E. Blanton, who is currently embedded with the Multi-National Forces West Training Center in Habbaniyah. Support for Gene's reporting was provided by Public Multimedia Inc. LtCol. McGrath and Sheikh Khamis. Click to view. The Jump Platoon of 3rd...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 7, 2007 7:15 AM | Entry

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Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle: June 2007 Update

Iraqi & Coalition forces Order of Battle as of June 1, 2007. The Jun 2007 updates to the Iraqi Security Forces Order of Battle are now available at the ISF OOB Page. The significant changes to the Order of...

Posted by DJ Elliott on June 6, 2007 10:51 AM | Entry

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The Baghdad Order of Battle and the New York Times

The Baghdad Order Of Battle as of June 3, 2007. Click map to view. By DJ Elliott, CJ Radin and Bill Roggio The surge is failing, according to the New York Times. The U.S. has fallen short of securing...

Posted by Bill Roggio on June 5, 2007 4:49 PM | Entry

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Battle Sight Zero

By Gene E. Blanton, who is currently embedded with the Multi-National Forces West Training Center in Habbaniyah. Support for Gene's reporting was provided by Public Multimedia Inc. I've had the privilege to hang around the men of the Multi-National Forces...

Posted by The LWJ Editors on June 4, 2007 10:22 PM | Entry

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