| Second Battle of Baqubah Mar-Aug 2007 | |||||||||
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| Part of the Iraq War (Diyala province campaign) | |||||||||
 Soldiers assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, have a short meeting at an airfield in Baqouba, Iraq before an air assault into an outlying village of the city, 18 June 2007. | |||||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
 United States Iraq |
 Islamic State of Iraq | ||||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
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COL Stephen Townsend LTC Antonia LTC Smiley † LTC Goins † |
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi Abu Hamza al-Muhajir | ||||||||
| Strength | |||||||||
| Approximately 700 combat troops and 2,000 support troops between 14 March and 17 June 2007, Approximately 2,000 combat troops and 5,000 support troops between 18 June and 31 August 2007. | Approximately 2,000-3,000 | ||||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
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22 killed 40 wounded (U.S. Task Force Regulars 14–17 March June 2007); 9 killed, 15 wounded (U.S. Operation Arrowhead Ripper 18–31 June August 2007); 7 security forces killed15 wounded[1][2][3] 2 militia killed 3 police killed |
382+ killed, some 100 detained[4][5][6][7][8][9][10] [10][11][12][13][14][15][16] | ||||||||
The Battle of Baqubah II (March–August 2007) took place during the Iraq War in the capital of the Iraqi province Diyala, to the north-east of Baghdad. It began in early March 2007, when U.S. and Iraqi forces commenced preliminary operations to "establish a presence in Diyala beyond their Forward Operating Base".[17]
In June 2007 as part of a larger country wide offensive, Operation Arrowhead Ripper was launched to gain control of Baqubah and its surrounding areas from the insurgents.[18] Baqubah was largely pacified as a result of this operation although insurgent presence still remained in the capital and throughout the province.
In August 2007, Operation Phantom Strike was launched throughout northern Iraq in order to capitalize on the gains made during Operation Phantom Thunder. As part of this offensive, Operation Lightning Hammer was launched to the northeast of Baqubah.[17]
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{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Thomson Reuters Foundation. "Reuters AlertNet – FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, 14 July". Alertnet.org. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
{{cite web}}:|author=has generic name (help) - ^ Mohammed al Dulaimy, McClatchy Newspapers (11 July 2007). "McClatchy Washington Bureau | 07/11/2007 | Round-up of daily violence, Wednesday 11 July 2007". Mcclatchydc.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "U.S. and Iraq forces kill 90 al Qaeda in offensive". Reuters, 2007-JUN-23. Retrieved 2007-JUN-27.
- ^ "Qaeda fiercely resisting US-Iraqi offensive". Al Sumaria. 23 June 2007. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 4 July 2007.
- ^ "Troops in Baqouba deliver food to locals". Archived 13 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine Multi-National Corps – Iraq Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory,APO AE 09342, 2007-JUN-27. Retrieved 2007-JUN-27.
- ^ "Iraq Security Developments – Friday". Archived 3 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine IraqSlogger, 2007-JUN-29. Retrieved 2007-JUL-04.
- ^ "Iraq Security Developments – Saturday". Archived 3 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine IraqSlogger, 2007-JUN-30. Retrieved 2007-JUL-04.
- ^ "Coalition Forces kill 25, detain 5 and uncover caches in Diyala". Archived 11 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine Multi-National Force – Iraq Press Desk, Baghdad, A070704a, 2007-JUL-04. Retrieved 2007-JUL-04.
- ^ a b "Multi-National Force – Iraq – 'Arrowhead Ripper' continues to deny terrorists resources". Mnf-iraq.com. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Multi-National Force – Iraq – Coalition Forces Kill Four Suspected Secret Cell Terrorists, Detain Eighteen". Mnf-iraq.com. Archived from the original on 8 February 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Tuesday: 3 GIs, 1 Briton, 63 Iraqis Killed; 50 Iraqis Wounded". Antiwar.com. 7 August 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Friday: 81 Iraqis Killed, 89 Wounded". Antiwar.com. 10 August 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Saturday: 1 GI, 81 Iraqis Killed; 34 Iraqis Wounded". Antiwar.com. 11 August 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Tuesday: 572 Iraqis Killed, 6 GIs; 1562 Iraqis Wounded". Antiwar.com. 14 August 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "Sunday: 125 Iraqis Killed, 78 Wounded". Antiwar.com. 19 August 2007. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ a b Securing Diyala | Institute for the Study of War Archived 22 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Task Force Lightning strikes Al-Qaeda" Archived 11 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine Multi-National Corps – Iraq, Public Affairs Office, 19 June 2007