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| Lake Tharthar raid | |||||||
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| Part of the Post-invasion Iraq | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 Iraq United States |
Secret Army of Islam[1] Ba'ath Party loyalists Al-Qaeda in IraqOther Iraqi insurgents | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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15–20 commandos 10 troops | ~120 insurgents | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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7 killed 6 wounded[2] |
84 killed (estimated) 1 captured (unconfirmed) [2] | ||||||
The Lake Tharthar raid was an Iraqi commando raid on a Secret Army of Islam[1] training camp at Lake Tharthar on March 23, 2005.[3]
- ^ a b Nance, Malcolm W., The Terrorists of Iraq: Inside the Strategy and Tactics of the Iraq Insurgency 2003-2014, CRC Press, 2014 ISBN 1498706894 ISBN 978-1498706896
- ^ a b "NDTV.com". www.ndtv.com.
- ^ "85 insurgents killed". Deseret News. March 24, 2005.