Operation Phantom Thunder

Part of the Iraq War

An American soldier fires an AT4 in the Adhamiyah neighborhood.

Date	16 June 2007 – 14 August 2007
Location	Iraq
Result	Coalition strategic victory (Large territories previously held by insurgents come under coalition control; Operations continue with operation Phantom Strike)

Belligerents

United States
Iraqi Army
Revolution Brigade
Awakening Movement

Peshmerga

Iraqi insurgency

Al-Qaeda in Iraq

Commanders and leaders

Strength

~28,000 U.S./Iraqi Forces

2,100 Peshmerga

Unknown

Casualties and losses

140 killed (U.S.),
220 killed (Iraqi security forces),
20 killed (U.S.-allied Iraqi militia),
1 OH-58 Kiowa and
1 AH-64 Apache shot down

1,196 killed (46 bombers),
6,702 captured,
51 boats destroyed,
1,113 weapons caches destroyed,
382 high value individuals captured or killed,
2,299 IEDs cleared,
52 VBIEDS neutralized,
142 total Battalion-level Joint Operations

United States
Iraqi Army
Revolution Brigade
Awakening Movement

~28,000 U.S./Iraqi Forces

Operation Phantom Thunder began on 16 June 2007, when Multi-National Force-Iraq launched major offensive operations against al-Qaeda and other extremist terrorists operating throughout Iraq. Operation Phantom Thunder was a corps level operation, including Operation Arrowhead Ripper in Diyala Province, Operation Marne Torch and Operation Commando Eagle in Babil Province, Operation Fardh al-Qanoon in Baghdad, Operation Alljah in Anbar Province, and continuing special forces actions against the Mahdi Army in southern Iraq and against Al-Qaeda leadership throughout the country. The operation was one of the biggest military operations in Iraq since the U.S. invasion in 2003.

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