Operation Red Dawn

Operation Red Dawn
Part of the Iraq War
Samir, a 34-year-old Iraqi-American military interpreter who helped find Saddam and pull him from his hideaway in December 2003.
Date 13 December 2003 Location Ad-Dawr, Iraq Result Successful operation; Capture and arrest of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein
Belligerents
USA Support: (alleged) Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Peshmerga	Saddam Hussein and personal bodyguards
Commanders and leaders
Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno Col. James Hickey Steve Russell	Saddam Hussein (POW)
Units involved
4th Infantry Division 1st Brigade Combat Team Task Force 121 Delta Force ISA
Strength
600	3
Casualties and losses
1	3 captured

 USA
Support: (alleged)
Patriotic Union of Kurdistan

Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno
Col. James Hickey

4th Infantry Division

Task Force 121

Operation Red Dawn was an American military operation conducted on 13 December 2003 in the town of ad-Dawr, Iraq, near Tikrit, that led to the capture of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. The operation was named after the 1984 film Red Dawn. The mission was assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team of the 4th Infantry Division, commanded by Maj. Gen. Raymond Odierno and led by Col. James Hickey of the 4th Infantry Division, with joint operations Task Force 121—an elite and covert joint special operations team.

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