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Operation Black Eagle
Part of the Iraq War, Post-invasion Iraq
File:Polish Hind in Iraq.jpg
Polish Military Hind over Diwaniya during the operation
DateApril 6 - April 10 2007
Location
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
 United States
 Poland
 Iraq
al-Mahdi Army
Casualties and losses
6 killed (U.S.)
1 killed (Poland)
29 killed (Iraq)
25 killed, 39 captured

Operation Black Eagle is an operation in which U.S. troops battled gunmen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the town of Diwaniya, Iraq for control of the city. U.S. warplanes targeted insurgent positions with Hellfire missiles in and near the city. As of April 7, 2007, Iraqi officials have verified six insurgents killed and 39 captured. On April 10, 2007, combat operations had been declared to have ended and the operation continued into the reconstruction phase.

Aftermath

However, mid-May renewed heavy fighting erupted in the city.

On August 11, 2007, a roadside bomb hit the convoy of the governor of Diwaniya, Khalil Jalil Hamza, killing him along with the province's police chief Brigadier Khalid Hassan.[1][2]

See also

References

Template:Operations of the Iraq war: 2007