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Operation Phantom Strike

Aug-13-2007 » Filed Under: Iraq News

Bill Roggio at The Fourth Rail takes a close look at the launch of Operation Phantom Strike. Operation Phantom Strike is being represented as the follow-on to Operation Phantom Thunder, of which Arrowhead Ripper was a part of. Excerpt:

Operation Phantom Strike follows Operations Fardh Al-Qanoon (the Baghdad Security Plan) and Phantom Thunder, which pushed Coalition and Iraqi security forces into areas previously unsecured, as well as ejected terror groups from safe havens in Baghdad, and Northern Babil, eastern Anbar, Salahadin and Diyala provinces. During this time, Iraqi and Coalition forces conducted daily, intelligence driven raids against al Qaeda in Iraq and the Iranian-backed cells nationwide, with a heavy emphasis on cells in Baghdad, Diyala, and central and northern Iraq.

The Baghdad Security Plan and Phantom Thunder can be considered shaping operations for Phantom Strike. Once Iraqi and Coalition forces moved into previous no-go zones, they have established local security forces and intelligence networks able to pinpoint the makeup and location of the Sunni and Shia extremist groups. Phantom Strike will be a largely intelligence driven operation.

Related Article:

Coalition Troops Launch Operation Phantom Strike in Iraq - AFPS


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