Operation Lion's Leap

Operation Lion's Leap
Part of the Iraq War, Post-invasion Iraq
Date 17 November 2007 – ongoing Location Diwaniya, Iraq Result Indecisive
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom  Poland  Iraq	Mahdi Army
Strength
At least 2 Iraqi army brigades One US brigade	Unknown
Casualties and losses
	74 captured.

Operation Lion's Leap was a joint US-Iraqi operation against the Mahdi Army in Diwaniyah, 180 kilometers south of Baghdad. The division-level operation was launched on 17 November 2007 by Iraqi Army and police forces, with a US brigade in support. At least 74 Mahdi Army militiamen were captured and at least two major weapons caches were discovered. ^[1]