Operation Phantom Strike

Operation Phantom Strike
	Part of the Iraq War
	; U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. LaMarquis Knowles, Warrant Officer Eric Barreras, Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, commander of Multi-National Corps – Iraq, and Lt. Col. Richard Kim walk toward the helipad at Combat Outpost Callahan in North Baghdad, Iraq.
Date	15 August 2007–January 2008
Location	Iraq
Result	Coalition victory
Belligerents
United States Army; New Iraqi Army	Islamic State of Iraq Mahdi Army; ; Other Iraqi insurgents
Commanders and leaders
Abboud Qanbar; David Petraeus	Unknown
Strength
16,000+	unknown
Casualties and losses
11 killed	330+ killed, 83 captured

Operation Phantom Strike was a major offensive launched by the Multi-National Corps – Iraq on 15 August 2007 in a crackdown to disrupt both the al-Qaeda-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq and Shia insurgent operations in Iraq. It consisted of a number of simultaneous operations throughout Iraq focused on pursuing remaining ISI terrorists and Iranian-supported insurgent groups. It was concluded in January 2008 and followed up with Operation Phantom Phoenix.

^ Mockaitis, Thomas R., The Iraq War Encyclopedia , ABC-CLIO, 2013 ISBN 0313380627 ISBN 978-0313380624
^ "DefenseLink News Article: Troops Kill, Capture Terrorists, Seize Weapons in 'Lightning Hammer'". Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.
^ "Seven U.S. troops die in Iraq vehicle accident – CNN.com". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2007.

[1] Mockaitis, Thomas R., The Iraq War Encyclopedia , ABC-CLIO, 2013 ISBN 0313380627 ISBN 978-0313380624

[2] "DefenseLink News Article: Troops Kill, Capture Terrorists, Seize Weapons in 'Lightning Hammer'". Archived from the original on 30 August 2007. Retrieved 28 August 2007.

[3] "Seven U.S. troops die in Iraq vehicle accident – CNN.com". Archived from the original on 22 May 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2007.

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