Operation Gaugamela

Operation Gaugamela
Date July 2006 Location just west of Kirkuk Result detained 154 terror suspects and seized hundreds of weapons
Belligerents
United States Army New Iraqi Army	Mujahideen Shura Council Al-Qaeda in Iraq Other Iraqi insurgents
Commanders and leaders
Abboud Qanbar David Petraeus	unknown
Strength
3000	Unknown
Casualties and losses
None	None

Without a single shot being fired, more than 3,000 members of the Iraqi security forces (ISF) and Bastogne Soldiers from the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, detained 154 terror suspects and seized more than 350 semi-automatic and automatic rifles, a variety of pistols and mortar rounds, as well as a large number of materials used to make Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) during Operation Gaugamela (gaw'guh-MEE-luh), a search for suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in the cities and areas surrounding Hawija and Riyadh, just west of Kirkuk, Iraq.