Operation Lion's Leap | |||||||
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Part of the Iraq War, Post-invasion Iraq | |||||||
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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]