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; Iraq	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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