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Diyala province campaign | |||||||
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Part of the Iraq War | |||||||
Soldiers take cover behind a Stryker vehicle during a firefight | |||||||
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Belligerents | |||||||
United States Iraq Peshmerga |
Islamic State of Iraq Other Iraqi Insurgents | ||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||
Maj. Gen. Benjamin R. Mixon Maj. Gen. Ahmed al-Kozaee Brig. Gen. Abdul Kareem al-Obaidi † Brig. Gen. Fadhil al-Barwari (ISOF commander) |
Abu Omar al-Baghdadi Abu Hamza al-Muhajir | ||||||
Strength | |||||||
4,200 20,000 2,000 Peshmerga[1] | 2,000[2] | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
106 killed 300 security forces killed 22 militia killed[3] |
1,070+ killed 500 captured |
The Diyala province campaign was a series of operations conducted by coalition forces against Iraqi insurgents and a number of bombing and guerrilla attacks against the security forces in Diyala Governorate of Iraq, with the purpose of control of the province.