Operation United Front

Iraqi security forces and units from the Multi-National Division - Baghdad's 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, a combined force totaling approximately 1,300 personnel, conducted Operation United Front May 6 in an effort to capture insurgent forces and seize weapons caches in the neighborhood of Ameriya, a hotbed of sectarian violence in western Baghdad.

Iraqi police cordoned off the neighborhood of approximately 150,000 people under the cover of darkness in the early morning hours while MND-B engineers cleared routes in the area of suspected roadside bombs. Iraqi National Police from 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, and Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment, jointly searched large areas of the neighborhood.

“This operation provided the citizens of Ameriya visible proof that Coalition and Iraqi security forces are concerned about their safety,” said Maj. James Crawford, a spokesman for 1st BCT, 10th Mtn. Div. “We are committed to ridding the area of terrorists and criminal activity.”

Participating Units
American Units
* 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division
* 2nd Battalion, 1st Brigade, 6th Iraqi Army Division and 1st Battalion, 87th Infantry Regiment

Iraqi Units
* Iraqi Security Forces
* 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division

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