Operation Peninsula Strike
27 Killed Invasion (2003) Post-invasion insurgency (2003–2006) Civil war (2006–2008) Insurgency (2008–2011) Operation Peninsula Strike was a series of raids conducted by American troops from 9 to 13 June 2003 as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, carried out by members of Task Force Ironhorse on a peninsula alongside the Tigris River near Balad, Iraq.In the operation US forces sought to target members of the Ba'ath Party, paramilitary, and subversive units.Specifically, US Forces were to hit five objectives simultaneously, detain the targets and screen them for intelligence.Among those who were targeted for capture were two persons on the 'Most Wanted List': Major General Abul Ali Jasmin, the former Minister of Defense, and Brigadier General Abdullah Ali Jasmin, former head of the military academy.The insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at the 4th Infantry Division tank patrol.