{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox military conflict | conflict = Operation Bull Run | partof = the Post-invasion Iraq (Operation Phantom Thunder) | image = Operationbullrun.jpg | image_size = 240px | caption = American troops conduct ''Operation Bull Run'' | date = 24 June 2007 – 26 June 2007 | place = Iraq | casus = | territory = | result = U.S. military raids successful;<br>Disruption of insurgent supply lines | combatant1 = {{flag|United States}} <br> {{flagicon|Iraq|2004}} New Iraqi Army | combatant2 = {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Islamic State in Iraq.svg|size=23px}} Islamic State of Iraq<br> Other Iraqi insurgents | commander1 = General Rick Lynch (Task Force Marne)<br>Colonel Terry Ferrell (2-3BCT)<br>Colonel Wayne W. Grigsby Jr. (3-3HBCT) | commander2 = | strength1 = 3000 (2000 Coalition, 1000 Iraqi) | strength2 = Unknown | casualties1 = 1 KIA | casualties2 = 4–7 captured, 2 killed | casualties3 = | notes = }} '''''Operation Bull Run''''' was a 48-hour-long military operation during the occupation of Iraq that began on 24 June 2007 in Al Dura'iya. A joint operation between the US Army's 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry of the 3rd Heavy Brigade and the Iraqi National Police and Iraqi Army, the operation netted four to seven captured insurgents and two killed.<ref name=gs>[http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oif-bull-run.htm Operation Bull Run] from Global Security Retrieved 16 May 2008</ref><ref name=mnf>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20070711104127/http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12557&Itemid=128 ''Operation Bull Run disrupts insurgent operations'']}} press release by Operation Iraqi Freedom Official News Site. Retrieved 16 May 2008</ref> Launched from Forward Operating Base Hammer,<ref name=mnf/> it formed part of ''Operation Marne Torch'', clearing insurgent sanctuaries to the southeast of Baghdad, and in addition to the insurgents killed and captured, it liberated three separate caches of artillery rounds, mortars, firearms and ammunition, along with propaganda and cell phones.<ref name=gs/>
On 27 June 2007, following the conclusion of the operation the previous day,<ref name=gs/> the Official News Website for ''Operation Iraqi Freedom'' released a news bulletin on ''Operation Bull Run''.<ref name=mnf/>
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==External links== * {{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20070711104127/http://www.mnf-iraq.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12557&Itemid=128 ''Operation Bull Run disrupts insurgent operations'']}} press release by Operation Iraqi Freedom Official News Site. * [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/oif-bull-run.htm Operation Bull Run] from Global Security
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bull Run}} Category:Operation Phantom Thunder Category:June 2007 in Iraq Category:Babylon Governorate in the Iraq War