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ter as well as two submarines in the red sea and persian gulf 158 one bomb missed the compound entirely while the other three impacted the site on the other side of an electrified wall surrounding the main palace building damaging it and destroying every other structure in the compound 159 saddam was not present nor were any members of the iraqi leadership 154 160 baghdad area hospitals reported that the attack killed one civilian and injured fourteen others including four men nine women and one child 161 later sources indicated that saddam had not visited the farm since 1995 158 while others claimed that saddam had been at the compound that morning but had left before the strike which bush had ordered delayed until the 48 hour deadline had expired 155 opening attack edit on 19 march at 21 00 the first strike of the operation was carried out by members of the 160th soar a flight of mh 60l daps direct action penetrators and four black swarm flights each consisting of a pair of ah 6m little birds and a flir equipped mh 6m to identify targets for the ah 6s each black swarm flight was assigned a pair of a 10as engaged iraqi visual observation posts along the southern and western borders of iraq within seven hours more than 70 sites were destroyed effectively depriving the iraqi military of any early warning of the coming invasion as the sites were eliminated the first heliborne sof teams launched from h 5 air base in jordan including vehicle mounted patrols from the british and australian components transported by the mh 47ds of the 160th soar ground elements of task force dagger task force 20 task force 14 and task force 64 breached the sand berms along the iraqi border with jordan saudi arabia and kuwait in the early morning hours and drove into iraq unofficially the british australians and task force 20 had been in iraq weeks prior 162 163 on 20 march at approximately 02 30 utc at 05 34 local time explosions were heard in baghdad special operations commandos from the cia s special activities division from the northern iraq liaison element infiltrated throughout iraq and called in the early air strikes 137 at 03 16 utc or 10 16 pm est bush announced that he had ordered an attack against selected targets of military importance in iraq 164 165 when this word was given the troops on standby crossed the border into iraq wingtip vortices are visible trailing from an f 15e as it disengages from midair refueling with a kc 10 during operation iraqi freedom before the invasion many observers had expected a longer campaign of aerial bombing before any ground action taking as examples the gulf war or the 2001 invasion of afghanistan in practice u s plans envisioned simultaneous air and ground assaults to incapacitate the iraqi forces quickly which resulted in the shock and awe military campaign attempting to bypass iraqi military units and cities in most cases the assumption was that superior mobility and coordination of coalition forces would allow them to attack the heart of the iraqi command structure and destroy it in a short time and that this would minimize civilian deaths and damage to infrastructure it was expected that the elimination of the leadership would lead to the collapse of iraq s military and government and that much of the population would support the invaders once the government had been weakened occupation of cities and attacks on peripheral military units were viewed as undesirable distractions following turkey s decision to deny any official use of its territory the coalition was forced to modify the planned simultaneous attack from north and south 166 special operations forces from the cia and u s army managed to build and lead the kurdish peshmerga into an effective force and assault for the north the primary bases for the invasion were in kuwait and other persian gulf states one result of this was that one of the divisions intended for the invasion was forced to relocate and was unable to take part in the invasion until well into the war the iraqis immediately adapted to the invasion and began using unconventional tactics on 22 march american troops first encountered the insurgency tactics that would later define the war sgt 1st class anthony broadhead a platoon sergeant in the crazy horse troop of the 3rd infantry division s cavalry unit was in a tank heading towards a bridge in samawah on the invasion route he waved at a group of iraqis but instead of waving back they began attacking the american tanks with ak 47 rifles rocket propelled grenades and mortars because these types of paramilitary forces were well armed but indistinguishable from civilians they would come to pose a significant challenge for u s forces throughout iraq war 167 nasa landsat 7 image of baghdad 2 april 2003 the dark streaks are smoke from oil well fires set in an attempt to hinder attacking air forces the invasion itself was swift leading to the collapse of the iraqi government and the military of iraq in about three weeks the oil infrastructure of iraq was rapidly seized and secured with limited damage in that time securing the oil infrastructure was considered of great importance before the invasion iraqi forces had mined some 400 oil wells around basra and the al faw peninsula with explosives 168 169 170 coalition troops launched an air and amphibious assault on the al faw peninsula during the closing hours of 19 march to secure the oil fields there the amphibious assault was supported by warships of the royal navy polish navy and royal australian navy in the meantime british royal air force raf tornados from 9 and 617 squadrons attacked the radar defence systems protecting baghdad but lost a tornado on 22 march along with the pilot and navigator flight lieutenant kevin main and flight lieutenant dave williams shot down by an american patriot missile as they returned to their air base in kuwait 171 on 1 april an f 14 from uss kitty hawk crashed in southern iraq reportedly due to engine failure 172 and a s 3b viking plunged off the deck of the uss constellation after a malfunction and an av 8b harrier jump jet went into the gulf while it was trying to land on the uss nassau 173 the british 3 commando brigade with the u s navy s special boat team 22 task unit two 174 as well as the u s marine corps 15th marine expeditionary unit and the polish special forces unit grom attached attacked the port of umm qasr there they met with heavy resistance by iraqi troops a total of 14 coalition troops and 30 40 iraqi troops were killed and 450 iraqis taken prisoner the british army s 16 air assault brigade alongside elements of the raf regiment also secured the oil fields in southern iraq in places like rumaila while the polish commandos captured offshore oil platforms near the port preventing their destruction despite the rapid advance of the invasion forces some 44 oil wells were destroyed and set ablaze by iraqi explosives or by incidental fire however the wells were quickly capped and the fires put out preventing the ecological damage and loss of oil production capacity that had occurred at the end of the gulf war in keeping with the rapid advance plan the u s 3rd infantry division moved westward and then northward through the western desert toward baghdad while the 1st marine expeditionary force moved along highway 1 through the center of the country and 1 uk armoured division moved northward through the eastern marshland during the first week of the war iraqi forces fired a scud missile at the american battlefield update assessment center in camp doha kuwait the missile was intercepted and shot down by a patriot missile seconds before hitting the complex subsequently two a 10 warthogs attacked the missile launcher battle of nasiriyah edit main article battle of nasiriyah initially the u s 1st marine division fought through the rumaila oil fields and moved north to nasiriyah a moderate sized shi ite dominated city with important strategic significance as a major road junction and its proximity to nearby tallil airfield it was also situated near a number of strategically important bridges over the euphrates river the city was defended by a mix of regular iraqi army units ba ath loyalists and fedayeen from both iraq and abroad the u s army 3rd infantry division defeated iraqi forces entrenched in and around the airfield and bypassed the city to the west a u s amphibious fighting vehicle destroyed near nasiriyah on 23 march a convoy from the 3rd infantry division including the female american soldiers jessica lynch shoshana johnson and lori piestewa was ambushed after taking a wrong turn into the city eleven u s soldiers were killed and seven including lynch and johnson were captured 175 piestewa died of wounds shortly after capture while the remaining five prisoners of war were later rescued piestewa who was from tuba city arizona and an enrolled member of the hopi tribe was believed to have been the first native american woman killed in combat in a foreign war 176 on the same day u s marines from the 2nd marine division entered nasiriyah in force facing heavy resistance as they moved to secure two major bridges in the city several marines were killed during a firefight with fedayeen in the urban fighting at the saddam canal another 18 marines were killed in heavy fighting with iraqi soldiers an air force a 10 was involved in a case of friendly fire that resulted in the death of six marines when it accidentally attacked an american amphibious vehicle two other vehicles were destroyed when a barrage of rpg and small arms fire killed most of the marines inside 177 a marine from marine air control group 28 was killed by enemy fire and two marine engineers drowned in the saddam canal the bridges were secured and the second marine division set up a perimeter around the city a u s soldier stands guard duty near a burning oil well in the rumaila oil field 2 april 2003 on the evening of 24 march the 2nd light armored reconnaissance battalion which was attached to regimental combat team one rct 1 pushed through nasiriyah and established a perimeter 15 km 9 3 miles north of the city iraqi reinforcements from kut launched several counterattacks the marines managed to repel them using indirect fire and close air support the last iraqi attack was beaten off at dawn the battalion estimated that 200 300 iraqi soldiers were killed without a single u s casualty nasiriyah was declared secure but attacks by iraqi fedayeen continued these attacks were uncoordinated and resulted in firefights that killed many fedayeen because of nasiriyah s strategic position as a road junction significant gridlock occurred as u s forces moving north converged on the city s surrounding highways with the nasiriyah and tallil airfields secured coalition forces gained an important logistical center in southern iraq and established fob eaf jalibah some 10 miles 16 km outside nasiriyah additional troops and supplies were soon brought through this forward operating base the 101st airborne division continued its attack north in support of the 3rd infantry division by 28 march a severe sandstorm slowed the coalition advance as the 3rd infantry division halted its northward drive halfway between najaf and karbala air operations by helicopters poised to bring reinforcements from the 101st airborne were blocked for three days there was particularly heavy fighting in and around the bridge near the town of kufl battle of najaf edit main article battle of najaf 2003 destroyed iraqi t 72 tank on highway 9 outside najaf another fierce battle was at najaf where u s airborne and armored units with british air support fought an intense battle with iraqi regulars republican guard units and paramilitary forces it started with u s ah 64 apache helicopter gunships setting out on a mission to attack republican guard armored units while flying low the apaches came under heavy anti aircraft small arms and rpg fire which heavily damaged many helicopters and shot one down frustrating the attack 178 they attacked again successfully on 26 march this time after a pre mission artillery barrage and with support from f a 18 hornet jets with no gunships lost 179 the 1st brigade combat team s air defense battery supported by a colt combat observation lasing team and the brigade recon troop moved in to secure the bridge at al kifl late on 24 march when the ada company was unable to secure the western bank of the bridge the commander called for reinforcements col grimsley order ltc marcone task force 3 69 armor to send a quick reaction force to support the ada company ltc marcone sent b 3 7 infantry to clear and secure the bridge bravo company was made up of two infantry platoons with m2a2 bradley fighting vehicles and one platoon of m1a2 abrams tanks bravo 3 7 infantry secured the bridge and fought for 36 hours through a sandstorm during that time the soldiers fought against iraqi military and fedayeen forces after 36 hours b co 3 7 infantry was relieved on 26 march citation needed the 101st airborne division on 29 march supported by a battalion from the 1st armored division attacked iraqi forces in the southern part of the city near the imam ali mosque and captured najaf s airfield 180 four americans were killed by a suicide bomber on 31 march the 101st made a reconnaissance in force into najaf on 1 april elements of the 70th armored regiment launched a thunder run an armored thrust through najaf s city center and with air support defeated the iraqi forces after several days of heavy fighting the city was secured by 4 april citation needed battle of basra edit main article battle of basra 2003 british soldiers engage iraqi army positions with their 81mm mortars south of basra 26 march 2003 the iraqi port city of umm qasr was the first british obstacle a joint polish british american force ran into unexpectedly stiff resistance and it took several days to clear the iraqi forces out farther north the british 7 armoured brigade fought their way into iraq s second largest city basra on 6 april coming under constant attack by regulars and fedayeen while 3rd battalion the parachute regiment cleared the old quarter of the city that was inaccessible to vehicles entering basra was achieved after two weeks of fierce fighting including a tank battle when the royal scots dragoon guards destroyed 14 iraqi tanks on 27 march a few members of d squadron british sas were deployed to southern iraq to support the coalition advance on basra the team conducted forward route reconnaissance and infiltrated the city and brought in strikes on the ba athist loyalist leadership 181 182 elements of 1 uk armoured division began to advance north towards u s positions around al amarah on 9 april pre existing electrical and water shortages continued throughout the conflict and looting began as iraqi forces collapsed while coalition forces began working with local iraqi police to enforce order a joint team 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