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n mission underway the seal and select ranger elements would be inserted by mh 60k blackhawks and four mh 6 little birds supported by four ah 6 attack helicopters and two mh 60l daps the other rangers would be flown in by marine ch 46s and ch 53 transport helicopters to establish a cordon around the hospital grounds the main assault force of seals would arrive by a ground convoy of agms pandur forearmed vehicles and gmv trucks while the hostage rescue element landed directly on the objective in mh 6 little birds 218 at 0100 on 1 april 2003 tf tarawa commenced their deception mission cia elements cut the city s power as the helicopters approached their objective the ah 6s led the way behind them the mh 6s dropped off task force 20 sniper teams at strategic locations around and on the hospital the daps and the ah 6s covered the mh 60ks as they dropped off assault teams on the hospital roof and another by the front door the ground assault convoy arrived and the assaulters raced inside and onto the second floor where lynch was located 13 minutes later a mh 60k touched down near the hospital entrance with a team of pjs and soar medics on board and transported lynch to tallil where it rendezvoused with a standby medical flight and then onto kuwait and finally the u s citation needed the hospital was devoid of any fedayeen citation needed although evidence suggested they were using it as a base the ranger blocking teams experienced some sporadic direct fire the seals and the rangers eventually recovered the remains of eight members of lynch s unit that had been killed or died of their wounds task force 20 carried out one of the first successful u s prisoner of war rescue missions since world war ii 219 fall of baghdad april 2003 edit main article battle of baghdad 2003 a t72 asad babil abandoned after facing the final u s thrust into baghdad three weeks into the invasion the army s 3rd infantry division with the 1st marine division also present moved into baghdad 220 units of the iraqi special republican guard led the defence of the city the rest of the defenders were a mixture of republican guard units regular army units fedayeen saddam and non iraqi arab volunteers initial plans were for coalition units to surround the city and gradually move in forcing iraqi armor and ground units to cluster into a central pocket in the city and then attack with air and artillery forces u s army m1a1 abrams tanks and their crews pose for a photo in front of the victory arch monument at baghdad s ceremony square in november 2003 this plan soon became unnecessary as an initial engagement of armored units south of the city saw most of the republican guard s assets destroyed and routes in the southern outskirts of the city occupied on 5 april task force 1 64 armor of the u s army s 3rd infantry division executed a raid later called the thunder run to test remaining iraqi defenses with 29 tanks and 14 bradley armored fighting vehicles advancing to the baghdad airport they met significant resistance but were successful in reaching the airport and eventually secured it after heavy fighting an american m1 abrams tank destroyed in baghdad the next day another brigade of the 3rd infantry division attacked downtown baghdad and occupied one of the palaces of saddam hussein in fierce fighting u s marines also faced heavy shelling from iraqi artillery as they attempted to cross a river bridge but the river crossing was successful the iraqis managed to inflict some casualties on the u s forces near the airport from defensive positions but suffered severe casualties from air bombardment within hours of the palace seizure and with television coverage of this spreading through iraq u s forces ordered iraqi forces within baghdad to surrender or the city would face a full scale assault iraqi government officials had either disappeared or had conceded defeat on 9 april 2003 baghdad was formally occupied by coalition forces 221 222 223 and a statue of saddam was toppled 224 much of baghdad remained unsecured however and fighting continued within the city and its outskirts well into the period of occupation saddam had vanished and his whereabouts were unknown marines from 1st battalion 7th marines enter a palace during the battle of baghdad on 10 april a rumor emerged that saddam hussein and his top aides were in a mosque complex in the al az amiyah district of baghdad three companies of marines were sent to capture him and came under heavy fire from rocket propelled grenades mortars and assault rifles one marine was killed and 20 were wounded but neither saddam or any of his top aides were found u s forces supported by mortars artillery and aircraft continued to attack iraqi forces still loyal to saddam hussein and non iraqi arab volunteers u s aircraft flying in support were met with iraqi anti aircraft fire on 12 april by late afternoon all fighting had ceased a total of 34 american soldiers and 2 320 iraqi fighters were killed many iraqis celebrated the downfall of saddam by vandalizing the many portraits and statues of him together with other pieces of his cult of personality one widely publicized event was the dramatic toppling of a large statue of saddam in baghdad s firdos square this attracted considerable media coverage at the time as the british daily mirror reported the april 2003 toppling of saddam hussein s statue in firdos square in baghdad shortly after the capture of the city for an oppressed people this final act in the fading daylight the wrenching down of this ghastly symbol of the regime is their berlin wall moment big moustache has had his day 225 the fall of baghdad saw the outbreak of regional sectarian violence throughout the country as iraqi tribes and cities began to fight each other over old grudges the iraqi cities of al kut and nasiriyah launched attacks on each other immediately following the fall of baghdad to establish dominance in the new country and the u s led coalition quickly found themselves embroiled in a potential civil war u s led coalition forces ordered the cities to cease hostilities immediately explaining that baghdad would remain the capital of the new iraqi government nasiriyah responded favorably and quickly backed down however al kut placed snipers on the main roadways into town with orders that invading forces were not to enter the city after several minor skirmishes the snipers were removed but tensions and violence between regional city tribal and familial groups continued u s marines being welcomed while entering baghdad in april 2003 tommy franks assumed control of iraq as the supreme commander of the coalition occupation forces shortly after the sudden collapse of the defense of baghdad rumors were circulating in iraq and elsewhere that there had been a deal struck a safqua wherein the u s led coalition had bribed key members of the iraqi military elite and or the ba ath party itself to stand down in may 2003 franks retired and confirmed in an interview that the u s led coalition had paid iraqi military leaders to defect the extent of the defections and their effect on the war are unclear u s led coalition troops promptly began searching for the key members of saddam s government these individuals were identified by a variety of means most famously through sets of most wanted iraqi playing cards later during the military occupation period after the invasion on 22 july during a raid by the u s 101st airborne division and men from task force 20 uday and qusay hussein as well as one of saddam s grandsons were killed in a massive fire fight saddam himself was captured on 13 december other areas edit on 15 april u s forces took control of tikrit the last major outpost in central iraq with an attack led by the marines task force tripoli about a week later the marines were relieved in place by the army s 4th infantry division coalition aircraft flew over 41 000 sorties 226 of which over 9 000 were tanker sorties 227 immediate aftermath of the invasion edit main article iraq war after the invasion several factors contributed to the destabilization of iraq on 23 may l paul bremer issued coalition provisional authority order number 2 dissolving the iraqi army and other entities of the ba athist state ba athists were excluded from the newly formed iraqi government 228 the first postwar election was won by the united iraqi alliance an electoral coalition composed of mainly shi ite groups which proceeded to ostracize sunnis shia militia groups pushed sunnis out of several areas even emptying entire sunni neighborhoods in baghdad during the 2007 troop surge 229 230 231 232 the u s military established prison camps where disgruntled iraqis former ba athists and jihadists met abu bakr al baghdadi future leader of the islamic state joined al qaeda in iraq aqi while detained at camp bucca in 2004 aqi member ahmed al sharaa the future leader of al nusra front and hay at tahrir al sham and future syrian president was also held there and released in 2008 all these factors contributed to iraq s sectarian violence and the formation and spread of terrorist organizations 233 234 235 236 237 238 bush declares an end to major combat operations may 2003 edit main article mission accomplished speech uss abraham lincoln returning to port carrying its mission accomplished banner on 1 may 2003 bush gave a speech on the aircraft carrier uss abraham lincoln announcing the end of major combat operations in the iraq war 239 while he gave the speech there was a banner hanging behind him that wrote mission accomplished the banner made by white house staff at the request of the u s navy 240 was criticized as premature the white house subsequently released a statement that the sign and bush s visit referred to the initial invasion of iraq and disputing the charge of theatrics the speech itself noted we have difficult work to do in iraq we are bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous 241 post invasion iraq was marked by a long conflict between u s led forces and iraqi insurgents coalition and allied contingent involvement edit the coalition of the willing named by the us state department in 2003 members of the coalition included australia 2 000 invasion poland 200 invasion 2 500 peak spain 1 300 invasion uk 46 000 invasion u s 150 000 to 250 000 invasion other members of the coalition were afghanistan albania angola azerbaijan bulgaria colombia costa rica the czech republic denmark dominican republic el salvador eritrea estonia ethiopia georgia honduras hungary iceland italy japan kuwait latvia lithuania north macedonia marshall islands micronesia mongolia the netherlands nicaragua palau panama the philippines portugal romania rwanda singapore slovakia solomon islands south korea tonga turkey uganda ukraine and uzbekistan 242 fifteen other countries were providing assistance such as over flight rights but which do not want to declare support 243 australia edit members of the ran clearance diving team three and an australian army lcm 8 inspecting camouflaged mines 21 march 2003 main article australian involvement in the iraq war australia contributed approximately 2 000 australian defence force personnel including a special forces task group three warships and 14 f a 18 hornet aircraft 244 on 16 april 2003 australian special operations forces captured the undefended al asad air base west of baghdad the base would later become the second largest coalition facility post invasion poland edit main article polish involvement in the iraq war polish grom troops immediately after the port s capture during the battle of umm qasr the battle of umm qasr was the first military confrontation in the iraq war with its objective the capture of the port polish grom troops supported the amphibious assault on umm qasr with the british 3 commando brigade of the royal marines and the u s 15th marine expeditionary unit 245 after the waterway was de mined by a detachment from hm 14 and naval special clearance team one of the u s navy and reopened umm qasr played an important role in the shipment of humanitarian supplies to iraqi civilians 246 united kingdom edit main article british involvement in the iraq war in operation telic british troops participated in the invasion the 1st armoured division was deployed to the persian gulf and commanded british forces in the area securing areas in southern iraq including the city of basra during the invasion a total of 46 000 troops of all the british services were committed to the operation at its start including some 5 000 royal navy and royal fleet auxiliary sailors and 4 000 royal marines 26 000 british army soldiers and 8 100 raf airmen the british special forces deployment was codenamed operation row and were known as task force 7 under combined joint special operations task force west task force dagger 247 summary of the invasion edit american british and australian counterparts stationed together at al udeid air base qatar flying on 14 april 2003 the u s led coalition forces toppled the government and captured the key cities of a large nation in only 26 days the invasion did require a large army build up like the 1991 gulf war but many did not see combat and many were withdrawn after the invasion ended this proved to be short sighted however due to the requirement for a much larger force to combat the irregular iraqi forces in the iraqi insurgency general eric shinseki u s army chief of staff recommended several hundred thousand 248 troops be used to maintain post war order but then rumsfeld and especially his deputy civilian paul wolfowitz strongly disagreed general abizaid later said general shinseki had been right 249 the iraqi army armed mainly with older soviet and eastern european built equipment 250 was overall ill equipped in comparison to the american and british forces attacks on u s supply routes by fedayeen militiamen were repulsed the iraqis artillery proved largely ineffective and they were unable to mobilize their air force to attempt a defense the iraqi t 72 tanks the most powerful armored vehicles in the iraqi army were both outdated and ill maintained and when they were mobilized they were rapidly destroyed thanks in part to the coalition air supremacy the u s air force marine corps and naval aviation and raf operated with impunity throughout the country pinpointing heavily defended resistance targets and destroying them before ground troops arrived the main battle tanks of american and british forces the u s m1 abrams and british challenger 2 functioned well in the rapid advance across the country despite the many rpg attacks by irregular iraqi forces few u s and uk tanks were lost and no tank crew members were killed by hostile fire although nearly 40 m1 abrams were damaged in the attacks 251 the only tank loss sustained by the british army was a challenger 2 of the queen s royal lancers that was hit by another challenger 2 killing two crew 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