Operation Black Eagle

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Operation Black Eagle
Part of the Iraq War, Post-invasion Iraq

Polish Military Hind over Diwaniya during the operation
Date April 6 - April 10, 2007
Location Diwaniya, Iraq
Result Indecisive
Belligerents
Flag of the United States United States
Flag of Poland Poland
Flag of Iraq Iraq
al-Mahdi Army
Casualties and losses
6 killed (U.S.),
1 killed (Poland),
29 killed (Iraq)
25 killed, 39 captured

Operation Black Eagle is an operation in which U.S. troops battled gunmen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the town of Diwaniya, Iraq for control of the city. U.S. warplanes targeted insurgent positions with Hellfire missiles in and near the city. As of April 7, 2007, Iraqi officials have verified six insurgents killed and 39 captured. On April 10, 2007, combat operations had been declared to have ended and the operation continued into the reconstruction phase.

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However, mid-May renewed heavy fighting erupted in the city.

On August 11, 2007, a roadside bomb hit the convoy of the governor of Diwaniya, Khalil Jalil Hamza, killing him along with the province's police chief Brigadier Khalid Hassan.[1][2]

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