Operation Clear Area

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Operation Clear Area
Part of Post-invasion Iraq
Italian personnel catalogue weapons seized from a hidden cache, including 151 rocket propelled grenade launchers.
Date December 6, 2003 Location Qalat Sukar, Iraq Result Weapons seized
Belligerents
Italian Army

During Post-invasion Iraq, Operation Clear Area was conducted on the night of December 6, 2003 and was a search and seizure operation utilizing vehicle check points. The checkpoints were set up in Central Iraq, between Ar Rifa`i and Qal`at Sukkar, and operated by elements of the Italian Task Force Dimonious, which included the Italian Army regiments Savoia Cavalleria and Lagunari “Serenissima”, as well as marines from the Italian Navy San Marco Battalion.

The operation seized many automatic weapons, 13 mortar bombs (82 mm), 6 mortar bombs (60 mm) and 6 munitions (37 mm). The local people also provided information on the location of a hidden weapons cache which included: 151 rocket propelled grenade launchers, 53 PG-7 rockets, 38 PG-9 rockets, 1 PG-5 rocket, 1 mortar bomb 82 mm, and 300 kilograms (136 lbd) of explosives.

Followed Operation Bulldog Mammoth, preceded Operation Abilene.

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