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On April 5, Task Force 1–64 Armor of the US Army's 3rd Infantry Division, 2nd Brigade, executed a raid, later called the "Thunder Run", to test remaining Iraqi defenses. The operation began south of Baghdad and went through main roads to the newly secured airport. [29] Iraqi resistance was disorganized, and the unit sustained few casualties.
The city of Najaf sits astride important highways leading north to Karbala and Baghdad. Rather than simply bypassing the town as had been done with Nasiriyah and Samawah, the 3rd ID decided to isolate the town to prevent it from being used to stage attacks on American supply lines. The plan was to seize the major bridges in Al Kifl, a town ...
The CPJ determined that the tank's intended target was an Iraqi forward artillery observer when it hit the hotel. The report went on to say "CPJ has learned that Pentagon officials, as well as commanders on the ground in Baghdad, knew that the Palestine Hotel was full of international journalists and were intent on not hitting it." [6]
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 ...
In 2003, Perkins commanded the 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division during the invasion of Iraq. His unit was the first across the border, and first to enter the downtown government areas of Baghdad. Perkins is featured prominently in the book Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad, and received the Silver Star for his part in the ...
Statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled in Baghdad's Firdos Square on April 9, 2003. April 8 – three journalists in Baghdad were killed by a US tank [2] April 9 – Baghdad is formally secured by U.S. forces. April 10 – Kurdish forces capture Kirkuk. April 15 – U.S. forces seize control of most of Tikrit. U.S. forces capture Abu Abbas in ...
The Tuskers were the second unit into the International Zone of Baghdad in April 2003, following Task Force 1-64AR on the second "Thunder Run" (7 April 2003). [5] In June 2003, the unit moved to Habanyiah, Iraq (between Fallujah and Ramadi in Al-Anbar province ), and provided security there before redeploying to Fort Stewart in August 2003.
Thunder Run, a type of military raid conducted using armored and mechanized forces Thunder Runs, a series of raids in the 2003 Battle of Baghdad; Internet slang for the June 2023 Wagner Group Rebellion "Thunder Run", a 2020 novel Daniel José Older; US military slang for a bar crawl; A theatrical term to refer to a wooden trough used to ...