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Phantom Strike, a series of targeted joint operations against al Qaeda, Sunni, and Shi'a insurgent elements
in Baghdad and the surrounding areas, was launched on August 13, 2007.

What began in Anbar as a local movement of tribes is developing into a national phenomenon.

This backgrounder provides a bulletized summary of Operation Phantom Thunder.

This order of battle describes U.S. forces involved in Operation Phantom Thunder.

Al-Qaeda blew up a bridge on Sunday using a suicide truck bomb, the latest in a series of attacks against bridges in Baghdad and the “belts” of territory surrounding the capital.