Operation Black Eagle

Operation Black Eagle
Part of the Iraq War, Post-invasion Iraq
Date 6–10 April 2007 Location Al Diwaniyah, Iraq Result Indecisive
Belligerents
United States  United Kingdom  Poland Iraqi Security Forces	Mahdi Army
Commanders and leaders
Khalid Hassan †	Muqtada al-Sadr
Casualties and losses
6 killed 1 killed 29 killed	25 killed 39 captured

Operation Black Eagle is an operation that took place during Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2003 to 2010. It was the 381st listed operation during the Iraq war in 2003^{[1][circular reference]} Black Eagle was an operation in which U.S. Polish, and Iraqi troops battled gunmen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the town of Al Diwaniyah, which is the capital of Iraq's Al-Qādisiyyah Governorate, for control of the city. U.S. warplanes targeted insurgent positions with Hellfire missiles in and near the city. As of 7 April 2007, Iraqi officials have verified six insurgents killed and 39 captured. On 10 April 2007, combat operations had been declared to have ended and the operation continued into the reconstruction phase. There is no relation to Operation Black Eagle II that took place in January 2007.