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#REDIRECT[[List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War#Operation Bayonet Lightning]]
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'''Operation Bayonet Lightning''' was a military operation during the early stages of the [[Iraq War]], that was held to capture weapons, materials, and people who posed a threat against [[Multi-National Force – Iraq#Countries that deployed troops to Iraq|coalition forces]]. The joint operation between Iraq and the United States, lasted approximately 16 hours, and was conducted on 2 December 2003. 1,200 soldiers from the [[173rd Airborne Brigade]], the [[4th Infantry Division (United States)|4th Infantry Division]], and Iraqi military participated. Operation Bayonet Lightning was concentrated on Al Hawija, Iraq, and the village of [[Rashad|Rashad, Iraq]], sixty kilometers, or thirty-seven miles, to the south of [[Kirkuk|Kirkuk, Iraq]].<ref>{{cite book |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=173d Airborne Brigade: Sky Soldiers |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Cw9rAFFYQoC |publisher=[[Turner Publishing Company]] |pages=103–104 |date=2006 }}</ref>

==Overview==
During Operation Bayonet Lightning, [[Multi-National Force – Iraq#Countries that deployed troops to Iraq|coalition forces]] located and confiscated sixty-two [[AK-47]] assault rifles, two hundred rounds of [[AK-47]] ammunition, one [[rocket propelled grenade]] launcher and two [[improvised explosive device]]-making kits.

Twenty six individuals were captured, including three targeted individuals, Saad Mohammed ad-Douri, the private secretary of [[Izzat Ibrahim ad-Douri]], and Hamid Saad, a senior official of [[Saddam Hussein]]'s former ruling [[Ba'ath Party]] in charge of youth and student affairs, and a former general of the disbanded [[Iraqi Army]].

Operation Bayonet Lightning followed [[Operation Rifles Blitz]] and was followed by [[Operation Bulldog Mammoth]].

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927234342/http://www.defendamerica.mil/iraq/update/dec2003/iu121803.html Defend America News]

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