Karbala provincial headquarters raid

Karbala provincial headquarters raid
	Part of the Iraq War, Iraqi insurgency, and the Iraqi civil war
Date	January 20, 2007
Location	Provincial Headquarters of Karbala, Iraq
Result	Tactical Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq victory U.S. base successfully infiltrated by the Khazali Special Groups Network cell led by Azhar Al Dulaimi's special cell; Two U.S. officers (in addition to other military personnel) taken prisoner, later executed;
Belligerents
United States	Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq
Commanders and leaders
Brian Freeman ; Jacob Fritz	Azhar al-Dulaimi
Strength
Nearly 60 U.S. soldiers; Unknown number of Iraqi police and military personnel	9–12 commandos
Casualties and losses
5 killed; 3 wounded; 4 captured (later executed)	None

The Karbala provincial headquarters raid was a special operation carried out on January 20, 2007, by the Asa'ib Ahl al-Haq against the U.S. contingent of the Joint Security Station, located within the Iraqi Police headquarters. The assault, which left five U.S. soldiers dead and three wounded, has been called the "boldest and most sophisticated attack in four years of warfare" and is furthermore notable for being one of the few instances when any sort of militants or insurgents have actually managed to capture U.S. soldiers since the Vietnam War.