Operation Larchwood 4
| Operation Larchwood 4 | |||||||
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| Part of the Iraqi civil war and the Iraq War | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
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United Kingdom United States (Support) Iraq (Support) | |||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Captain Ewan | Abu Atiya (POW) | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| Unknown total | at least 7 | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
| 5 wounded | 5 killed 2 captured | ||||||
| 1 civilian killed and 4 more injured | |||||||
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Operation Larchwood 4 was an operation launched by B squadron of the British 22nd Special Air Service Regiment supported by US forces to attack an Al-Qaeda-occupied farmhouse in Yusufiyah, Baghdad Governorate, Iraq. The raid was a major success, as a result of which intelligence was gathered which led to the finding and killing of Al Qaeda in Iraq's leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a few months later.