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TF West/Blue rotating team, Naval Special Warfare Development Group and a squadron from the Special Air Service Regiment supported by units from the 75th Ranger Regiment – unknown location, western Iraq (company sized sub-unit).

TF North/Red rotating battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment and a small element of Delta Force operators – unknown location, northern Iraq.

TF Black/Knight – Elements, 22 SAS, Special Forces Support Group, some SBS operators are thought to be attached to TF Black-Based in headquarters known as 'the Station', within Baghdad's green zone.

Task Force 77 (formerly Task Force 145) – LSA Anaconda, Balad.

military role following the U.S.–Iraq Status of Forces Agreement and associated drawdown to purely advisory operations has had on the task force's operations. The general chose the 3rd Bn 1st Marines, experienced in heavy fighting from Operation Phantom Fury, to assault the city. Based on this current and actionable intelligence, they asked the commander of II MEF(FWD) to have to city of Haditha assaulted in order to flush Zarqawi out. Their raids found eggs still cooking, just missing the terrorist leader. ĭuring operations in Al-Anbar province, TF88 operatives entered the insurgent controlled city of Haditha, several times finding Zarqawi's hideouts. Delta Force suffered an overall 20 percent casualty rate. During the campaign, six SAS troops were killed and 30 injured.

Thus, al Qaeda bomb attacks went down from an average of 150 per month (killing monthly 3,000 people) to about two. Over 18 months beginning in early 2007, the task force reportedly arrested 3,500 terrorists in Baghdad and killed several hundred others. The task force was also responsible for the elimination of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. In their only publicly known operation they reportedly conducted several raids without requiring approval from higher authorities. The task force is known to operate very autonomously.

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Task Force 17 was established to 'counter Iranian influence.' Task Force 17 was to be made Initially Operationally Capable as of 'NLT 15 January 2007 and Full Operational Capability (FOC) will be in place NLT 15 February 2007.' Operations In January 2007 Task Force 88 established a subsidiary task force, Task Force 17, in addition to an existing task force, Task Force 16. The unit was operating up until at least January 2007 it is not clear whether it is still operational with the U.S. Support elements include the Army's 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Night Stalkers), the Air Force’s 24th Special Tactics Squadron, and British paratroopers from the Special Forces Support Group. The action arm of the task force was made up of operators from 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta, United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group ('DEVGRU'), British Special Air Service, British Special Boat Service, 75th Ranger Regiment, Australian 2nd Commando Regiment, Australian Special Air Service Regiment and Members of the CIA's elite Special Activities Division paramilitary unit were also believed to be an important part of the group. The Task Force was charged with disrupting al-Qaeda operations in Iraq and, to a lesser extent, Afghanistan. It is believed that the Task Force played a role in the medium altitude strike mission that killed al-Zarqawi just outside Baqubah. It was a combined U.S,British and Australian special forces provisional grouping specifically charged with hunting down high-value al-Qaeda and Iraqi leadership including Osama bin Laden and, prior to his death on 7 June 2006, Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. However he did say that it was also known obliquely as Other Coalition Forces – Iraq (OCF-I), 'a wry reference to the CIA unit of the moniker OGA.' Neville notes that he omitted the 'current' (c.2008, time of writing) designation of the unit.

It was then redesignated Task Force 121, and later as Task Force 626, Task Force 145, and Task Force 88. Task Force 20 was amalgamated with Task Force 5 (formerly Task Force 11/Task Force Sword) in Afghanistan in July 2003, and became Task Force 21. Since the invasion of Iraq, the unit went through a number of changes of designation.