The Battle of Baqubah II took place during the Iraq War in the capital of the Iraqi province Diyala, to the north-east of Baghdad. It began in early March 2007, when U.S. and Iraqi forces commenced pr
Soldiers assigned to the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, have a short meeting at an airfield in Baqouba, Iraq before an air assault into an outlying village of the city, 18 June 2007.
Soldiers from the 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment, conduct operations in Buhriz, 20 March 2007
A soldier assigned to the 1st Platoon, Company B, 1-12 Combined Arms Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, guards a street in the neighborhood of Tahrir in Baqubah, Iraq, 28 March 2007
A team leader with Operation Arrowhead Ripper pulls security as an Iraqi man speaks to an interpreter, 19 June, in a village in the outskirts of Baqubah, 19 June 2007.
Baqubah is the capital of the Diyala Governorate of Iraq. The city is located some 50 km to the northeast of Baghdad, on the Diyala River. In 2025 the population of the Baqubah metro area reached 377,
Battle of Baqubah
…assault early on 18 June 2007. By daylight, attack helicopters and ground forces had engaged and killed an estimated 22-plus insurgents in and around Baqubah. In the early morning hours one soldier, from A co 1-12 CAV, was killed when his Bradley fighting vehicle was struck by a large deep buried mine just…
Bridge on the Diyala River
U.S. Army provides security during a mission near Baqubah, June 2, 2007