[ARCHIVED CONTENT] Operation Telic: summary reports

Coalition military activity is summarised below, with links to more extensive briefings where available.

31 October / 1 November 2003	The New Zealand Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Helen Clark, visited the NZ Engineer detachment serving with Multi-National Division (South East) at Basrah. A Royal Marine was killed by hostile fire during a Coalition operation.
30/31 October 2003 US DoD briefing	Operational Honours for Operation Telic during the period 19 March to 19 April 2003 were published on 31 October 2003. The honours awarded included a George Cross, the highest possible award for gallantry. The list of military recipients can be found here.
29/30 October 2003
28/29 October 2003
27/28 October 2003 US 4th Infantry Division briefing
26/27 October 2003	Suicide bomb attacks were suffered by the Red Cross headquarters in Baghdad and three police stations, with multiple fatalities.
25/26 October 2003	A rocket attack was mounted on a hotel in Baghdad.
24/25 October 2003
23/24 October 2003
22/23 October 2003 US DoD briefing
21/22 October 2003	Dutch forces in As Samawah conducted a successful operation to seize weapons.
20/21 October 2003	The Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon MP, visited Multi-National Division (South East) at Basrah.
19/20 October 2003
18/19 October 2003
17/18 October 2003
16/17 October 2003
15/16 October 2003 Coalition Provisional Authority briefing	British troops in Basrah conducted raids to arrest a bomb-making team.
14/15 October 2003	The Turkish embassy in Baghdad suffered a suicide bomb attack, which wounded several people.
13/14 October 2003
12/13 October 2003	A terrorist suicide bomb attack caused numerous civilian casualties in Baghdad.
11/12 October 2003
10/11 October 2003	A Service of Remembrance for the campaign in Iraq was held in London at St Paul's Cathedral on 10 October 2003. Details and photos can be found here.
9/10 October 2003	HMS Sutherland detained a ship, the MV Marwan, suspected of smuggling some 1800 tons out of Iraq. The vessel has been handed over to the jurisdiction of the Iraqi authorities for further investigation.
8/9 October 2003
7/8 October 2003
6/7 October 2003
5/6 October 2003
4/5 October 2003
3/4 October 2003
2/3 October 2003 US DoD briefing	David Kay, the head of the Iraq Survey Group, briefed Congressional and Senate committees on the interim report of the ISG. His statement was published on 2 October 2003, and can be found on the Central Intelligence Agency website.
1/2 October 2003
30 September / 1 October 2003
29/30 September 2003
28/29 September 2003
27/28 September 2003
26/27 September 2003
25/26 September 2003
24/25 September 2003
23/24 September 2003	Multi-National Division (South East) hosted a traditional lunch for local sheikhs on 23 September 2003 to allow them to discuss the work of coalition forces with Lt Gen Sanchez and Maj Gen Lamb. A British soldier was killed in a tragic firearms incident at Shaibah.
22/23 September 2003	In Mosul, responsibility for the Facility Protection Security Force, which supplements the Iraqi police in the Mosul area, was transferred to Iraqi officials.
21/22 September 2003
20/21 September 2003
19/20 September 2003	Coalition forces detained the former Iraqi Defence Minister, Sultan Hashim Ahmad Al-Jabburi Al-Tai.
18/19 September 2003	The first elections for 35 years were held in the Marsh Arab town of Khamet Bani Said, with Romanian troops providing security.
17/18 September 2003 US DoD briefing	The Royal Air Force flew 37 Iraqi lawyers and judges to Bahrain to enable them to participate in an international human rights and constitutional issues conference.
16/17 September 2003 US DoD briefing
15/16 September 2003
14/15 September 2003
13/14 September 2003
12/13 September 2003
11/12 September 2003
10/11 September 2003
9/10 September 2003 US Marine Expeditionary Force briefing
8/9 September 2003
7/8 September 2003 UK Defence Secretary statement to Commons	The Secretary of State for Defence confirmed on 8 September 2003 that, in addition to 2nd Battalion The Light Infantry, the 1st Battalion The Royal Green Jackets would deploy to Iraq.
6/7 September 2003
5/6 September 2003	Troops from 2nd Battalion, The Light Infantry, departed their base in Cyprus to reinforce MND(SE).
4/5 September 2003	British troops began work to restore the desecrated Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Basrah.
3/4 September 2003
2/3 September 2003 Coalition Provisional Authority briefing
1/2 September 2003
31 August / 1 September 2003
30/31 August 2003
29/30 August 2003	A car bomb outside the shrine of the Imam Ali in An Najaf inflicted multiple fatalities, including the Ayatollah Mohammed Bakr al-Hakim.
28/29 August 2003
27/28 August 2003	A British soldier was killed and another wounded in an incident following a successful arrest operation in southern Iraq on 27 August 2003. As the patrol from the King's Own Scottish Borderers returned to Al Amarah through the village of Ali Al Sharqi, they confronted a crowd and came under fire. A Quick Reaction Force including medics was flown to the scene by an RAF Chinook.
26/27 August 2003
25/26 August 2003
24/25 August 2003	Iraqi engineers, assisted and funded by Coalition forces, completed a bridge across a canal in Baghdad that had divided a Shia community from its Sunni neighbours for twenty-five years.
23/24 August 2003
22/23 August 2003	Three soldiers of the Royal Military Police were killed, and one seriously injured, in an incident in central Basrah on the morning of 23 August 2003, when their vehicle was attacked by gunmen.
21/22 August 2003 MND(SE) briefing	Coalition forces confirmed that they had detained General Ali Hasan al-Majid - "Chemical Ali" - the former Revolutionary Command Council Commander .
20/21 August 2003
19/20 August 2003	Coalition forces detained Taha Yasin Ramadan al-Jizrawi, former Iraqi Vice President.
18/19 August 2003	A large car-bomb was detonated at the UN headquarters in Baghdad on 19 August 2003, causing numerous casualties.
17/18 August 2003
16/17 August 2003	A Danish soldier was killed while on patrol near Al Madinah.
15/16 August 2003	During a search operation in Basrah, which recovered a quantity of small arms and rocket-propelled grenades, British troops found a prematurely born baby girl which had been placed in a metal box. The child was successfully revived and taken to hospital.
14/15 August 2003
13/14 August 2003	A British soldier was taken ill and died in southern Iraq on the afternoon of 13 August 2003. The following morning, a military ambulance in Basrah suffered a bomb attack which killed one British serviceman and wounded two others.
12/13 August 2003
11/12 August 2003	US forces commenced Operation Ivy Lightning against regime elements in and around the towns of Ain Lalin and Quara Tapa.
10/11 August 2003	25 million litres of fuel were delivered by road tanker to Basrah, after unloading from a ship in Umm Qasr, to help alleviate the recent power and fuel shortages in the city. A further 25 road tankers set out for other southern towns from Kuwait. Efforts to repair the electrical power supply were stepped up, with British Royal Engineers providing assistance and protection to Iraqi repair teams.
9/10 August 2003	Civil disturbances were experienced in Basrah over fuel distribution issues.
8/9 August 2003	Coalition forces detained Mahmud Dhiyab al-Ahmad, former Minister of the Interior. HMS Sutherland arrested an oil tanker, the Navstar, in the northern Arabian Gulf on suspicion of oil smuggling.
7/8 August 2003 US DoD briefing	HM Ships Chatham, Marlborough and Liverpool returned to the UK from service in the Gulf.
6/7 August 2003	The Jordanian embassy in Baghdad suffered a major bomb attack on the morning of 7 August 2003, with numerous casualties.
5/6 August 2003 US DoD briefing	A detachment of troops from 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers, reported coming under fire at Al Husaia on the afternoon of 5 August 2003. A Quick Reaction Force arrived by RAF Chinook and Danish troops helped secure the area, but an investigation suggests the firing was merely a feu de joie at the restoration of electrical power.
4/5 August 2003
3/4 August 2003	The minehunters HM Ships Grimsby, Ledbury, Ramsey and Shoreham returned home to Portsmouth after mine clearance duties in the Gulf.
2/3 August 2003
1/2 August 2003
31 July / 1 August 2003
30/31 July 2003
29/30 July 2003	The Royal Netherlands Air Force detachment of Chinook helicopters arrived at Tallil early on 30 July 2003 to support operations by the Dutch Royal Marine battalion group based at As Samawah.
28/29 July 2003
27/28 July 2003
26/27 July 2003
25/26 July 2003 US 4th Infantry Division briefing US DoD briefing on health reconstruction
24/25 July 2003 US DoD briefing
23/24 July 2003 CJTF7 briefing
22/23 July 2003 CJTF7 briefing	Coalition forces raided a house on the outskirts of Mosul on the afternoon of 22 July 2003, in which four Iraqis were killed, two of them subsequently identified as Uday and Qusay Hussein. In Baghdad, Coalition forces detained Barzan Abd Al-Ghafur Sulayman Majid Al-Tikrit, former commander of the Special Republican Guard.
21/22 July 2003	US forces completed the training of over 300 Iraqi border guards in north-eastern Iraq.
20/21 July 2003
19/20 July 2003	Recruiting and training commenced for the new Iraqi Army.
18/19 July 2003
17/18 July 2003	Operations Soda Mountain and Ivy Serpent concluded. US forces discovered a mass grave at Al Hatra, south of Mosul. The US 4th Infantry Division opened a new bridge across the Tigris River.
16/17 July 2003	Operations Soda Mountain and Ivy Serpent continued.
15/16 July 2003	Operations Soda Mountain and Ivy Serpent continued.
14/15 July 2003	Operations Soda Mountain and Ivy Serpent continued. The Italian Brigade of Multi-National Division (South-East) took over responsibility for Dhi Qui Province.
13/14 July 2003	Operations Soda Mountain and Ivy Serpent continued.
12/13 July 2003	Coalition forces began Operations Soda Mountain and Ivy Serpent, north of Baghdad.
11/12 July 2003	Iraqi police took over responsibility for security patrols in Fallujah, with US troops providing a back-up Quick Reaction Force.
10/11 July 2003	1(UK) Division handed over to 3(UK) Division in Basrah, with the latter forming the headquarters of the new Multi-National Division (South-East)..
9/10 July 2003	US forces recovered a number of artifacts missing from the Baghdad Museum during a raid on a suspected smuggler.
8/9 July 2003	Coalition forces detained Mizban Khadr Al Hadi, a member of the Ba’ath Party Regional Command and Revolutionary Command Council, and Mahmud Dhiyab Al-Ahmad, former Minister of the Interior. Sheikhs in Basrah Province held a council meeting with Major General Peter Wall, General Officer Commanding 1(UK) Division.
7/8 July 2003	Reconstruction work began at Basrah University, under a programme run by the Coalition Provisional Authority and British Forces, to renovate key buildings on the University's two campus sites. The first facility to be rebuilt by local contractors is a refectory on one of the sites, home to 10,000 students On 7 July 2003 the Ministry of Defence published an initial report - Operations in Iraq: First Reflections - setting out the role of the UK Armed Forces during the main period of hostilities in Op Telic and drawing early conclusions.
6/7 July 2003	Iraqi firemen and troops from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment rescued three people trapped when a derelict building collapsed in Basrah.
5/6 July 2003	On the afternoon of 5 July 2003, the Interim Council in Basrah elected Judge Wail Abdulateif as Interim Governor of Basrah Province. Firefighting efforts at the Qayyarah sulphur plant continued.
4/5 July 2003	Operation Sidewinder concluded.
3/4 July 2003	Operation Sidewinder continued.
2/3 July 2003	Operation Sidewinder continued.
1/2 July 2003	Operation Sidewinder continued, as did firefighting efforts at the Qayyarah sulphur plant, with expectations that the fire will burn out after a few days. In Basrah, the Provincial Interim Council held its inaugural meeting under the auspices of the Coalition Provisional Authority, with twenty-two members selected following intensive consultations and representing a broad cross-section of the community, including Shia, Sunni, Christian, business, political, tribal and women's interests. The Committee will select a Chairman on 5 July 2003 to act as the interim Governor of Basrah Province.
30 June / 1 July 2003 US DoD briefing	Operation Sidewinder continued, as did firefighting efforts at the Qayyarah sulphur plant.
29/30 June 2003	Operation Sidewinder continued, as did firefighting efforts at the Qayyarah sulphur plant.
28/29 June 2003	Operation Sidewinder was launched upon the conclusion of Desert Scorpion. Firefighting efforts at the Qayyarah sulphur plant continued.
27/28 June 2003	Operation Desert Scorpion continued. Firefighting efforts at the Qayyarah sulphur plant continued.
26/27 June 2003	Operation Desert Scorpion continued. US forces began recruiting and training Iraqis for a border guard and customs service. Firefighting efforts at the Qayyarah sulphur plant continued.
25/26 June 2003 GOC 1(UK) Div briefing	Operation Desert Scorpion continued. UNICEF delivered a year's supply of vaccines to Dahuk medical centres. Troops and Iraqi firemen fought a huge fire at a sulphur plant in Qayyarah, south of Mosul.
24/25 June 2003	UK instructors instituted a training programme for US personnel to share expertise in peace-keeping and counter-terrorism operations. Operation Desert Scorpion continued.
23/24 June 2003 UK Defence Secretary statement to Commons US DoD briefing	On the morning of 24 June 2003, a patrol from 1st Battalion The Parachute Regiment was attacked at Al Majar Al Kabir, south of Al Amarah. The patrol took one casualty and two vehicles were destroyed. An RAF Chinook helicopter carrying a Quick Reaction Force responding to the incident came under fire as it landed. Seven personnel aboard the helicopter were wounded, three of them seriously. The bodies of six soldiers from the Royal Military Police were recovered from the police station in the town. They are believed to have been killed in a separate incident. Operation Desert Scorpion continued.
22/23 June 2003	The grain silos at As Samawah were reported as full, with further supplies of wheat reaching the city being diverted to Al Hillah. Work continued in Baghdad to renovate the main football stadium. Operation Desert Scorpion continued.
21/22 June 2003	Operation Desert Scorpion continued.
20/21 June 2003	Operation Desert Scorpion continued. The UK's 7th Armoured Brigade supervised the reopening of the Central Bank in Basrah, following intensive work by British and Iraqi personnel. The initial priority for the bank is the payment of pensions.
19/20 June 2003	Operation Desert Scorpion continued. In Basrah, the River Service was established to conduct security and police patrols along the southern waterways, manned byIraqi personnel trained by the British forces.
18/19 June 2003 US 4th Infantry Division briefing	Operation Desert Scorpion continued.
17/18 June 2003	Operation Desert Scorpion continued.
16/17 June 2003	Operation Desert Scorpion continued. Coalition forces detained General Abid Hamid Mahmud al-Tikriti, Saddam Hussein's personal aide and National Security Adviser.
15/16 June 2003	Coalition forces began Operation Desert Scorpion to eliminate further pockets of regime resistance.
14/15 June 2003	Coalition forces detained Hamid Raja Shalah al-Tikriti, the former Iraqi Air Force Commander.
13/14 June 2003 Coalition Joint Task Force 7 briefing	Significant operations continued in central and northern Iraq against regime forces. One US helicopter was lost to enemy fire.
12/13 June 2003 Briefing on reconstruction work	A convoy of 222 World Food Programme lorries arrived in Baghdad via Jordan. Coalition forces detained Major General Abul Ali Jasmin, the Secretary of the Defence Ministry, and Brigadier General Abdullah Ali Jasmin, head of the Military Academy.
11/12 June 2003	US forces discovered and secured an ammunition bunker complex in northern Iraq. 166 humanitarian aid vehicles entered Iraq via Syria. The UK Joint NBC Regiment handed over security duties in Al Qurnah to a Danish force.
10/11 June 2003	US forces conducted a major security operation against a peninsula on the Tigris held by regime forces. In Baghdad, a cache of forty Seersucker anti-shipping missiles was discovered and secured. Coalition forces detained Latif Nusayyif al-Jasim al-Dulaymi, the Deputy Secretary of the Ba’ath Military Bureau, and Brigadier General Husayn al-Awadi, the bBa’ath Party Regional Chairman for Ninawa.
9/10 June 2003	Work with Customs and Immigration officials to facilitate the full reopening of Umm Qasr to commercial shipping continued. A child and her mother, burnt in a domestic cooking accident, received medical treatment at Umm Qasr before being evacuated to the Spanish hospital ship.
8/9 June 2003	78 World Food Programme trucks entered Iraq via Syria. 70% of the barley harvest was completed in northern Iraq, with good progress also made on the wheat harvest. Work began in Al Amarah to double the capacity of the water treatment plant.
7/8 June 2003	251 World Food Programme trucks reached northern Iraq from Turkey.
6/7 June 2003	A town council was established at Safwan. At Al Kut, water supply was restored to pre-conflict levels.
5/6 June 2003	Further World Food Programme deliveries were made in northern and central Iraq.
4/5 June 2003	Two World Food Programme convoys, of 247 and 261 trucks respectively, delivered food aid to northern and central Iraq via Turkey and Jordan. Work on the sewage system in Al Kut allowed it to exceed pre-conflict capabilities. Coalition forces detained Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi, the al-Quds Chief of Staff.
3/4 June 2003	The electrical supply in As Samawah was raised to 60 megawatts, exceeding that generated before the conflict.
2/3 June 2003	Joint military/police operations continued, with the personal bodyguard of.Uday Hussein detained at Kirkuk.
1/2 June 2003	The Central Bank in Baghdad reopened. Equipment to support the grain harvest was airlifted to Kirkuk.
31 May / 1 June 2003	9,000 tons of World Food Programme humanitarian aid was delivered to northern Iraq by another truck convoy via Turkey.
30/31 May 2003 US 1st Marine Expeditionary Force briefing	Another humanitarian aid consignment from Jordan arrived at Baghdad International Airport, while a 510-truck World Food Programme convoy via Jordan reached northern Iraq. A separate convoy of 152 vehicles delivered to the Baghdad area.
29/30 May 2003	Work began in northern Iraq to organise the forthcoming wheat harvest, expected to be a bumper crop of over a million tons.
28/29 May 2003	The Prime Minister visited British forces at Basrah and Umm Qasr. Continuing work to restore and improve electrical supply in Baghdad allowed 57% of the estimated requirement to be met.
27/28 May 2003	Large quantities of milk donated by charity were delivered to hospitals in Basrah. Joint military and Iraqi police operations continued across the country, with numerous weapons seized.
26/27 May 2003	A Jordanian team delivered animal feed for 1500 gazelles on a former Presidential game reserve at Ar Rutbah. British troops in Basrah arrested a number of individuals involved in large-scale copper scavenging, who had caused serious damage to electrical cabling and had put themselves at risk trying to salvage the metal from unexploded ordnance.
25/26 May 2003	Council elections were held in Kirkuk.
24/25 May 2003	Coalition forces detained Sayf al-Din al-Mashhadani, Ba’ath Party Regional Chairman for al-Muthanna, and Sad Abd al-Majid al-Faysal, Ba’ath Party Regional Chairman for Salah al-Din .
23/24 May 2003	Two oil refineries in the Baghdad area were restored to operation. The clearance of wrecked aircraft was completed at Baghdad International Airport. Umm Qasr port opened to commercial shipping.
22/23 May 2003	Coalition forces detained Aziz Sajih Al-Numan, a Ba’ath Party Regional Command Chairman and the former Governor of Karbala and An Najaf. In the Kirkuk area, US troops arranged the delivery of 71,000lbs of medical supplies to a number of hospitals.
21/22 May 2003	US forces in Baghdad discovered and made safe a cache of 31 large SA-3 surface-to-air missiles which were in a dangerous condition, leaking fuel.
20/21 May 2003 US DoD briefing	Coalition forces detained Ugla Abid Saqir Al-Kubaysi, a Ba'ath Party Regional Chairman.
19/20 May 2003	A US Marine Corps helicopter was lost with its crew of four when it crashed into a canal. Another US Marine from the shore drowned while attempting to rescue the crew. Coalition forces detained Abdul Ghani Abdul Ghafur, a former presidential special adviser.
18/19 May 2003	Joint police operations by military and Iraqi personnel continued across Iraq, with some significant successes.
17/18 May 2003	British forces organised fuel deliveries from Basrah to Al Amarah for civilian use. Work continued in Al Amarah to improve the electrical supply. Although only at 40% of the city's estimated requirement, the supply already exceeds that provided under Saddam Hussein's regime.
16/17 May 2003	Coalition forces detained General Kamal Mustafa Abdallah Sultan Al-Tikriti, former Secretary General of the Republican Guard, and Luay Khayrallah, Saddam Hussein's brother-in-law and a member of the regime security apparatus.
15/16 May 2003 US DoD briefing	British forces conducted their last routine military patrol in Umm Qasr, handing control of the town over to the newly formed local council. Coalition forces detained Adil Abdallah Mahdi Al Duri Al-Tikriti, a Ba'ath Party District Chairman.
14/15 May 2003 US 3rd Infantry Division briefing	Coalition forces detained Ibrahim Ahmad Abd Al-Sattar Muhammad Al-Tikriti, former Chief of Staff of the Iraqi Armed Forces General Staff and Army, and Fadil Mahmud Gharib, a former Ba’ath Party Regional Chairman.
13/14 May 2003	US naval engineers worked to refurbish a sewage treatment plant at An Najaf. Coalition forces continued widespread work to train local police forces in cities across Iraq.
12/13 May 2003 US 101st Division briefing	Six children were killed, and others injured, when abandoned Iraqi ordnance exploded at Al Amarah. A British Explosive Ordnance Disposal team cleared the area of remaining hazards. As well as a continuing programme of intensive EOD work to clear abandoned ordnance, an educational programme had already been instituted to highlight to children the very real danger such weapons pose.
11/12 May 2003	Coalition forces detained Rihab Rashid Taha Al-Azzawi Al-Tikriti, head of the Iraqi biological programme.
10/11 May 2003	British forces organised weapon-handling training for Basrah police officers. In various other cities, US forces continued work to organise and train local police.
9/10 May 2003	Coalition forces began a forensic examination of a mass grave discovered at As Samawah. A US UH-60 helicopter crashed into the Tigris, resulting in three fatalities.
8/9 May 2003 Australian Forces briefing US DoD briefing	Coalition forces detained Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, a Ba’ath Party Regional Command Member and weapons of mass destruction scientist.
7/8 May 2003	At Basrah, a reverse osmosis water purification system was set up in the former Presidential palace complex to boost the supply of fresh water to the city. British troops also worked to restore power to a television station in Al Amarah, and oversaw the movement by rail of further food stocks to Umm Qasr. An Italian formation arrived in Baghdad, including a field hospital and Carabinieri. Coalition forces remained very active in destroying unexploded ordnance and former regime arms caches. 600 people attended a town meeting in Umm Qasr; work is in hand to organise council elections. Less than 2,000 Iraqi soldiers remained detained by Coalition troops, most having been released on parole along with others initially detained but subsequently identified as non-combatants.
6/7 May 2003	Coalition forces detained Ghazi Hammud al-Ubaydi, former Ba’ath Party Regional Command Chairman for the Al Kut District.
5/6 May 2003	British forces coordinated the delivery of 14,000 tonnes of rice from the World Food Programme to Umm Qasr. US and Iraqi engineers restored the majority of the 132kV power system in Baghdad to operation.
4/5 May 2003	Work to restore public utilities allowed electrical supplies in nine Iraqi cities to match or exceed levels before the start of the conflict, with fresh water supplies at or above pre-conflict levels in fourteen cities.
3/4 May 2003	Medical supplies were delivered to As Samawah hospital by US forces, sufficient to care for 10,000 people for three months. 217 schools reopened in Baghdad, while mosquito abatement work began around Baghdad International Airport.
2/3 May 2003 MOD/DoD press conference	A Gas-Oil Separation Plant was restored to operation in the southern Rumaila oilfields, producing crude oil and liquid petroleum gas. The first civilian airliner landed at Basrah airport, carrying 60 tons of humanitarian supplies and aid workers.
1/2 May 2003 Australian Forces briefing	Coalition forces detained Abd al Tawab Mullah Huwaysh, Office of Military Industrialization Director, and Taha Muhyl al Din Maruf, Vice President and Revolutionary Command Council member.

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