US special-operations forces wanted to infiltrate northern Iraq to tied down Iraqi forces there.
Operation Ugly BabyA map of the Ugly Baby mission route along Iraq's western border on March 22, 2003.
US Green Berets in an MC-130H heading to Iraq during Operation Ugly Baby on March 22, 2003.
A US special-operations aircraft that was forced land by enemy fire during Operation Ugly Baby in March 2003.
In all, Task Force Viking numbered about 400 special operators, including elite Delta Force commandos, Green Berets from the 10th Special Forces Group, and frogmen from the UK's Special Boat Service.
Persons:
—, Saddam Hussein, Elwell, JOSEPH BARRAK, Baby, Stavros Atlamazoglou
Organizations:
Service, Operation, US, Allies, US Army, Operation Iraqi, NATO, Turkish, Special Forces, Green Berets, Air, Special Operations Squadron, Detachment Alpha, Air Force, Task Force, US Army 173rd Airborne Brigade, Getty, Delta Force, 10th Special Forces Group, CIA, Republication Guard, Hellenic Army, 575th Marine Battalion, Army, Johns Hopkins University, Johns Hopkins, School, International
Locations:
Iraq, Operation Iraqi, Baghdad, reorienting, Turkey, Kurdish, Turkish, Romania, Jordan, Syria, Erbil, AFP, Afghanistan, Al Qaeda, Johns