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:"The valor exhibited by Afghan and American soldiers, fighting to free Afghanistan from a horribly cruel regime, will inspire even the most jaded reader. The stunning victory of the horse soldiers—350 Special Forces soldiers, 100 C.I.A. officers and 15,000 Northern Alliance fighters routing a Taliban army 50,000 strong—deserves a hallowed place in American military history".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/books/review/Barcott-t.html?pagewanted=2 | work=The New York Times | title=Special Forces | first=Bruce | last=Barcott | date=May 17, 2009 | accessdate=March 27, 2010}}</ref>

:"The valor exhibited by Afghan and American soldiers, fighting to free Afghanistan from a horribly cruel regime, will inspire even the most jaded reader. The stunning victory of the horse soldiers—350 Special Forces soldiers, 100 C.I.A. officers and 15,000 Northern Alliance fighters routing a Taliban army 50,000 strong—deserves a hallowed place in American military history".<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/17/books/review/Barcott-t.html?pagewanted=2 | work=The New York Times | title=Special Forces | first=Bruce | last=Barcott | date=May 17, 2009 | accessdate=March 27, 2010}}</ref>

===Iraq war===

===Iraq war 2003===

{{See also|Iraq war}}

{{See also|Iraq war}}

The mission that captured [[Saddam Hussein]] was called "Operation Red Dawn". It was planned and carried out by the JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command under USSOCOM)'s Delta Force and SAD/SOG (Special Activities Division Special Operations Group) teams (together called Task Force 121). The operation eventually included around 600 soldiers from the 1st Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division.<ref name="Iraq War 2004">'Black ops' shine in Iraq War, VFW Magazine, Feb, 2004, Tim Dyhouse.</ref><ref>"Saddam 'caught like a rat' in a hole". CNN. December 15, 2003. https://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/14/sprj.irq.saddam.operation/index.html?iref=newssearch.</ref>  Special operations troops probably numbered around 40. Much of the publicity and credit for the capture went to the 4th Infantry Division soldiers, but CIA and JSOC were the driving force.  "Task Force 121 were actually the ones who pulled Saddam out of the hole" said Robert Andrews, former deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict. "They can't be denied a role anymore."<ref name="Iraq War 2004"/>

The mission that captured [[Saddam Hussein]] was called "Operation Red Dawn". It was planned and carried out by the JSOC (Joint Special Operations Command under USSOCOM)'s Delta Force and SAD/SOG (Special Activities Division Special Operations Group) teams (together called Task Force 121). The operation eventually included around 600 soldiers from the 1st Brigade of the 4th Infantry Division.<ref name="Iraq War 2004">'Black ops' shine in Iraq War, VFW Magazine, Feb, 2004, Tim Dyhouse.</ref><ref>"Saddam 'caught like a rat' in a hole". CNN. December 15, 2003. https://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/12/14/sprj.irq.saddam.operation/index.html?iref=newssearch.</ref>  Special operations troops probably numbered around 40. Much of the publicity and credit for the capture went to the 4th Infantry Division soldiers, but CIA and JSOC were the driving force.  "Task Force 121 were actually the ones who pulled Saddam out of the hole" said Robert Andrews, former deputy assistant Secretary of Defense for special operations and low-intensity conflict. "They can't be denied a role anymore."<ref name="Iraq War 2004"/>