TIKRIT, Iraq (CNN) -- The U.S. military Monday launched a major operation in Iraq against fugitive members of Saddam Hussein's regime, a spokesman said. The assault came a day after another U.S. soldier died in hostile action.
Operation Ivy Lightning is the largest coalition deployment in the region since President Bush declared the end of major combat in the Iraq war on May 1, according to Col. Bill MacDonald, a U.S. military spokesman.
Operation Ivy Lightning. Lightning? Ivy? Iraq? What the hell does Operation Ivy Lightning mean? Maybe its acronym means...uh...
Sorry. Didn't mean to creep you out too.
