Task Force 20 is a temporary, top secret Task Force assigned to Iraq.

This task force is comprised of Army Green Berets, Delta Force operators, and commandos from the Navy's elite Naval Special Warfare Development Group. It is rumored that operators from the UK's world famous Counter-terrorism unit, the Special Air Service (SAS) and Poland's Elite CT unit, GROM also are members of TF 20. Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army Special Forces, the Green Berets. ... Jump to: navigation, search Official Names 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (Airborne) 1st SFOD-D (A) Combat Application Group (CAG) Nicknames Delta Force D-boys Delta boys Deltas Delta Operators Branch U.S. Army Chain of Command USASOC Description Versatile Special Operations Force, mainly trained for counter-terrorism. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Counter-terrorism refers to the practices, tactics, and strategies that governments, militaries, and other groups adopt in order to fight terrorism. ... Jump to: navigation, search For other Special Air Services, see Australian Special Air Service Regiment and Special Air Service of New Zealand. ... Grom means thunder in several Slavic languages. ...

The force is made of a 40 man assault team backed by a private aviation unit and backed by an intelligence unit. The unit is commanded by a US Air Force Brigadier General. Seal of the Air Force. ... A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ...

Task Force 20's primary goal is to capture or kill "High Value Targets" (HVT's), such as Iraqi Mujahideen leaders and former Ba'ath party regime members and leaders. Task Force 20 operators were directly involved in the 14 hour firefight between them, 101st Airborne soldiers, and Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay Hussein. The two sons were killed in the shootout after TOW missiles launched from 101st Airborne Humvees killed them. The apprehension of the most wanted man in Iraq, Saddam Hussein in Operation Red Dawn directly involved Task Force 121 (which was created after TF20) operators and members of the Army 4th Infantry Division. Jump to: navigation, search Mujahideen (Arabic: , also transliterated as mujāhidīn, mujahedeen, mujahedin, mujahidin, mujaheddin, etc. ... Bath Party flag The Arab Socialist Bath Party (also spelled Baath or Baath; Arabic: حزب البعث العربي الاشتراكي) was founded in 1945 as a radical, left-wing, secular Arab nationalist political party. ... Jump to: navigation, search Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles. ... Jump to: navigation, search Wikinews has news related to this article: Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein Saddām Hussein ʻAbd al-Majīd al-Tikrīt, sometimes spelled Husayn or Hussain; (Arabic صدام حسين عبد المجيد التكريتي; born April 28, 1937 ) was President of Iraq from 1979 until his removal and capture during the 2003 invasion... Jump to: navigation, search Uday Hussein Uday Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (June 18, 1964 – July 22, 2003) Arabic: عدي صدام حسين; also transliterated as Odai) was the eldest son of Saddam Hussein, the deposed president of Iraq, and his first wife, Sajida Talfah. ... Qusay Hussein Qusay Saddam Hussein al-Tikriti (or Qusai) (May 17, 1966 - July 22, 2003) was the second son of Iraqi president Saddam Hussein. ... A TOW missile being fired from a Jeep. ... This article refers to the Military HMMWV, not the civilian Hummer sold by General Motors General Characteristics (Humvee) Manufacturer: AM General Length: 4. ... Saddam shortly after capture. ... Task Force 121 is a classic example of the United States Joint Task Force concept of conducting Special Operations. ... Patch of the United States Army Fourth Infantry Division (Mechanized). ...

References

• http://students.engr.scu.edu/~jabraham/specwar/specops/us/tf121/page1.html