Operation Herrick

Operation Herrick is the codename under which all British operations in the war in Afghanistan have been conducted since 2002. It consists of the British contribution to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and support to the US-led Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF). Since 2003, Operation Herrick has increased in size and breadth to match ISAF's growing geographical intervention in Afghanistan.
A British soldier of 21 (Gibraltar 1779-83)(Air Assault) Battery, Royal Artillery) raising the Union Flag during a transfer of authority ceremony in Lashkar Gah, Helmand Province.

Operation Herrick superseded two previous efforts in Afghanistan. The first of these was Operation Veritas, which consisted of support to the war in Afghanistan in October 2001. The last major action of this was a sweep in east Afghanistan by 1,700 Royal Marines of Task Force Jacana, which ended in mid-2002. The second was Operation Fingal, which involved leadership and a 2,000 strong contribution for a newly-formed ISAF in Kabul after December 2001. Command was subsequently transferred to Turkey several months later and the British contingent was scaled back to 300. Since then, all operations in Afghanistan have since been conducted under Operation Herrick.


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Baghdad bombs hit Iranian Shia pilgrims

Attacks in Baghdad are down in recent weeks but still remain a deadly threat
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Bombs kill Shia pilgrims in Iraq
A series of bombings across Baghdad has killed at least 13 people, including six or more Shia pilgrims from Iran.

Five Iranians were killed by two bombs near a house used by pilgrims near an important Shia shrine in the city's Kadhimiya district, police said.

In the northern Shula district, a car bomb struck a coach of pilgrims, killing two people. Another car bomb elsewhere killed six people.

Correspondents say overall, attacks are down in Baghdad in recent weeks.

Police officials said more than 100 people were injured in the string of bombings.

The Kadhimiya district houses the Moussa al-Kadhim shrine, one of several Shia holy sites that attract hundreds of thousands of pilgrims, most of them Iranian, every year.

The pilgrims, as well as Iraq's Shia population, have been targeted in the past by insurgents in Iraq.





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