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Code name iron hammer used by nazis { November 18 2003 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20031118-0917-iraq-hammer.html http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/military/20031118-0917-iraq-hammer.html U.S.'s 'Iron Hammer' code name 1st used by Nazis REUTERS 9:17 a.m. November 18, 2003 WASHINGTON – The U.S. military's code name for a crackdown on resistance in Iraq was also used by the Nazis for an aborted operation to damage the Soviet power grid during World War Two. "Operation Iron Hammer" this week launched the 1st Armored Division's 3rd Brigade into the roughest parts of Baghdad to ferret out the attackers who have killed scores of U.S. troops since Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein was ousted in April. A Pentagon official said the name was chosen because of the "Old Ironsides" nickname of the 1st Armored Division. He was unaware of any connection to any Nazi operation. "Eisenhammer," the German for "iron hammer," was a Luftwaffe code name for a plan to destroy Soviet generating plants in the Moscow and Gorky areas in 1943, according to Universal Lexikon on the www.infobitte.de Web site. A researcher at Britain's Imperial War Museum confirmed the existence of Eisenhammer. The Nazi's long-range bombing operation was repeatedly postponed and was finally scrapped after an allied air assault destroyed many of the German planes on the ground in 1945, shortly before the defeat of Germany. After it declared war on terrorism, U.S. officials changed the code name for its impending attack on Afghanistan to Operation Enduring Freedom. The original name, Operation Infinite Justice, was jettisoned amid fears that the Muslim world, already leery of U.S. intentions, would object on the basis of Koranic teachings that only God can provide infinite justice.

Blasts rock baghdad near coalition headquarters { November 11 2003 } Bomb at italian base kills 22 { November 12 2003 } Code name iron hammer used by nazis { November 18 2003 } Days death toll highest since march { November 3 2003 } Five explosions rocked central baghdad { November 3 2003 } Forces step up attacks in tikrit Helicopter downed in mosul six dead { November 7 2003 } Iraq oil ministry hotels hit by rockets Iraqi bound and gagged for protest { November 11 2003 } Iraqi teenages happily watch americans bleed { November 12 2003 } Military officials no evidence bodies mutilated Missile hits copter in iraq { November 3 2003 } Money funding attacks on americans { November 3 2003 } Pentagon says soldiers had not been pummeled { November 25 2003 } Rumsfeld said iraqi forces are filling troop gap { November 3 2003 } Suicide bomber kills at least 3 { November 20 2003 } Two americans pummeled by iraqi teens { November 23 2003 } Two young iraqi sisters dead { November 29 2003 } Us bombs van but finds no mortar { November 13 2003 } Us casualties tops 9000 Us launches operation iron hammer { November 13 2003 } Us planes pound saddams hometown { November 8 2003 } Us probes copter crash that killed 17 Us warns of increased iraq attacks { November 9 2003 } Files Listed: 24

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