the city of Riyadh and began searching every building in that city. "The folks in Hawija were taken completely by surprise," said Major Scott Jones, an operations officer for the Bastogne Brigade. "You could see them scattering in all directions. They were running to get inside buildings, and jumping in cars to try and get out of the city." As the combined teams of Iraqi soldiers and police searched alongside Bastogne Soldiers, AH-64 helicopters and coalition airpower provided cover from above. In all, more than 700 homes and buildings were searched. "The Iraqi Security Forces were extremely proficient and professional," said Captain Lyn Graves, an Army spokesman who patrolled Hawija with the ISF. "We moved quickly through several structures, and discovered an IED factory on the second floor of one building." In addition to taking terrorists and weapons off the street, the discipline of the Soldiers involved in the mission truly stands out, according to Maj. Greg Bishop, a 1st BCT spokesman. "The Iraqi and coalition Soldiers went into the two most contentious cities in the Kirkuk province, searched hundreds of homes and buildings and detained more than 150 suspects with no violence what so ever," Bishop said. "That's an incredible success and true measure of the professionalism of everyone involved in this operation." Participating units American units 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division Iraqi units Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) 2nd Brigade, 4th Iraqi Army Division 18th Strategic Infrastructure Battalion (SIB) See also War related articles Iraq War Iraq Military Operations 2003 to Current - Alphabetical Iraq related articles Iraq History of Iraq Terrorism, bombings and insurgency Terrorism Iraq Insurgency Suicide bombings in Iraq since 2003 Bombings and terrorist attacks of the Iraq War Terrorist attacks of the Iraq War Casualties United States casualties of war Post-traumatic stress disorder Iraq Body Count project Violence against academics in post-invasion Iraq References Operation Gaugamela Military operations of the Iraq War involving the United States Military operations of the Iraq War involving Iraq Military operations of the Iraq War in 2006 Iraqi insurgency (2003–2011)