▁host age ▁was ▁eventually ▁murder ed ). ▁The ▁release ▁effort ▁was ▁part ▁of ▁Operation ▁Light water : ▁the ▁intelligence ▁ag encies ▁and ▁S AS ▁initi ated ▁the ▁operation ▁with ▁the ▁aim ▁of ▁finding ▁the ▁host ages : ▁which ▁involved ▁ra iding ▁houses ▁and ▁arrest ing ▁suspect s ▁almost ▁every ▁day ▁and ▁night . ▁The ▁total ▁number ▁of ▁building ▁ra ids ▁amount ed ▁to ▁ 5 0 , ▁( 4 4 ▁of ▁them ▁being ▁conducted ▁British ▁special ▁forces ▁which ▁in ▁total ▁det ained ▁ 4 7 ▁people ). ▁In ▁the ▁early ▁hours ▁of ▁ 2 3 ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁Operation ▁Light water , ▁the ▁S AS ▁carried ▁out ▁Operation ▁N ey ▁ 3 : ▁their ▁target ▁was ▁a ▁house ▁in ▁M ish ah da , ▁ 2 0 ▁miles ▁north west ▁of ▁Bag hd ad , ▁they ▁found ▁two ▁men ▁they ▁were ▁looking ▁for ▁that ▁revealed ▁the ▁location ▁of ▁the ▁host ages ▁in ▁western ▁Bag hd ad . ▁At ▁ 0 8 0 0 , ▁the ▁S AS ▁storm ed ▁the ▁house , ▁finding ▁the ▁ins urg ents ▁had ▁abandoned ▁the ▁building ▁the ▁S AS ▁res cu ed ▁the ▁host ages . ▁ ▁Operation ▁Tra ction , ▁mid - J anu ary ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁was ▁the ▁S AS ▁upgrade ▁into ▁J SO C , ▁they ▁deployed ▁T G H G ▁( Task ▁Group ▁Head quarters ▁Group ): ▁this ▁included ▁senior ▁officers ▁and ▁other ▁senior ▁members ▁of ▁ 2 2 ▁S AS ▁- ▁to