Operation Marne Torch, one of the two ongoing operations south of Baghdad that are part of Operation Phantom Thunder, is currently underway in the Arab Jabour region southeast of the capital. Major General Rick Lynch, the commander of Multinational Division Center and the 3rd Infantry Division, briefed on Operation Marne Torch today.

Major General Rick Lynch, commander of coalition forces in central Iraq, briefs
on Operation Marne Torch. An abrupt exit of US troops from Iraq would trigger a
bloody “mess” just as the military is taking the fight to insurgents, said Lynch.