Prior to the US 2003 invasion of Iraq, Paramilitary teams from the Special Activities Division (SAD) and the Army's 10th Special Forces Group entered Iraq and cooperated with Patriotic Union of Kurdistan Peshmerga to attack Ansar al-Islam. Together they launched Operation Viking Hammer in March 2003 which dealt a huge blow to the terrorist group which resulted in the deaths of a substantial number of terrorists and the uncovering of a potential chemical weapons facility at Sargat. After about fifteen foreign reporters (NY Time, LA Times, ABC, BBC...etc.) visited Sargat and the searched another location that was supposed to be the chemical weapons factory Colin Powell spoke about, they saw nothing but a studio was prepared to be TV and radio stations. They refer to the place as really being factory are based on the propaganda of the opponents of Ansar al-Islam.An interview on public radio with the author &lt;/ref&gt;