National police officers, assigned to the 3rd NP Brigade, 1st NP Division, position themselves to enter a home in a small village, June 26, in the Ma'dain region, located outside of eastern Baghdad. Iraqi security forces and Paratroopers assigned to 5th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry, 82nd Airborne Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, searched for any signs of enemy activity and possible weapons caches in the area during "Operation Winged Lion II." The Iraqi-led operation was in order to deny insurgent movement into the Iraqi capital.