Attack
The attacking force never passed the "Entry Control Point" and failed to penetrate the base's defences.Aftermath
A month after the initial assault, a second attempt was made to overrun one of the firebase's outer observation posts after a mortar attack. Ten militants were killed, again without inflicting any coalition casualties. Shortly after the second attempt, the Australian SOF elements from the 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) and Special Air Service Regiment (SASR) conducted a road-move from their operating base in Tarin Kowt to reinforce the combat fatigued US SOF elements based at FOB Anaconda. On arrival, the Australian SOF elements were met with some resistance but quickly gained control of the Khas Uruzghan district centre. Over the next two weeks, Australian and US SOF elements conducted a range of direct action operations from FOB Anaconda which degraded the adversaries' confidence and pushed their combat power out of the Khas Uruzgan District Centre. The Australian SOF elements subsequently extracted from the Khas Uruzgan area back to their base in Tarin Kowt before moving into the Chora area to conduct advanced targeting and screening operations in support of the "Battle of Chora" in September 2007. During this operation, Sgt Matthew Locke from the Special Air Service Regiment was killed. Following the operation and while en route to Tarin Kowt, Private Luke Worsley of the 4th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) was killedReferences
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