Battle of the Iron Triangle ending a bitter four-month struggle. Following the withdrawal from Base 82 COSVN organized a new corps headquarters in the Tay Ninh- Binh Long region and designated it the 301st Corps. This corps would soon direct the combat operations of the 7th and 9th NVA Divisions, separate regiments, and additional formations already en route from North Vietnam. Meanwhile General Thuần decided to rest the tired troops of the 5th Division and turned his attention to sending his 25th Division to clear out the PAVN bases in the Ho Bo area west of the Iron Triangle. The ARVN defenses around An Dien
Operation Iron Triangle be convicted of aggravated assault and to receive a nine-month prison sentence in exchange for his testifying against three other members of his squad." 3. http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/12/army_sgtstaffsgt_120308w/ Raffi Khatchadourian (2009), "THE KILL COMPANY: Did a colonel’s fiery rhetoric set the conditions for a massacre?" The New Yorker July 6 &13 2009 issue. Operation Iron Triangle Operation Iron Triangle was a military operation in the Iraq War. The operation was led by Michael D. Steele in 2006. The operation targeted a suspected al-Qaeda in Iraq training facility southwest of the city of Samarra near the Muthana Chemical Complex south of Lake Tharthar.