On 19 September 2005, two undercover British Special Air Service (SAS) soldiers dressed in traditional Arab garments and headdresses opened fire on a group of Iraqi Police officers after having been stopped at a roadblock.
[3] In response, twenty members of A Squadron 22nd SAS Regiment and a platoon of paratroopers from the Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) flew from Baghdad to Basra.
Other SAS operators tracked down their two colleagues to Al Jameat Police Station and then withdrew and called in Hathor's QRF (Quick Reaction Force) in Basra, whilst a MQ-1 Predator drone and Lynx helicopter fed the UK JOC a live feed on the prison.
[4] Members of Number 2 Company, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards supported by Warrior AFVs from the Staffordshire Regiment formed a cordon outside the police station whilst an SAS raid was organised.
As part of Operation Sinbad, on 25 December 2006, British troops from The 1st Battalion The Staffordshire Regiment raided the Al Jameat Police Station, killing seven gunmen and freeing 127 prisoners being held by Shia militias there.