Serangan tersebut dilancarkan setelah Presiden AS George W. Bush memperingatkan Amerika Serikat akan menindak campur-tangan Iran di Irak, tempat para komandan AS percaya agen-agen Iran mempersenjatai anggota milisi dan menghasut serangan anti-AS.
The raid came on the heels of a warning by US President George W. Bush that the United States would crack down on Iranian meddling in Iraq, where US commanders believe Tehran's agents arm militias and incite anti-US attacks.