Iraq Military Operations 2003 to Current – Alphabetical

Background

This is a list of known Operations of the 2nd Invasion of Iraq, and missions commonly associated with the ongoing conflict in Iraq. As of 2007 this is not a complete list but it continues to grow as more operations occur. Operations are listed alphabetically.

List of Military Operations

Operation Name	From Date	To Date	Location	Purpose/Result
Operation Iraqi Freedom	19 March 2003	Ongoing	Entire Country of Iraq	U.S. invasion/occupation of Iraq
Operation Abilene	08 December 2003	08 December 2003	Al Anbar province, Iraq	Soldiers initiated 12 raids that resulted in the capture of 12 individuals and a number of various weapons
Operation Able Rising Force	08 December 2005	December 2005	Khadisia, Iraq	Locate and detain suspected terrorists
Operation Able Warrior	04 August 2005	04 August 2005	west of the Baghdad International Airport, Iraq	Was conducted in order to disrupt car bombing cells and roadside bomb emplacers, and prevent them from planning, preparing and carrying out terrorist attacks in the area.
Operation Al Dharba Al Nihaa’ya	29 January 2006	29 January 2006	, Iraq
Operation Ala Allah	13 February 2006	13 February 2006	, Iraq
Operation al-Fajr	8 November 2004	8 November 2004	Fallujah, Iraq	The elimination of Fallujah as a terrorist safe haven
Operation All American Tiger	6 November 2003	?	, Iraq	Had an objective of capturing insurgents associated with the old regime
Operation Aloha	March 2004	March 2004	Kirkuk, Iraq	American anti-insurgent sweep in Kirkuk.
Operation Antica Babilonia	2003	2005	Nasiriyah', Iraq	Italian peace keeping mission in Nasiriyah
Operation Arrowhead Blizzard	17 December 2003	17 December 2003	Sunni Triangle city of Samarra, Iraq	Seven targets classified as high-value were captured
Operation Arrowhead Strike III	03 January 2007	?	northwestern areas of Baghdad, Iraq	Captured 13 suspected insurgents and recovered several weapons
Operation Arrowhead Strike VI	2007	?	Baghdad, Iraq	Part of the continuing security plan for Baghdad
Operation Arrowhead Strike 9	20 March 2007	April 2007	west-central Baghdad's Mansour security districtIraq	Succeeded in preventing 3,200 roadside bombs, jailing 42 terrorists, and seizing enough weapons and explosives to outfit an enemy infantry battalion
Operation Babil Perimeter	28 April 2006		,Iraq
Operation Badlands	12 April 2005	April 2005	Saqlawiyah, Iraq	Security and stability operations designed to root out insurgent activity and illegal weapons caches.
Operation Barnstormer	16 May 2006	28 May 2006	, Iraq	To protect key staple crops from insect damage in Iraq
Operation Bastogne	06 April 2006	06 April 2006	Baghdad, Iraq	Blocking off escape routes frequented by insurgents
Operation Baton Rouge	01 October 2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Bayonet Lightning	02 December 2003	02 December 2003	Al Hawija and the village of Rashad, 60 Kilometers (37 Miles) to the south of Kirkuk, Iraq	designed to capture weapons, materials, and people that posed a threat against Coalition Forces
Operation Beach Yellow	14 May 2007	14 May 2007	Dura-iya, Iraq	Patrolled through Dura-iya, in search of terrorists and terrorist activity
Operation Beastmaster	29 December 2006	29 December 2006	the western Baghdad suburb of Ghazaliya, Iraq	Cleared three large neighborhoods which were the sights of much sectarian violence
Operation Black Eagle	06 April 2007	10 April 2007	Diwaniya, Iraq	U.S. troops battled gunmen loyal to anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in the town of Diwaniya, Iraq for control of the city
Operation Black Eagle II	23 January 2007	23 January 2007	Mahmudiyah, Iraq	Soldiers detained three suspected terrorists for suspicious activity. Weapons found during the operation included two AK-47 bandoleers and two Katusha rocket casings
Operation Black Eagle City	11 April 2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Black Typhoon	09 September 2004	14 September 2004	Tal Afar, Iraq	All the enemy insurgents had either been killed or fled the city
Operation Block Party	07 April 2005	07 April 2005	Fallujah, Iraq	More than 100 Marines, side-by-side with three companies of Iraqi soldiers, cordoned and searched a targeted area of the city.
Operation Block Party II	09 May 2005	14 May 2005	Fallujah, Iraq	Only a small amount of ordnance was found during the operation, most of it pointed out by the local residents
Operation Blue Tiger	October 2004	October 2004	Baqubah, Iraq	Utilized multiple searches to seize any contraband and detain any suspected insurgents
Operation Bold Action	10 April 2006	?	near Tarmiya, Iraq	To provide more security near Tarmiya by chasing the terrorists
Operation Boothill	10 November 2003	10 November 2003	Ar Ramadi, Iraq	Was designed to clear and secure the roads outside the city and to seize any contraband weapons.
Operation Bow Country	04 2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Bowie	02 October 2005	04 October 2005	southern Ar Ramadi, Iraq	While sweeping through the mostly rural area, the ISF assisted the Marines in identifying people who were not from here and helped in searching homes and buildings for weapons caches and insurgent propaganda.
Operation Bruins(Dibbah)	19 November 2005	20 November 2005	Ramadi, Iraq	Part of a series of disruption operations in Ramadi and is designed to set the conditions for successful elections in December
Operation Brown Hawk	25 February 2007	November 2005	Tahrir, Iraq	To eliminate Tahrir as an operating base for improvised explosive device building cells and key leaders of the Al-Qaeda forces in Iraq
Operation Bull Dawg Chariot	08 December 2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Bulldog	06 October 2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Bulldog Chariot	December 2005	December 2005	, Iraq
Operation Bulldog Mammoth	04 December 2003	04 December 2003	northwest of Baghdad, Iraq	American search of an apartment complex.
Operation Cajun Mousetrap II	05 August 2004	August 2004	, Iraq
Operation Cajun Mousetrap III	13 August 2004	15 August 2004	, Iraq
Operation Catalyst	2003	Ongoing?	, Iraq	Australian rehabilitation and reconstruction
Operation Carentan	October 2005	December 2005	, Iraq
Operation Centaur Rodeo	March 2004	March 2004	Baqubah, Iraq	Designed to slow the smuggling of illegal weapons in Baqubah, Iraq's Diyala Governorate capital
Operation Centaur Strike II	11 Octoboer 2004	11 Octoboer 2004	, Iraq
Operation Centaur Strike III	13 October 2004	13 October 2004	, Iraq
Operation Chamberlain	October 2003	October 2003	, Iraq	Border security operation.
Operation Chalons	23 April 2007	23 April 2007	, Iraq	The cordon and search mission was conducted in an effort to secure a suspected Anti-Iraqi Forces weapons cache located in 3rd HBCT’s operating area
Operation Checkmate	18 January 2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Chepultepec	24 May 2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Choke Hold	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Clean Sweep	23 August 2004	24 August 2004	, Iraq
Operation Clear Area	6 December 2003	?	Central Iraq, between Ar Rifa`i and Qal`at Sukkar, Iraq	Was a search and seizure operation utilizing vehicle check points
Operation Clear Decision	03 May 2005	03 May 2005	Al Karmah, Iraq	It was a success because the operation was conducted safely, insurgents were detained, and the relationship with the local populace improved
Operation Cobra Strike	April 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Cobra Sweep	28 July 2004	28 July 2004	, Iraq
Operation Cobweb	6 May 2005	10 May 2005	, Iraq
Operation Commando Dive	21 April 2007	21 April 2007	the Shubayshen area, just south of Baghdad, Iraq	Led to the detentions of almost 50 individuals and a number of cache finds
Operation Commando Hunter	02 October 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Constitution Hammer	October 2005	October 2005	Fallujah, Iraq	Was conducted to disrupt insurgent activity along the main supply routes in Fallujah, find and capture weapons caches, and kill or capture insurgents
Operation Coolspring VIII	??	09 May 2006	, Iraq
Operation Copperas Cove	12 January 2005	12 January 2005	, Iraq
Operation Cowpens	19 March 2006	14 April 2006	Jabouri Peninsula, Iraq	Discovering caches and hampering insurgent efforts
Operation Cyclone(Zoba)	11 September 2005	11 September 2005	Rutbah, Iraq	against al-Qaida fighters
Operation Dagger(Khanjar)	June 2005	June 2005	the Southern Lake Thar-Thar region of Anbar province, Iraq	The operation is focused on locating hidden weapons caches and denying terrorists sanctuary in an area 85 kilometers northwest of Baghdad that is a suspected logistical hub.
Operation Dallas	24 October 2004	24 October 2004	, Iraq
Operation Danger Fortitude	11 April 2004	17 April 2004	, Iraq
Operation Dawn(Al Fajr)	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Dealer	12 October 2006	?	Ramadi, Iraq	Was undertaken to establish a combat outpost in this area of Ramadi.
Operation Desert Scorpion (Iraq 2003)	15 June 2003	29 June 2003	Fallujah, from Kirkuk in the north to Taji in the south, Iraq	American raid to capture Ba'athists. (included a number of lesser operations such as Scorpion Sting, Spartan Scorpion and Rifles Scorpion)
Operation Desert Snowplough	2003	?	, Iraq	Codename for Danish operations.
Operation Devil Clinch	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Devil Siphon	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Devil Thrust	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Dirty Harry	February 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Disarm	19 May 2004	19 May 2004	, Iraq
Operation Dixon	12 April 2007	12 April 2007	in eastern Baghdad, Iraq
Operation Doctor	25 October 2005	25 October 2005	the Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Ar Ramadi, Iraq	The operation, led by Civil Affairs Group 6, supplied the hospital and the local Ministry of Health with more than $500,000 in medical supplies and equipment that was sorely needed by the citizens of the Al Anbar provincial capital.
Operation Dragon Fire East	26 May 2007	?	the East Rashid security district of southern Baghdad, Iraq||
Operation Dragons Breath	15 May 2005	15 May 2005	, Iraq
Operation Dragon Victory	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Duke Fortitude	April 2004	April 2004	, Iraq
Operation Eagle Curtain	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Eagle Dive I	21 April 2007	21 April 2007	the Shubayshen area, just south of Baghdad, Iraq	The effort netted 33 detainees, most suspected of building and planting improvised explosive devices
Operation Eagle Dive II	26 April 2007	26 April 2007	Lutifiyah, Iraq	An operation intended to deny planned attacks on Patrol Base Lutifiyah.
Operation Eagle Liberty 3	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Eagle Sweep	01 June 2007	01 June 2007	near the Karkh Oil Facility, northeast of Lutifiyah, Iraq	The searches resulted in four military-aged males being questioned, one of whom was a wanted insurgent
Operation Eagle Thunder III	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Eagle Watch	15 December 2006	15 December 2006	several locations near Tikrit , Iraq	Fifteen suspects were detained
Operation Enduring Education	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Falcon Freedom	5 December 2004	5 December 2004	, Iraq
Operation Falcon Sweep	January 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Falconer	2003	2003	Iraq	Australian operations during the invasion of Iraq
Operation Final Cut	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Final Strike(Al Dharba Al Nihaa’ya)	29 January 2006	29 January 2006	the Jazerra area northwest of Habbaniyah, 75 km west of Baghdad, Iraq	A counter insurgency operation aimed at neutralizing the insurgency activity and providing a secure area for the citizens of the Jazerra.
Operation Flea Flicker	14 September 2005	14 September 2005	Zafaraniya, Iraq	Was designed to disrupt anti-Iraqi activity in the area in preparation for the Oct. 15 constitutional referendum
Operation Fontana	02 April 2005	06 April 2005	, Iraq
Operation Forward Together	14 June 2006	2006	, Iraq
Operation Gaugamela	2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Gimlet Crusader	24 June 2004	24 June 2004	, Iraq
Operation Gimlet Silent Sniper	July 2004	July 2004	, Iraq
Operation Gimlet Victory	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Giuliani	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Gladiator	23 December 2006	23 December 2006	the Al Doura market in Baghdad, Iraq	To sweep the market and clear the area so merchants can return and be safe
Operation Glory Light	02 March 2006	09 March 2006	, Iraq
Operation Grizzly Forced Entry	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Green Trident	December 2005	December 2005	Fallujah, Iraq	U.S. Marines discovered more than ten metric tons of munitions hidden at 72 cache sites 39 km south
Operation Grey Wolf II	10 April 2005	10 April 2005	Shakarta, Iraq	A surprise operation to catch suspected terrorists and criminals
Operation Haifa Street	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Harris Ba’sil	?? March 2007	20 May 2007	outside of the major cities of the Euphrates River valley in western al Anbar province, Iraq	Eight weeks of interdicting and disrupting enemy routes and safe havens
Operation Harvest Lights	April 2006	May 2006	The Najaf, Karbala and Babil Provinces, Iraq	To control the progressive loss of the date palm crop and regenerate the industry
Operation Hastings	04 April 2006	07 April 2006	northeast of Fallujah, Iraq	To take weapons out of the hands of insurgents
Operation Hedgehog	10 January 2005	14 January 2005	Hit, Iraq	Discovered numorous caches of insurgent ordnance and weaponry
Operation Helping Hands	21 October 2006	21 Octoberc 2006	Tuz, Iraq	Delivered basic food staples to about 300 Kurd, Turkmen and Arab families
Operation Hudson	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Hunter(Sayaid)	July 2005	2005	along the Euphrates River Valley and the broder of Syria, Iraq	Aimed at denying Al Qaeda in Iraq the ability to operate in the Euphrates River Valley and at preventing the terrorists from continuing their campaign of murder and intimidation against the local population
Operation Hurricane	September 2004	September 2004	Ramadi, Iraq	Resulted in the detention of four suspected Anti-Iraqi Forces members, the removal of six improvised explosive devices and the confiscation of IED making materials, including cell phone parts
Operation Hurricane II	18 September 2004	18 September 2004	Ramadi, Iraq	To disrupt the Daham terrorist network and to discover and remove illegal weapons and ammunition caches in the city
Operation Industrial Sweep	October 2003	October 2003	Samarra, Iraq	Was a search of parts of the city of Samarra by elements of the U.S. 4th Infantry Division
Operation Iron Arrow I	2006	2006	the northern Obeidi region, Iraq	conducted to root out terrorists on the Sunni side of town
Operation Iron Arrow II	30 Septmeber 2006	30 Septmeber 2006	the northern Obeidi region, Iraq	An IA-led effort aimed at establishing security on the Shia side of the region
Operation Iron Bullet	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Fist (Kabda Bil Hadid)	01 October 2005	06 October 2005	in the western al Anbar province town of Sadah, in the al Qaim region approximately 12 km. from the Syrian border, Iraq	In order to root out al Qaeda in Iraq terrorists operating in the area and to disrupt terrorist support systems in and around the city
Operation Iron Fist II	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Force	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Fury	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Fury II	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Grip	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Hammer(Matraqa Hadidia)	November 2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Hammer(Matraqa Hadidia)	30 November 2005	03 December 2005	across from Hit and about 170 kilometers west of Baghdad, Iraq	The completion of construction of a long-term basing in the Hai al Becker region on the eastern side of the Euphrates River across from Hit and about 170 kilometers west of Baghdad
Operation Iron Justice	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Promise	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Resolve	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Iron Saber	April 2004	June 2004	Najaf, Al Kut and Karbala, Iraq	Was a coalition strike aimed at defeating the Mahdi army under the control of Muqtada al-Sadr
Operation Iron Triangle	09 May 2006	11 May 2006	, Iraq
Operation Ivy Blizzard	??	?	, Iraq	Counter-insurgency sweep by US forces
Operation Ivy Cyclone	November 2003	?	Tikrit, Iraq, Iraq
Operation Ivy Cyclone II	?	?	near Tikrit, Iraq	American operation near Tikrit.
Operation Ivy Lightning	12 August 2003	12 August 2003	Ain Lalin and Quara Tapa along the Jabal Hamrin Ridge north of Baghdad, Iraq	A number of small weapons stores were uncovered
Operation Ivy Needle	26 August 2003	26 August 2003	in and near Khalis, seventy kilometers north of Baghdad, Iraq	The operation disrupted a criminal gang active in the area.
Operation Ivy Serpent	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Jaws V	March 2006	04 March 2006	Fallujah, Iraq	disrupting insurgents’ efforts to launch mortar and improvised explosive device attacks against Coalition Forces
Operation Joint Venture	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Kennesaw Dragon	14 November 2005	15 November 2005	, Iraq
Operation Kids	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Knockout	12 November 2005	12 November 2005	Ba'qubah, Iraq	A division-size raid designed to destroy or disrupt all of their cells in a large locality in a single night
Operation Koa Canyon(Wadi Aljundi)	14 January, 2007	27 January 2007	along the Euphrates River, Iraq	An effort to disrupt insurgent activity and to root out their weapons stores along the Euphrates River
Operation Lancer Fury	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Lancer Lightning	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Lanthonid	09 January 2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Law and Order(Fardh Al-Qanoon)	14 February 2007	Ongoing	, Iraq
Operation Libert Express	13 December 2005	15 December 2005	Fallujah, Iraq	Transportation of election supplies from the printer to the camp, where Iraqi Police and members of the Independent Electoral Commission of Iraq picked up and escorted the supplies, including ballots, and dispersed them to various polling sites in the city of Fallujah
Operation Lightning (Al Barkh)	26 May 2005	26 June 2005	Baghdad, Iraq	Shifting the new government from a defensive to an offensive posture in its efforts to disrupt terrorist activities in Baghdad
Operation Lightning Blitz	05 May 2006	07 May 2006	, Iraq
Operation Lions	November 2005	November 2005	the Tammim area of southern Ar Ramadi, Iraq	This operation involved Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces clearing sections of the city in order to disrupt the insurgency and set conditions for successful elections on Dec 15
Operation Lion Hunt	29 April 2006	May 2006	Mosul, Iraq	designed to remove the insurgents from the region making the area safer and to train the Iraqi police
Operation Lion Hunt II	May 2006	June 2006	Ninewah province, Iraq	to further develop the Iraq police in cordons and searches while reducing the insurgency in the Ninewah province
Operation Lofty Summit	May 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Longhorn	24 September 2004	24 September 2004	Ramadi, Iraq	A coordinated effort to detain Anti-Iraqi Forces and remove illegal weapons and ammunition caches
Operation Longstreet	September 2003	September 2003	between Baghdad and Fallujah, Iraq	Numerous weapons stores were destroyed and enemy personnel taken into custody without the loss of a single American life
Operation Mandarin Squeeze	14 October 2004	14 October 2004	, Iraq
Operation Marne	24 September 2004	24 September 2004	Ramadi, Iraq	A coordinated effort to detain Anti-Iraqi Forces and remove illegal weapons and ammunition caches
Operation Market Sweep	13 January 2004	13 January 2004	Fallujah, Iraq	The successful raid into the downtown Fallujah arms market
Operation Matador (Battle of Al Qaim)	07 May 2005	14 May 2005	northwestern Anbar province, Iraq	It was focused on eliminating insurgents and foreign fighters in a region known as a smuggling route and a sanctuary for foreign fighters
Operation Mayfield III	19 July 2004	19 July 2004	, Iraq
Operation Minotaur	26 February 2006	26 February 2006	a town along the Euphrates River in Al Anbar Province, northwest of Baghdad, Iraq	was aimed at clearing more than nine kilometers of riverbank and several small villages south of Haqlaniyah
Operation Money Worth	April 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Mongoose	May 2005	?	, Iraq	To capture individuals responsible for recent attacks against Coalition forces and local residents
Operation Moon	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Moonlight(Alkamra Almaner)	19 December 2006	21 December 2005	, Iraq	Netted a weapons cache and demonstrated the Iraqi Army soldiers’ ability to gather intelligence, plan, execute and exercise command and control during a large-scale operation
Operation Moon River Dragon	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Mountaineers(Hiba)	October 2005	October 2005	southern Ramadi, Iraq	Which consists of 400 ISF soldiers and 500 U.S. service members, is to disrupt insurgents
Operation Moving Forward	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Muthana Strike	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Mutual Security	02 July 2004	July 2004	, Iraq
Operation National Unity	?? October 2005	?	, Iraq
Operation New Day	29 January 2007	29 January 2007	the Al Warar District of Ar Ramadi, Iraq	The joint force searched more than 50 homes in the area while detaining two suspected insurgents.
Operation New Market(Souk Jadeed)	25 May 2005	29 May 2005	an area near Haditha, Iraq	Was a sweep western Iraq conducted by one thousand coalition and Iraqi Security Forces to rid the Euphrates river bank of Saddam Chupacabra
Operation Northern Lights	21 March 2006	2006	Abu Ghraib, Iraq	To disrupt anti-Iraqi forces and to find and destroy terrorist caches in Abu Ghraib
Operation O.K. Coral	19 October 2003	October 2003	Ar Ramadi , Iraq	Over ninety people were detained, including four senior officers of the former Iraqi Army
Operation Open Window	November 2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Outlaw Destroyer	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Panther Backroads	15 December 2003	15 December 2003	Ar Ramadi, Iraq	Was an attempt to stop insurgent smuggling
Operation Panther Squeeze	10 December 2003	10 December 2003	Latifiya, Iraq	Series of raids in Latifiya.
Operation Panthers (Numur)	16 November 2005	18 November 2005	the Sophia district of eastern Ramadi, Iraq	Discovered weapons caches and detained suspected terrorists
Operation Peninsula (MND-CS)	19 May 2005	20 May 2005	, Iraq
Operation Peninsula Strike	09 June 2003	13 June 2003	Balad, Iraq	American raid to capture Ba'athists.
Operation Phantom Fury	2004	?	Fallujah,Iraq	Joint American/Iraqi assault on Fallujah.
Operation Phantom Linebacker	04 August 2004	04 August 2004	Along the Syrian border, Iraq	Security Operations along the Syrian border.
Operation Pheonix	05 March 2007	05 March 2007	A building west of the Al Jameat district of Basrah City, Iraq	A short-notice, reactive strike operation launched as a direct result of information gained after an attack made on a Multi National Forces base
[[Operation PitBull	10 February 2006	17 February 2006	east of the Euphrates River , Iraq	Designed to squash insurgent operations
Operation Pitchfork	June 2005	June 2005	The area east of the Lake Thar-Thar region , Iraq	Marines located over 50 hidden weapons caches and an underground bunker in the vicinity of a rock quarry.
Operation Planet X	15 May 2003	15 May 2003	A village near Ad Dawr and Al Dur, 11 miles north of Tikrit	American raid to capture Ba'athists.
Operation Plymouth Rock	23 November 2004	23 November 2004	South of Baghdad, Iraq	Sweep south of Baghdad.
Operation Polar Charade	03 June 2007	03 June 2007	southwest of Rushdi Mullah, Iraq	search for 2 missing Soldiers who were abducted May 12th in Quarghulli Village, Iraq
Operation Polar Dive	21 April 2007	21 April 2007	the Shubayshen area, just south of Baghdad, Iraq	Detained three suspected terrorists and found a cache of IED-making materials including wire, black powder, explosives manuals in English and Arabic, and chemistry textbooks
Operation Polar Scrum	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Powder River	31 December 2004	14 January 2005	, Iraq
Operation Predator	24 September 2004	24 September 2004	Ramadi, Iraq	A coordinated effort to detain Anti-Iraqi Forces and remove illegal weapons and ammunition caches
Operation Quarterhorse Rides	August 2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Quickstrike	03 August 2005	10 August 2005	Haditha, Haqliniyah, and Barwanah, Iraq	an offensive operation aimed at disrupting insurgent activities
Operation Raging Bull	March 2006	March 2006	the “Triad” region of Haditha, Haqliniyah, and Barwanah off the Euphrates River in western Al Anbar Province, Iraq	The first, fully-independent Iraqi Army-led mission in the “Triad” region
Operation Rapier Thrust	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Rams(Tallie)	December 2005	December 2005	Ramadi, Iraq	The forces have discovered four weapons caches and four improvised explosive devices
Operation Rat Trap	1 May 2007	1 May 2007	, Iraq	Among those killed during the operation was Muharib Abdul Latif, the Senior Minister of Information of al-Qaeda-in-Iraq
Operation Red Bull	January 2006	January 2006	the “Triad” area of Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana, Iraq	The search revealed 75 weapons caches terrorists planned to use during attacks in the region.
Operation Red Bull II	18 January 2006	18 January 2006	the “Triad” area of Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana, Iraq	Continue clearing all insurgent operations out of the “Triad” area.
Operation Red Dawn	13 December 2003	13 December 2003	ad-Dawr, Iraq	American capture of Saddam Hussein.
Operation Red Eagle	26 May 2007	26 May 2007	Adhamiyah District, Iraq	To disrupt insurgent activity in the Suleikh neighborhood
Operation Red Light II	31 March 2006	31 March 2006	Salah Ad Din province, Iraq	Detained 17 anti-Iraqi forces personnel and discovered four weapons caches
Operation Resolute Sword	April 2004	April 2004	, Iraq	It took place to capture Muqtada al-Sadr.
Operation Restoring Rights	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Rifles Fury	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Rifle Blitz	?	?	, Iraq	Border security operations in Iraq.
Operation Rifle Sweep	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Ripper Sweep	April 2004	April 2004	Fallujah, Iraq	The operation aimed at securing roads into and out of Fallujah
Operation River Blitz	20 February 2005	20 February 2005	throughout the Al Anbar province, Iraq	targeted insurgents in cities along the Euphrates River including Hit, Ramadi, and Baghdadi
Operation River Falcon	25 June 2006	27 June 2006	, Iraq
Operation River Gate(Bawwabatu Annaher)	04 October 2005	04 October 2005	Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana, Iraq	The operation's goal is to deny the al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist network the ability to operate in the three Euphrates River Valley cities and to free the local citizens from the insurgents' campaign of murder and intimidation
Operation Roaring Tiger	03 June 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Rock Slide	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Rock Bottom	24 November 2004	2004	, Iraq
Operation Rocketman	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Rocketman III	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Saber Turner II	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Safe Neighborhood	?	?	, Iraq	To make neighborhoods, markets, areas of congestion safer for the Iraqis
Operation Salm	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Saloon	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation San Juan	31 May 2005	04 June 2005	, Iraq	A five-day operation repairing Alternate Supply Route San Juan, making it safer for convoys and local civilians traveling the road on a daily basis
Operation Saratoga	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Sayyid	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Scales of Justice	12 March 2006	March 2006	, Iraq
Operation School Supplies	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Scimitar	7 July 2005	July 2005	Zaidan, approximately 20 miles southeast of Fallujah, Iraq	At least 22 suspected insurgents were detained
Operation Scorpion	2006	?	Hawijiah, Iraq	A sequential cordon and search of eight villages in and around Hawijah, Iraq
Operation Scorpian Sting	??	?	, Iraq
Operation Seahorse	July 2005	August 2005	, Iraq	British-led Multi-National Division Southeast with a mission to detect and deter illicit activity along the Iraqi border
Operation Shank	02 November 2005	03 December 2005	central and southern Ramadi, Iraq	Was the fifth in a series by the Iraqi army and coalition forces engaged in combined clearing operations to disrupt terrorism and set conditions for a successful Dec. 15 election in the provincial capital of Anbar
Operation Shillelagh	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Showdown	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Shurta Nasir	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Sidewinder	29 June 2003	June 2003	a city about 20 kilometers east of al Taji, Iraq	Raids against suspected Hussein supporters
Operation Silverado	16 August 2003	16 August 2003	Subak Sur, Iraq	To capture suspected insurgents and seize weapons stockpiles
Operation SINBAD	06 February 2007	06 February 2007	a number of locations in Hay A'Tanumah on the eastern bank of the Shatt Al'Arab opposite the main town of Basra, Iraq	Six people were detained during the operation and later released. A quantity of munitions were discovered and later disposed of by explosive experts
Operation Slim Shady	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Skinner(Gashshaa)	07 December 2005	10 December 2005	central Ramadi, Iraq	The operation netted four weapons caches and several detainees and also two command initiated rocket systems designed to ambush passing convoys in central Ramadi. The combined forces also discovered a roadside bomb that the insurgents planned to use in the rocket attack.
Operation Smokewagon	02 February 2006	05 February 2006	numerous villages south of Hit, Iraq	Looking for insurgents and their weapons caches
Operation Soda Mountain	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Soprano Sunset	06 December 2004	06 December 2004	, Iraq
Operation Southern Scimitar	19 May 2007	?	a region east of Rutbah, Iraq	In order to sweep and clear their area of insurgent activity
Operation Spartan Scorpian	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Spear (Romhe)	11 June 2005	22 June 2005	Karabilah, Iraq	Aimed at rooting out terrorists, foreign fighters and disrupting terrorist support systems in and around Karabilah
Operation Spring Cleanup	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Squeeze Play	22 May 2005	23 May 2005	the western suburbs of Baghdad, Iraq	Almost 300 suspects were detained in the first day of the operation
Operation Stallion Run	May 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Steel Curtain(Al Hajip Elfulathi)	05 November 2005	November 2005	Karabilah, Iraq	Continue to clear the town of Karabilah of terrorists and weapons
Operation Sterling	April 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Strategic Separation(al Azil al Sitrateegi)	25 June 2005	June 2005	northern Babil province , Iraq	Two hundred and nineteen suspected insurgents were detained
Operation Striker Hurricane	01 May 2004	01 May 2004	, Iraq
Operation Striker Tornado	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Suicide Kings	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Swamp Fox	March 2006	?	, Iraq
Operation Swarmer	16 March 2006	22 March 2006	, Iraq
Operation Swashbuckle	26 March 2005	26 March 2005	Ar Ramadi, Iraq	The four-man comedy show, presented by Hack and Slash, provided an explosive round of entertainment for more than 100 Marines
Operation Sweeny	15 October 2003	15 October 2003	, Iraq	Anti-smuggling operation by the Marines.
Operation Swift Sword	26 April 2006	29 April 2006	, Iraq
Operation Sword	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Telic	2003	?	, Iraq	Codename for British operations
Operation The Iron Hammer	April 2007	May 2007	Fallujah, Iraq	U.S. forces in Iraq "ferreting out" the opposition.
Operation Therapist	09 January 2005	??	, Iraq
Operation Thunder	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Thunder Cat	26 July 2006	30 July 2006	Baghdad, Iraq	To disrupt and destroy the insurgency in and around Baghdad
Operation Tigers (Numur)	Novmeber 2005	December 2005	Ramadi, Iraq	Resulted in the capture of several weapons caches and several terrorist suspects
Operation Tiger Clean Sweep	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Tiger Fury	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Tobruk	28 November 2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Together Forward	2006	?	Baghdad, Iraq	One of the largest combined security operations in Baghdad since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003
Operation Tomahawk	February 2004	February 2004
Operation Tomahawk 11	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Tomahawk Strike 11	24 January 2007	24 January 2007	, Iraq
Operation Tomahawk Strike 12	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Tombstone Piledriver	15 June 2004	15 June 2004	, Iraq
Operation Trailblazer	9 February 2004	9 February 2004	Baqubah, Iraq	An effort to make Iraqi roads safer for fellow soldiers
Operation Trident IV	21 April 2007	21 April 2007	the Shubayshen area, just south of Baghdad, Iraq	Detained six terror suspects and found a small weapons cache containing small arms and ammunition as well as 300 pounds of homemade explosive material and ball bearings for use in IEDs
Operation Trifecta	14 November 2006	18 November 2006	Zaidon, Iraq	Performed house-to-house searches and wide spread cache sweeps
Operation Triple Play	31 December 2004	02 January 2005	, Iraq
Operation True Grit	23 August 2004	24 August 2004	, Iraq
Operation Turki Bowl	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Tyr	July 2003	July 2003	Tikrit, Iraq	destroyed a series of stationary targets without risk of civilian casualties but with high visibility
Operation Uhaser	June 2005	06 June 2005	throughout Northern Babil province, south of Baghdad, Iraq	They conducted continuous patrols, vehicle checkpoints, raids, and searches
Operation Unforgiven	22 March 2005	24 March 2005	Albu Hatim, Iraq	The operation uncovered five weapons caches including more than 7,000 rounds of ammunition, an improvised explosive device factory and 39 members of anti-Iraqi forces
Operation United Front	2006	?	the neighborhood of Ameriya, Iraq	An effort to capture anti-Iraqi forces and seize weapons caches in the neighborhood of Ameriya, Iraq
Operation Valiant Guardian	05 April 2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Vigilant Resolve	04 April 2004	01 May 2004	Fallujah, Iraq	First American attempt to capture Fallujah.
Operation Vipers Bite	30 May 2007	30 May 2007	the Al Izza district of Al Kut , Iraq	Resulted in the detainment of 13 people suspected of insurgent activities
Operation Warhorse Whirlwind	2003	?	, Iraq
Operation Warm-Up	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation Warrior	03 March 2004	03 March 2004	, Iraq	was a cordon and search operation conducted by coalition forces designed to capture Farhan and Sofi Sinjar, Abu Akmed, and Abu Farka
Operation Warrior Resolve	2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Warriors Rage	2005	?	, Iraq
Operation White Rockets	2007	?	, Iraq
Operation White Shield	14 June 2005	14 June 2005	, Iraq
Operation Wolfpack Crunch	04 May 2004	04 May 2004	, Iraq
Operation Wolf Stalk II	November 2005	?	, Iraq
Operation Wolverine	19 August 2004	19 August 2004	, Iraq
Operation Wolverine Feast	24 January 2004	24 January 2004	the Al-Doura district, Iraq	Coalition and Iraqi Army soldiers detained 10 suspects and seized four caches
Operation Wonderland	24 December 2004	?	, Iraq
Operation Woodstock	June 2005	06 June 2005	throughout Northern Babil province, south of Baghdad, Iraq	They conducted continuous patrols, vehicle checkpoints, raids, and searches
Operation Yellow Stone	23 April 2004	23 April 2004	, Iraq
Operation Yukon River	12 April 2007	12 April 2007	Adwaniyah, Iraq	A joint effort that established security in the southeastern portion of Baghdad

References

• Multi National Force Iraq Website
• Global security

See also

Coalition military operations of the Iraq War

Casualties

• Military Casualties and non-military deaths.

External articles

Overview

• Journalists in Iraq: Video of Panel Discussion
• The Brookings Institution Iraq Index
• ProCon's Extensive Iraq War Examination
• The Iraq war and the reconstruction effort
• "Bleak Pentagon study admits 'civil war' in Iraq". By Rupert Cornwell. The Independent. 16 March 2007.

Maps of Iraq

• High resolution maps of iraq.

Road to War

• "Plans For Iraq Attack Began on 9/11"; Information Act request to the Department of Defense seeking DoD staffer Stephen Cambone's notes from meetings with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the afternoon of September 11, 2001.
• White House Meeting Memo; Details of 31 January 2003 private meeting between George W. Bush and Tony Blair where they discussed using U.S. spyplanes in UN colours to lure Saddam Hussein into war.
• UK Attorney-General leak; Legal advice given to the British Prime Minister Tony Blair weeks before the 2003 invasion.
• Presidential address given by George W. Bush on the evening of March 19 2003, announcing war.

Iraqi sources

• Iraq Diaries -- Iraqis writing about their experiences of war.
• The Ground Truth Project -- A series of exclusive, in-depth interviews with Iraqis, aid workers, military personnel and others who have spent significant time on-the-ground in Iraq.
• What Iraqis Think -- A compilation of the latest polls and blogs coming out of Iraq.
• Iraq documents on Weapons of Mass Destruction This is a U.S. military site containing approximately 1 million files captured from the Iraqi military in the aftermath of the invasion.

Opinions and polls

• Sean Rayment, "Secret MoD poll: Iraqis support attacks on British troops"; a poll conducted among Iraqis reveals strong opposition toward Allied presence in Iraq. The Daily Telegraph, 23 October 2005.
• Extraordinary renditions: the playwright and the president; Jeff Sommers, Khaled Diab and Charles Woolfson explore the dynamics between playwright and president as America's 'war on terror' stands in the dock. January 2006, published in Al Ahram Weekly
• Caspar Henderson, "Three polls: attitudes across frontiers". 12 December 2002.
• Karl Zinsmeister, "What Iraqis Really Think". Wall Street Journal, September 10 2003.
• "1st Major Survey of Iraq". Zogby International, September 10 2003.
• Carl Conetta, "What do Iraqis want? Iraqi attitudes on occupation, U.S. withdrawal, governments, and quality of life". Project on Defense Alternatives, 01 February 2005.
• "Iraq". Polling Report.com. (ed. Chronological polls of Americans 18 & older)
• Public Agenda ""Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index" -- Tracking survey of Americans' attitudes on international relations, conducted for Foreign Affairs)

Casualties

(additional links not found in Casualties links section)

• "[1]; Iraqi Civilian Deaths Increase Dramatically After Invasion" Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, October 28 2004.
• "One-Day Toll in Iraq Combat Is Highest for U.S. in Months", Washington Post, October 19 2006.
• U.S. Military Personnel Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan: A Running Log.
• Moving a Nation to Care: Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and America's Returning Troops by Ilona Meagher, Introduction by Penny Coleman, Foreword by Robert Roerich, M.D.

Combat operations related

• "Aerial Propaganda Leaflet Database". Psywar.org, 06 November 2005. (ed. Iraq War PSYOP leaflets and posters)

News

• Electronic Iraq: Daily news and analysis from Iraq with a special focus on the Iraqi experience of war.
• News from Iraq: Aggregated news on the war, including politics and economics.
• The Struggle for Iraq: BBC Best Link: All the latest news, analysis and images from Iraq.
• War in Iraq: CNN Special Report: This page was archived in May 2003 when President Bush declared an end to major combat. However, the coalition casualties' list continues to be updated.
• Iraq: Transition of Power: CNN Special Report: Three years later, debate rages.

Anti-war activists and war critics

• David Shuster, "Road to war; How the Bush administration sold the Iraq War to American people". MSNBC, 8 November 2005
• Antiwar news and viewpoints [2]
• Charlie and Katrina, "Mourning the Vote". (ed. Students (Boston University and Oglethorpe University) site presenting their opinion about the Iraq War)
• OnlyOneWorld.NET Contains information, news, and opinion on the Iraq War.
• What Barry Says Written by Barry McNamara in 2003, Winner of the Best Animation award at the Brooklyn International Film Festival and Portobello Film Festival in 2004.

• [3] Dahr Jamail's Iraq Dispatches. Independent journalist in Iraq. Many despatches, reports and photos.
• [4] Tales of Iraq War. Anti-war webcomics by cartoonist Latuff.
• The U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq Socialist Worker Online’s ongoing coverage and analysis
• FixIraq.com 15 minute updated news, Discussion, Auto-Updating U.S. Deaths counter that can be shown on any website.
• "Unlike Vietnam, There is No End in Sight" iShotTheDeputy.com article criticising comparisons with Vietnam.
• Liam Anderson and Gareth Stansfield, The Future of Iraq: Dictatorship, Democracy or Division?, 2004, Palgrave Macmillian ISBN 1-4039-6354-1
• Juan Cole, [Iraq] Three-State Solution? The Nation review, March 29 2004
• Iraq Exit Strategy Watch

Independent analysis

• "The Road Ahead: Lessons in Nation Building from Japan, Germany, and Afghanistan for Postwar Iraq" by Ray Salvatore Jennings May 2003 Peceworks No. 49 United States Institute of Peace
• "A New American Century? - Iraq and the Hidden Euro-Dollar wars" by William Engdahl
• Oil and Empire - the backstory to the invasion of Iraq
• The Neocons, Peak Oil and the Invasion of Iraq
• "An ethical blank cheque" British and U.S. mythology about the second world war ignores our own crimes and legitimises Anglo-American war making, Richard Drayton, Tuesday May 10 2005 The Guardian

War supporters and operation proponents

• Victor Davis Hanson, "An American 'Debacle'? More unjustified negativity on the war in Iraq." National Review Online, October 14 2005.
• An interesting analogy presented by Jessica Well where she shows a Life magazine article from 1946 discussing the failures of Denazification entitled Americans are Losing the Victory in Europe
• "The Civilian Casualty Fable; Analysis of Civilian Casualties in the first two years of the Iraq War". Logic Times, 26 October 2005.

Economics

• Scott Wallsten and Katrina Kosec, "The Economic Costs of the War in Iraq". AEI-Brookings Joint Center Working Paper 05-19. September 2005.
• Online cost estimator allows users to change assumptions for predicting expected future cost of the Iraq war.

• "Dollar cost of war". (ed. Reportedly actual total of the U.S. taxpayer cost of the Iraq War.)
• "Iraq war costs could top $2 trillion". Christian Science Monitor, 10 January 2006 based on "The Economic Costs of the Iraq War" by Linda Bilmes, Harvard University, and Joseph E. Stiglitz, laureate of the Nobel Prize of Economics in 2001.
• "The Dollar System and U.S. Economic Reality post-Iraq War" by William Engdahl

Judiciary

• "Legal System in Iraq Staggers Beneath the Weight of War", New York Times December 17, 2006

Media Echo

• Eliot Weinberger: What I Heard About Iraq in 2005, and What I Heard about Iraq (a collage of various statements concerning the war) dead link; these links active as of October 01 2006 link1 and link2
• Tatham, Steve (2006), 'Losing Arab Hearts & Minds: The Coalition, Al-Jazeera & Muslim Public Opinion' Hurst & Co (London) Published 1 January2006