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2006 Ramadan Offensive
Part of the Post-invasion Iraq
DateSeptember 23, 2006–October 22, 2006
LocationIraq
Result Insurgent strategic victory
(Most of Baghdad, Al Anbar province and Babil province come under insurgent control)
Belligerents
United States United States
Flag of Iraq 2004-2008 Iraq
United Kingdom United Kingdom
Denmark Denmark
El Salvador El Salvador

Iraqi insurgency

Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq al-Qaeda in Iraq
Commanders and leaders
United States Gen. George Casey Flag of al-Qaeda in Iraq Ayyub al-Masri
Casualties and losses
97 killed (U.S.),
300+ killed (Iraqi Security Forces),[1]
2 killed (Denmark),
1 killed (U.K.),
1 killed (El Salvador)
~400 killed[citation needed]



The 2006 Ramadan Offensive refers to the attacks mounted by insurgents in Iraq during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in 2006, three years after the original Ramadan Offensive. Among the targets were U.S., Iraqi and other Coalition military targets, but also a large number of civilians was also killed by death squads. Most of the civilian killings was conducted by the Mahdi Army which was seeking to purge the Sunni population of Baghdad. The offensive coincided with a Coalition operation called Together Forward which was to significantly reduce the violence in Baghdad which had seen a sharp uprise since the mid-February 2006 bombing of the Askariya Mosque, a major Shia Muslim shrine, in Samarra. However, the operation failed. Moreover the insurgents managed take control of more than 80 percent of Baghdad. Also insurgents made huge gains in the western Al Anbar and southern Babil province. Forcing Coalition and Iraqi security forces from a large number of towns and cities. This period also saw the battle of Amarah, during which rouge Mahdi Army fighters fought with the police, who were members of the Badr Organisation, for control of the southern city of Amarah.[citation needed]

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