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M1A1 Abrams pose for a photo under the "Hands of Victory" in Ceremony Square, Baghdad, Iraq.

US Navy 060331-N-5438H-139 An Iraq Army soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Division, mans a checkpoint during Operation Red Light II, on the outskirts of Monfia village in the Western Desert

Salah Ad Din Governorate, (31 March 2006) – An Iraq Army soldier assigned to the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 4th Division, mans a checkpoint during Operation Red Light II, on the outskirts of Monfia village in the Western Desert

This is a list of known Coalition military operations of the Iraq War during 2006.

2006 military operations[]

An-2 plane spraying wheat crops

Soviet Antonov An-2 airplane sprays pesticide on wheat crops during Operation Barnstormer (May 2006).

The beginning of 2006 was marked by government creation talks, growing sectarian violence, and continuous anti-coalition attacks. Sectarian violence expanded to a new level of intensity following the al-Askari Mosque bombing in the Iraqi city of Samarra, on 22 February 2006. The explosion at the mosque, one of the holiest sites in Shi'a Islam, is believed to have been caused by a bomb planted by Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Although no injuries occurred in the blast, the mosque was severely damaged and the bombing resulted in violence over the following days.

As of 20 October the U.S military announced that Operation Together Forward had failed to stem the tide of violence in Baghdad, and Shiite militants under al-Sadr seized several southern Iraq cities.[1]

On 23 November, the deadliest attack since the beginning of the Iraq war occurred. Suspected Sunni-Arab militants used five suicide car bombs and two mortar rounds on the capital's Shiite Sadr City slum to kill at least 215 people and wound 257. Shiite mortar teams quickly retaliated, firing 10 shells at Sunni Islam's most important shrine in Baghdad, badly damaging the Abu Hanifa mosque and killing one person. Eight more rounds slammed down near the offices of the Association of Muslim Scholars, the top Sunni Muslim organisation in Iraq, setting nearby houses on fire. Two other mortar barrages on Sunni neighborhoods in west Baghdad killed nine and wounded 21, police said.[2]

After capture in December 2003, Saddam Hussein was hanged on 30 December 2006 after being found guilty of crimes against humanity by an Iraqi court.[3]

Battle/Operation name From date To date Location Purpose and result
Operation Arctic Sunrise 16 December 2006 16 December 2006 Baghdad, South of Removed a sizeable cache of bomb making material, detained 11 individuals believed to be involved in insurgent activities and improved the living conditions for the Iraqi people in the area
Operation Babil Perimeter 28 April 2006 May 2006 Al Hayy Detained five known insurgents and found some weapons caches
Operation Baghdad is Beautiful January 2006 January 2006 Baghdad Cleanup up Baghdad
Operation Barnstormer 16 May 2006 18 May 2006 Karbala, Wassit, Babil, Baghdad, Diyala, Ninewa and Dohuk To protect key staple crops from insect damage in several Iraq provinces
Operation Bastogne 6 April 2006 6 April 2006 Baghdad Blocking off escape routes frequented by insurgents
Battle of Al Rumaythah 26 September 2006 26 September 2006 Al Rumaythah Contact between Australian forces from Overwatch Battle Group (West) and unidentified insurgents.
Battle of Amarah 19 October 2006 20 October 2006 Amarah Began when 800 masked members of the Mahdi army stormed three police stations in Amarah
Battle of Diwaniya 28 April 2006 28 April 2006 Diwaniya Battle between the Mahdi Army and the Iraqi Army
Battle of Fallujah(2006) 7 November 2006 23 December 2006 Fallujah (See Operation Phantom Fury)
Battle of Ramadi (2006) 17 June 2006 15 November 2006 Ramadi The objective of the operation was to take full control of a city that had been out of the hands of the American military for the better part of two years.
Battle of Turki 15 November 2006 16 November 2006 Turki Was fought over 40 hours between American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and well trained insurgent forces.
Operation Beastmaster 29 December 2006 29 December 2006 Baghdad, the western suburb of Ghazaliya Cleared three large neighborhoods which were the sights of much sectarian violence
Operation Benefit Day 11 October 2006 11 October 2006 Baghdad Marines and Iraqi Security Forces passed out backpacks full of school supplies to the children
Operation Bold Action 10 April 2006 10 April 2006 Tarmiya, near To provide more security near Tarmiya by chasing the terrorists
Operation Chepultepec 24 May 2006 24 May 2006 the Ubaydah region of Southern Lutafiyah Iraqi Police and Coalition Forces provided the outer cordon around the 80 square kilometer area while the Iraqi Army advanced to their objective to drive the terrorists from the region.
Operation Cobra Strike (2006) April 2006 April 2006 Haswah and Iskandariyah Was a mission intended to locate the suspected leader and financier of a terrorist cell working in the area. The suspected terrorists were implicated in murders, kidnappings and the emplacement of roadside bombs
Operation Commando Hunter 2 October 2006 October 2006 Yusufiyah Was intended to deny terrorists sanctuary in the city 20 mi (30 km) southwest of Baghdad
Operation Constant Solidarity 1 September 2006 1 September 2006 Diwaniyah To weed out more than 2,000 terrorists in and around the city
Operation Cool Carpet 9 June 2006 9 June 2006 Gharmah To deliver prayer rugs along with two new air conditioning units
Operation Coolspring VIII 2006 9 May 2006 Mosul Three men of military age previously on the Iraqi Army's most wanted list were detained in searches of a wide area south of the city.
Operation Cougar 10 December 2006 10 December 2006 Adhamiyah A cordon and search operation
Operation Cowpens 19 March 2006 14 April 2006 Jabouri Peninsula Discovering caches and hampering insurgent efforts
Operation Dealer 12 October 2006 12 October 2006 Ramadi Was undertaken to establish a combat outpost in the area.
Operation Dirty Harry 20 February 2006 20 February 2006 Muqdadiyah, a neighborhood and farmlands in the southern portion To cordon and knock a local neighborhood which included searching homes and farmland for anti-coalition forces and weapon caches
Operation Dragons Breath May 2006 May 2006 Ramadi Search for weapons caches and insurgents
Operation Eagle Watch 15 December 2006 16 December 2006 Tikrit Fifteen suspects were detained in several locations near the city
Operation El Toro Loco 1 March 2006 1 March 2006 Baghdadi
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Operation Falcon Sweep 11 January 2006, on or about 11 January 2006, on or about Shakaria One of the operation's objectives was to identify and capture terrorists in the village
Operation Final Strike (Al Dharba Al Nihaa’ya) 29 January 2006 29 January 2006 Jazerra area northwest of Habbaniyah, 75 km west of Baghdad Aimed at neutralizing the insurgency activity and providing a secure area for the citizens of the Jazerra.
Operation Floodlight August 2006 9 August 2006, on or about Fallujah To locate insurgents and weapons targeting coalition and Iraqi forces south of the city
Operation Focus 12 March 2006 12 March 2006 Diwaniyah Found a weapons cache
Operation Gaugamela 20 July 2006 July 2006 Hawija and Riyadh A search for suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in towns just west of Kirkuk
Operation Gladiator 23 December 2006 23 December 2006 Baghdad To sweep the Al Doura market and clear the area so merchants can return and be safe
Operation Glory Light 2 March 2006 9 March 2006 Sadr to Yusufiyah area Was designed to deny insurgents sanctuary and preempt enemy attacks in the Baghdad area
Operation God help us (Ala Allah) 12 February 2006 13 February 2006 Subiyhat To clear the area of insurgents and interact with the populace
Operation Guardian Tiger IV August 2006 August 2006 Haditha Triad region's Captured more than 30 suspected insurgents
Operation Half Nelson 4 October 2006 4 October 2006 Hurriyah Peacekeeping and Counterinsurgency: An attempt to build trust with Iraqi civilians and eliminate terrorists
Operation Harvest Lights April 2006 May 2006 Najaf, Karbala and Babil Provinces To control the progressive loss of the date palm crop and regenerate the industry
Operation Hastings 4 April 2006 7 April 2006 Fallujah, northeast of To take weapons out of the hands of insurgents
Operation Helping Hand 21 October 2006 21 October 2006 Tuz Delivered basic food staples to about 300 Kurd, Turkmen and Arab families
Operation Industrial Revolution 10 August 2006 10 August 2006 Southeast Fallujah/Industrial Sector Cordone and Search Looking for roadside and car bomb Making Facilities
Operation Iron Arrow I 2006 2006 Obeidi region, northern portion Conducted to root out terrorists on the Sunni side of town
Operation Iron Arrow II 30 September 2006 30 September 2006 Obeidi region An IA-led effort aimed at establishing security in the northern portion of the region on the Shia side
Operation Iron Gate June 2006 July 2006 Hawija and Riyadh Observe and prevent illegal border crossing's from Iran
Operation Iron Triangle 9 May 2006 11 May 2006 Tikrit The operation resulted in the detention of 200 suspected terrorists and the confiscation of weapons and propaganda materials at an insurgent training camp southwest of the city.
Operation Jaws V March 2006 4 March 2006 Fallujah Disrupting insurgents’ efforts to launch mortar and improvised explosive device attacks against Coalition Forces
Operation King Tut January 2006 January 2006 Baghdad Searched for weapons caches
Operation Koa Canyon (Wadi Aljundi) 19 January 2006 27 January 2006 along the Euphrates River An effort to disrupt insurgent activity and to root out their weapons stores along the Euphrates River
Operation Lightning Blitz 5 May 2006 7 May 2006
Operation Lion 2 March 2006 2 March 2006 Baghdad Discovered more than 62 tons of munitions and weapons were discovered in over 80 weapons caches as well as the capture of 65 suspected insurgents
Operation Lion 4 May 2006 4 May 2006 Mosul A cordon and search operation
Operation Lion Hunt 29 April 2006 May 2006 Mosul 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 To further develop the Iraq police in cordons and searches while reducing the insurgency in the Ninewah province
Operation Lofty Summit 7 May 2006 7 May 2006 Mushada Coalition forces will stage out of the same patrol base as the 11th Special Infrastructure Battalion, a specialized Iraqi army unit that protects an oil pipeline running through Mushada.
Operation Medusa 4 October 2006 4 October 2006 Mosul
Operation Minotaur 26 February 2006 26 February 2006 a town along the Euphrates River in Al Anbar Province, northwest of Baghdad Was aimed at clearing more than nine kilometers of riverbank and several small villages south of Haqlaniyah
Operation Money Worth April 2006 April 2006 Baghdad Placed more than 500 concrete barriers at points throughout Baghdad
Operation Moonlight (Alkamra Almaner) 19 December 2006 21 December 2006 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 Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood. 10 March 2006 10 March 2006 Fallujah Handed out toys and pamphlets to Iraqi Children
Operation Northern Lights 21 March 2006 2006 Abu Ghraib To disrupt anti-Iraqi forces and to find and destroy terrorist caches in Abu Ghraib. Operation Northern Lights was a joint U.S-Iraqi operation which consisted of approximately 1,400 personnel. Most of the information is confidential and not public.
Operation Passage 20 August 2006 20 August 2006 Al Magrab, near Mosul an Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police and U.S. Army joint forces mission
Operation PitBull 10 February 2006 17 February 2006 east of the Euphrates River Designed to squash insurgent operations
Operation Polar Black Diamond 25 November 2006 25 November 2006 al Taca Detained 10 terrorist suspects and found a cache of improvised explosive device components
Operation Polar Valor 7 December 2006 7 December 2006
Operation Post Hawk 2006 2006
Operation Raging Bull March 2006 March 2006 the "Triad" region of Haditha, Haqliniyah, and Barwanah off the Euphrates River in western Al Anbar Province The first, fully independent Iraqi Army-led mission in the “Triad” region
Operation Raging Bull II March 2006 March 2006
Operation Red Bull January 2006 January 2006 the "Triad" area of Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana 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 Continue clearing all insurgent operations out of the “Triad” area.
Operation Red Light II 31 March 2006 31 March 2006 Saladin Province Detained 17 anti-Iraqi forces personnel and discovered four weapons caches
Operation Relentless Hunt July 2006 August 2006 Hawija and Riyadh
Operation River Falcon 25 July 2006 27 July 2006 Sayifiyeh The operation was aimed at denying terrorists the use of the town as a safe haven, disrupting insurgent attacks on Coalition and Iraqi Security Forces, and on collecting and destroying insurgent munitions
Operation Roaring Tiger 3 June 2006 3 June 2006 Baghdad, Adhamiyah district The operation captured 19 suspected insurgents
Operation Rubicon 25 August 2006 25 August 2006 Husayba A combat mission when they stopped to give the refreshments to the kids
Operation Sand Storm 26 June 2006 26 June 2006 Ayn Mana To seek out illicit weapons and insurgent forces
Operation Scales of Justice 12 March 2006 March 2006 Baghdad Approximately 800 suspected insurgents had been detained and 140 weapons caches discovered and cleared as part of the operation.[4]
Operation Scorpion 24 March 2006 25 March 2006 Hawijiah A sequential cordon and search of eight villages in and around Hawijah
Operation Smokewagon 2 February 2006 5 February 2006 Hīt, numerous villages south of Looking for insurgents and their weapons caches
Operation SOUK 2 October 2006 2 October 2006 Fallujah A cordon and search mission
Operation Stallion Run May 2006 May 2006 Baghdad The operation was focused on clearing the roads of bombs and the debris that could hide them
Operation Sterling April 2006 2006 Basra Detained 14 individuals and recovered a significant weapons cache
Operation Swamp Fox March 2006 March 2006 Muqdadiyah Coalition and Iraqi forces detained 104 suspected insurgents and confiscated a cache of weapons
Operation Swarmer 16 March 2006 22 March 2006 a 10-by-10-mile square area northeast of Samarra The operation resulted in 104 suspected insurgents currently being detained and questioned, and 24 caches discovered.[5]
Operation Swift Sword 26 April 2006 29 April 2006 the villages and farms west of Bayji The operation resulted in the capture of 17 suspected insurgents and the confiscation of a cache of weapons. The cache included more than 100 artillery rounds, mortar rounds, mines, rocket-propelled grenades, sniper rifles, and 4,500 rounds of ammunition
Operation Talon (Iraq) 12 November 20060 20 November 2006 Fallujah, north of Humanitarian and Counterinsurgency: Rescued 2 hostages and detained 13 suspected insurgents
Operation Thundercat 26 July 2006 30 July 2006 Baghdad To disrupt and destroy the insurgency in and around Baghdad
Operation Tinto 25 May 2006 25 May 2006 Basrah Was a search and arrest mission
Operation Together Forward 14 June 2006 24 October 2006 Baghdad One of the largest combined security operations in the city since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003
Operation Trifecta 14 November 2006 18 November 2006 Zaidon Performed house-to-house searches and wide spread cache sweeps
Operation Tropical Lightning 6 May 2006 6 May 2006
Operation Unified Fist 2006 2006 Baghdad
Operation Unified Front 6 May 2006 6 May 2006 Ameriya An effort to capture anti-Iraqi forces and seize weapons caches in the neighborhood of Ameriya
Operation Yorktown 26 September 2006 26 September 2006 Al Anbar Province Security and Law enforcement: To develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi reconstruction

See also[]

References[]

External articles[]

Maps of Iraq
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.
Casualties

(additional links not found in Casualties links section)

Combat operations related
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.



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