List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War in 2006

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

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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

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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.

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.

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.

Battle/Operation name	From date	To date	Location	Purpose and result
Operation Industrial Revolution	02006-08-10 August 10 2006	02006-08-10 August 10 2006	Southeast Fallujah/Industrial Sector	Cordone and Search Looking for roadside and car bomb Making Facilities
Operation Iron Arrow I	02006 2006	02006 2006	Obeidi region, northern portion	Conducted to root out terrorists on the Sunni side of town
Operation Post Hawk	02006 2006	02006 2006
Operation Unified Fist	02006 2006	02006 2006	Baghdad
Operation Baghdad is Beautiful	02006-01 January 2006	02006-01 January 2006	Baghdad	Cleanup up Baghdad
Operation King Tut	02006-01 January 2006	02006-01 January 2006	Baghdad	Searched for weapons caches
Operation Red Bull	02006-01 January 2006	02006-01 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 Falcon Sweep	02006-01-11 January 11 2006, on or about	02006-01-11 January 11 2006, on or about	Shakaria	One of the operation's objectives was to identify and capture terrorists in the village
Operation Red Bull II	02006-01-18 January 18 2006	02006-01-18 January 18 2006	the "Triad" area of Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana	Continue clearing all insurgent operations out of the “Triad” area.
Operation Final Strike (Al Dharba Al Nihaa’ya)	02006-01-29 January 29 2006	02006-01-29 January 29 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 Smokewagon	02006-02-02 February 02 2006	02006-02-05 February 05 2006	Hīt, numerous villages south of	Looking for insurgents and their weapons caches
Operation PitBull	02006-02-10 February 10 2006	02006-02-17 February 17 2006	east of the Euphrates River	Designed to squash insurgent operations
Operation God help us (Ala Allah)	02006-02-12 February 12 2006	02006-02-13 February 13 2006	Subiyhat	To clear the area of insurgents and interact with the populace
Operation Dirty Harry	02006-02-20 February 20 2006	02006-02-20 February 20 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 Minotaur	02006-02-26 February 26 2006	02006-02-26 February 26 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 Swamp Fox	02006-03 March 2006	02006-03 March 2006	Muqdadiyah	Coalition and Iraqi forces detained 104 suspected insurgents and confiscated a cache of weapons
Operation Raging Bull	02006-03 March 2006	02006-03 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	02006-03 March 2006	02006-03 March 2006
Operation Jaws V	02006-03 March 2006	02006-03-04 March 04 2006	Fallujah	Disrupting insurgents’ efforts to launch mortar and improvised explosive device attacks against Coalition Forces
Operation El Toro Loco	02006-03-01 March 01 2006	02006-03-01 March 01 2006	Baghdadi
Operation Glory Light	02006-03-02 March 02 2006	02006-03-09 March 09 2006	Sadr to Yusufiyah area	Was designed to deny insurgents sanctuary and preempt enemy attacks in the Baghdad area
Operation Lion	02006-03-02 March 02 2006	02006-03-02 March 02 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 Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood.	02006-03-10 March 10 2006	02006-03-10 March 10 2006	Fallujah	Handed out toys and pamphlets to Iraqi Children
Operation Focus	02006-03-12 March 12 2006	02006-03-12 March 12 2006	Diwaniyah	Found a weapons cache
Operation Scales of Justice	02006-03-12 March 12 2006	02006-03 March 2006	Baghdad	Approximately 800 suspected insurgents had been detained and 140 weapons caches discovered and cleared as part of the operation.
Operation Swarmer	02006-03-16 March 16 2006	02006-03-22 March 22 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.
Operation Cowpens	02006-03-19 March 19 2006	02006-04-14 April 14 2006	Jabouri Peninsula	Discovering caches and hampering insurgent efforts
Operation Northern Lights	02006-03-21 March 21 2006	02006 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 Scorpion	02006-03-24 March 24 2006	02006-03-25 March 25 2006	Hawijiah	A sequential cordon and search of eight villages in and around Hawijah
Operation Red Light II	02006-03-31 March 31 2006	02006-03-31 March 31 2006	Saladin Province	Detained 17 anti-Iraqi forces personnel and discovered four weapons caches
Operation Cobra Strike (2006)	02006-04 April 2006	02006-04 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 Harvest Lights	02006-04 April 2006	02006-05 May 2006	Najaf, Karbala and Babil Provinces	To control the progressive loss of the date palm crop and regenerate the industry
Operation Money Worth	02006-04 April 2006	02006-04 April 2006	Baghdad	Placed more than 500 concrete barriers at points throughout Baghdad
Operation Sterling	02006-04 April 2006	02006 2006	Basra	Detained 14 individuals and recovered a significant weapons cache
Operation Hastings	02006-04-04 April 04 2006	02006-04-07 April 07 2006	Fallujah, northeast of	To take weapons out of the hands of insurgents
Operation Bastogne	02006-04-06 April 06 2006	02006-04-06 April 06 2006	Baghdad	Blocking off escape routes frequented by insurgents
Operation Bold Action	02006-04-10 April 10 2006	02006-04-10 April 10 2006	Tarmiya, near	To provide more security near Tarmiya by chasing the terrorists
Operation Swift Sword	02006-04-26 April 26 2006	02006-04-29 April 29 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
Battle of Diwaniya	02006-04-28 April 28 2006	02006-04-28 April 28 2006	Diwaniya	Battle between the Mahdi Army and the Iraqi Army
Operation Babil Perimeter	02006-04-28 April 28 2006	02006-05 May 2006	Al Hayy	Detained five known insurgents and found some weapons caches
Operation Lion Hunt	02006-04-29 April 29 2006	02006-05 May 2006	Mosul	Designed to remove the insurgents from the region making the area safer and to train the Iraqi police
Operation Dragons Breath	02006-05 May 2006	02006-05 May 2006	Ramadi	Search for weapons caches and insurgents
Operation Lion Hunt II	02006-05 May 2006	02006-06 June 2006	Ninewah province	To further develop the Iraq police in cordons and searches while reducing the insurgency in the Ninewah province
Operation Stallion Run	02006-05 May 2006	02006-05 May 2006	Baghdad	The operation was focused on clearing the roads of bombs and the debris that could hide them
Operation Lion	02006-05-04 May 04 2006	02006-05-04 May 04 2006	Mosul	A cordon and search operation
Operation Lightning Blitz	02006-05-05 May 05 2006	02006-05-07 May 07 2006
Operation Tropical Lightning	02006-05-06 May 06 2006	02006-05-06 May 06 2006
Operation Unified Front	02006-05-06 May 06 2006	02006-05-06 May 06 2006	Ameriya	An effort to capture anti-Iraqi forces and seize weapons caches in the neighborhood of Ameriya
Operation Lofty Summit	02006-05-07 May 07 2006	02006-05-07 May 07 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 Iron Triangle	02006-05-09 May 09 2006	02006-05-11 May 11 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 Barnstormer	02006-05-16 May 16 2006	02006-05-18 May 18 2006	Karbala, Wassit, Babil, Baghdad, Diyala, Ninewa and Dohuk	To protect key staple crops from insect damage in several Iraq provinces
Operation Chepultepec	02006-05-24 May 24 2006	02006-05-24 May 24 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 Tinto	02006-05-25 May 25 2006	02006-05-25 May 25 2006	Basrah	Was a search and arrest mission
Operation Coolspring VIII	02006 2006	02006-05-09 May 09 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 Roaring Tiger	02006-06-03 June 03 2006	02006-06-03 June 03 2006	Baghdad, Adhamiyah district	The operation captured 19 suspected insurgents
Operation Cool Carpet	02006-06-09 June 09 2006	02006-06-09 June 09 2006	Gharmah	To deliver prayer rugs along with two new air conditioning units
Operation Together Forward	02006-06-14 June 14 2006	02006-10-24 October 24 2006	Baghdad	One of the largest combined security operations in the city since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003
Battle of Ramadi (2006)	02006-06-17 June 17 2006	02006-11-15 November 15 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.
Operation Sand Storm	02006-06-26 June 26 2006	02006-06-26 June 26 2006	Ayn Mana	To seek out illicit weapons and insurgent forces
Operation Iron Gate	02006-06 June 2006	02006-07 July 2006	Hawija and Riyadh	Observe and prevent illegal border crossing's from Iran
Operation Relentless Hunt	02006-07 July 2006	02006-08 August 2006	Hawija and Riyadh
Operation Gaugamela	02006-07-20 July 20 2006	02006-07 July 2006	Hawija and Riyadh	A search for suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in towns just west of Kirkuk
Operation River Falcon	02006-07-25 July 25 2006	02006-07-27 July 27 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 Thundercat	02006-07-26 July 26 2006	02006-07-30 July 30 2006	Baghdad	To disrupt and destroy the insurgency in and around Baghdad
Operation Floodlight	02006-08 August 2006	02006-08-09 August 09 2006, on or about	Fallujah	To locate insurgents and weapons targeting coalition and Iraqi forces south of the city
Operation Guardian Tiger IV	02006-08 August 2006	02006-08 August 2006	Haditha Triad region's	Captured more than 30 suspected insurgents
Operation Passage	02006-08-20 August 20 2006	02006-08-20 August 20 2006	Al Magrab, near Mosul	an Iraqi Army, Iraqi Police and U.S. Army joint forces mission
Operation Rubicon	02006-08-25 August 25 2006	02006-08-25 August 25 2006	Husayba	A combat mission when they stopped to give the refreshments to the kids
Operation Constant Solidarity	02006-09-01 September 01 2006	02006-09-01 September 01 2006	Diwaniyah	To weed out more than 2,000 terrorists in and around the city
Operation Yorktown	02006-09-26 September 26 2006	02006-09-26 September 26 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
Battle of Al Rumaythah	02006-09-26 September 26 2006	02006-09-26 September 26 2006	Al Rumaythah	Contact between Australian forces from Overwatch Battle Group (West) and unidentified insurgents.
Operation Iron Arrow II	02006-09-30 September 30 2006	02006-09-30 September 30 2006	Obeidi region	An IA-led effort aimed at establishing security in the northern portion of the region on the Shia side
Operation Commando Hunter	02006-10-02 October 02 2006	02006-10 October 2006	Yusufiyah	Was intended to deny terrorists sanctuary in the city 20 mi (30 km) southwest of Baghdad
Operation SOUK	02006-10-02 October 02 2006	02006-10-02 October 02 2006	Fallujah	A cordon and search mission
Operation Half Nelson	02006-10-04 October 04 2006	02006-10-04 October 04 2006	Hurriyah	Peacekeeping and Counterinsurgency: An attempt to build trust with Iraqi civilians and eliminate terrorists
Operation Medusa	02006-10-04 October 04 2006	02006-10-04 October 04 2006	Mosul
Operation Benefit Day	02006-10-11 October 11 2006	02006-10-11 October 11 2006	Baghdad	Marines and Iraqi Security Forces passed out backpacks full of school supplies to the children
Operation Dealer	02006-10-12 October 12 2006	02006-10-12 October 12 2006	Ramadi	Was undertaken to establish a combat outpost in the area.
Battle of Amarah	02006-10-19 October 19 2006	02006-10-20 October 20 2006	Amarah	Began when 800 masked members of the Mahdi army stormed three police stations in Amarah
Operation Helping Hand	02006-10-21 October 21 2006	02006-10-21 October 21 2006	Tuz	Delivered basic food staples to about 300 Kurd, Turkmen and Arab families
Battle of Fallujah(2006)	02006-11-07 November 07 2006	02006-12-23 December 23 2006	Fallujah	(See Operation Phantom Fury)
Operation Trifecta	02006-11-14 November 14 2006	02006-11-18 November 18 2006	Zaidon	Performed house-to-house searches and wide spread cache sweeps
Battle of Turki	02006-11-15 November 15 2006	02006-11-16 November 16 2006	Turki	Was fought over 40 hours between American paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne Division and well trained insurgent forces.
Operation Talon	02006-11-12 November 12 20060	02006-11-20 November 20 2006	Fallujah, north of	Humanitarian and Counterinsurgency: Rescued 2 hostages and detained 13 suspected insurgents
Operation Polar Black Diamond	02006-11-25 November 25 2006	02006-11-25 November 25 2006	al Taca	Detained 10 terrorist suspects and found a cache of improvised explosive device components
Operation Polar Valor	02006-12-07 December 07 2006	02006-12-07 December 07 2006
Operation Cougar	02006-12-10 December 10 2006	02006-12-10 December 10 2006	Adhamiyah	A cordon and search operation
Operation Arctic Sunrise	02006-12-16 December 16 2006	02006-12-16 December 16 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 Eagle Watch	02006-12-15 December 15 2006	02006-12-16 December 16 2006	Tikrit	Fifteen suspects were detained in several locations near the city
Operation Moonlight (Alkamra Almaner)	02006-12-19 December 19 2006	02006-12-21 December 21 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 Gladiator	02006-12-23 December 23 2006	02006-12-23 December 23 2006	Baghdad	To sweep the Al Doura market and clear the area so merchants can return and be safe
Operation Beastmaster	02006-12-29 December 29 2006	02006-12-29 December 29 2006	Baghdad, the western suburb of Ghazaliya	Cleared three large neighborhoods which were the sights of much sectarian violence

See also

• List of coalition military operations of the Iraq War
• 2006 in Iraq

References

• National Force Iraq Website
• Global security
• National Corps-Iraq
• Defense America
• Army 1st Division website
• DVIDS Website
• States Army Website

External articles

Maps of Iraq

• High resolution 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)

• "[1]; Iraqi Civilian Deaths Increase Dramatically After Invasion" Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 28 October 2004.
• "One-Day Toll in Iraq Combat Is Highest for U.S. in Months", Washington Post, 19 October 2006.
• U.S. Military Personnel Wounded in Iraq & Afghanistan: A Running Log.

Combat operations related

• "Aerial Propaganda Leaflet Database". Psywar.org, 6 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.