2008
See also: 2008 and 2008 in Iraq| Battle/Operation Name | From Date | To Date | Location | Purpose/Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operation Oklahoma | 20080108 | 20080209 | Near Mahmudiyah? | clearing houses. |
| Operation Marne Thunderbolt | 200801?? | 20080215 | southeast of Baghdad | Security:Focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaeda safe havens. Transitioned to Operation Marne Grand Slam in February 2008. |
| Operation Rock Reaper | 200801?? | 2008???? | west of Baquba, Iraq | Counter Insurgency: Effort to clear Al-Queda strongholds |
| Operation Phantom Phoenix | 20080108 | Ongoing | southeast of Baghdad, Northern Iraq | Security:Focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaeda safe havens |
| Operation Raider Harvest | 20080108 | Ongoing | southeast of Baghdad, Northern Iraq | Security: A sub operation of Operation Iron Harvest. |
| Operation Iron Harvest | 20080109 | Ongoing | Northern Iraq | Counter Insurgency: To pursue al-Qaeda in Iraq and extremist elements from the region. A sub operation of the corps-level offensive Operation Phantom Phoenix |
| Operation Marne Grand Slam | 20080215 | 20080315 | southeast of Baghdad | Security:Focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaeda safe havens. Transitioned to Operation Marne Rugged in March 2008. |
| Operation Marne Rugged | 20080315 | Ongoing | southeast of Baghdad | Security:Focused on pursuing the enemy and clearing al-Qaeda safe havens. |
| Operation Sawlat al-Fursan (Charge of the Knights) | 20080324 | Ongoing | al Qurnah, Iraq | Counter Insurgency:Targeting criminal elements by the Iraqi Army and Iraqi Security Forces |
| Operation Estonia | 20080329 | 20080330 | the cities of Hamza and Hashmiyah, Iraq | Counter Insurgency:detained numerous criminals and found two caches |
| Operation Manchu Harvest III (Salah ad Din) | 20080404 | 2008???? | Salah ad Din Province, Iraq | Counter Insurgency: discovered a large weapons cache |
| Operation Marne Piledriver | 20080415 | 2008???? | the Mahmudiyah area | Peacekeeping and Counterinsurgency:will continue efforts to root out insurgency and stimulate economic growth and development throughout the Mahmudiyah Qada |
| Operation Restore Peace VI | 20080518 | 20080518 | Forward Operating Base McHenry, Iraq | Counter Insurgency:To reconcile with combatants. Reported a 90% drop in violence in certain areas. |
| Operation Lions Roar | 20080519 | 20080519 | the Younis al-Sabawi neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq | Counter Insurgency:Discovered a cache consisted of more than 100 mortar rounds, more than 100 mortar fuses, two mortar tubes, two mortar bipods, one suicide vest, two rockets and eight mines. |
| Operation Balad Musalahah | 20080522 | 2008???? | Balad area | Counter Insurgency:Allowing reconciliation of insurgents. |
| Operation Siegfried Line | 20080524 | 20080524 | southern Baghdad, Iraq | Counter Insurgency:detained numerous suspected criminals in the Bayaa community |
| Operation Gravel Dump | 20080528 | 20080528 | Karma,Iraq | Counter Insurgency: Joint USMC/Iraqi Army search of gravel trucks for smuggled weapons. |
| Operation Spring Break | 200805?? | 200805?? | Lake Tharthar, Iraq | Counter Insurgency: 4 day joint operation between U.S. Marines and Iraqi Army scouts. |
| Operation al Salam, (Peace) | 20080520 | Ongoing | Sadr City, Iraq | Counter Insurgency: |
| Operation Lion Hunt | 20080606 | 20080606 | Ninewah province, Iraq | Counter Insurgency:the first unilateral Iraqi-led aerial operation conducted by the 11th brigade, 3rd Iraqi Army division. |
| Operation New Town | 20080610 | 20080610 | Shakriyah,Iraq | Counter Insurgency:an air assault census mission conducted by the 22nd brigade, 6th Iraqi Army division |
| Operation Iron Roundup II | 2008???? | 20080706 | provinces north of Baghdad—Diyala, Salah ad Din, Kirkuk and Ninewa | Counter Insurgency:discovered weapons caches and detained three suspected terrorists |
| Operation Lions Paw | 2008???? | 2008???? | throughout Iraq | Counter Insurgency:During the Ramadan month, between fifty and seventy Iraqis will be released from U.S. detention centers in Iraq each day |
| Operation Eagle North | 20080808 | 20080808 | Abu Osage Village of the Sa’id Abdullah Corridor | Counter Insurgency:to find and detain suspected criminals throughout the area |
| Operation Monmouth | 20080827 | 20080827 | Habbash Village | Counter Insurgency:search for weapon caches and suspected criminals |
| Operation Viper Pursuit | 20080801 | 20080830 | the Sulayman Bak area | Counter Insurgency:to search for insurgent activity |
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