Operation Steel Curtain
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Iraq War
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Timelines
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
Phases
- Invasion
- Post-invasion insurgency
- Civil war
- Insurgency 2008-2011
Battles and operations
of the Iraq War
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Invasion (2003)
- Umm Qasr
- Al Faw
- 1st Basra
- Nasiriyah
- Raid on Karbala
- 1st Najaf
- Northern Delay
- Viking Hammer
- Samawah
- 1st Karbala
- Al Kut
- Hillah
- Green Line
- Karbala Gap
- Baghdad
- Debecka Pass
- Kani Domlan Ridge
Post-invasion insurgency
- Al Anbar
- 1st Ramadan
- Red Dawn
- Spring 2004
- 1st Fallujah
- Sadr City
- 1st Ramadi
- Husaybah
- 2nd Najaf
- CIMIC-House
- Samarra
- 2nd Fallujah
- Mosul
- Lake Tharthar
- Al Qaim
- Hit
- Haditha
- Steel Curtain
- Tal Afar
- 2nd Ramadi
- Together Forward
- Diwaniya
Civil War
- 2nd Ramadan
- Sinbad
- Amarah
- Turki
- Diyala
- Haifa Street
- Karbala Raid
- 3rd Najaf
- Imposing Law
- U.K. bases
- Black Eagle
Surge (2007)
- Baghdad belts
- Baqubah
- Donkey Island
- Shurta Nasir
- Phantom Strike
- 2nd Karbala
- Phantom Phoenix
Insurgency (2008-2011)
- 2008 Day of Ashura
- Ninawa
- Spring 2008
- 2nd Basra
- 2008 Al-Qaeda Offensive
- Augurs of Prosperity
- Abu Kamal
Drawdown
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Insurgent attacks of the
Iraq War
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‡ indicates attacks resulting in over 100 deaths
§ indicates the deadliest attack in the Iraq War
This list only includes major attacks.
- 2003
- 1st Baghdad
- 2nd Baghdad
- Najaf
- 3rd Baghdad
- 1st Nasiriyah
- 1st Karbala
- 2004
- ‡ Irbil
- ‡ Ashoura
- 1st Basra
- Mosul
- 4th Baghdad
- 5th Baghdad
- Karbala-Najaf
- 1st Baqubah
- Kufa
- FOB Marez
- 2005
- ‡ 1st Al Hillah
- ‡ Musayyib
- 6th Baghdad
- ‡ 7th Baghdad
- 1st Balad
- Khanaqin
- 2006
- ‡ Karbala-Ramadi
- 1st Samarra
- 8th Baghdad
- 9th Baghdad
- ‡ 10th Baghdad
- 2007
- 11th Baghdad
- 12th Baghdad
- ‡ 13th Baghdad
- 14th Baghdad
- 15th Baghdad
- 2nd Al Hillah
- ‡ 1st Tal Afar
- 16th Baghdad
- 17th Baghdad
- 2nd & 3rd Karbala
- ‡ 18th Baghdad
- Makhmour
- Abu Sayda
- 2nd Samarra
- 19th Baghdad
- ‡ Amirli
- 1st Kirkuk
- 20th Baghdad
- 21st Baghdad
- § Qahtaniya
- Amarah
- 2008
- 22nd Baghdad
- 2nd Balad
- 23rd Baghdad
- 4th Karbala
- 24th Baghdad
- Karmah
- 2nd Baqubah
- Dujail
- Balad Ruz
- 2009
- 25th Baghdad
- 26th Baghdad
- Baghdad-Muqdadiyah
- Taza
- 27th Baghdad
- 2nd Kirkuk
- 2nd Tal Afar
- ‡ 28th Baghdad
- ‡ 29th Baghdad
- ‡ 30th Baghdad
- 2010
- 31st Baghdad
- 32nd Baghdad
- 3rd Baqubah
- 33rd Baghdad
- 34th Baghdad
- 35th Baghdad
- ‡ 1st Pan-Iraq
- 36th Baghdad
- 37th Baghdad
- 2nd Pan-Iraq
- 38th Baghdad
- 39th Baghdad
- ‡ 40th Baghdad
- 2011
- 41st Baghdad
- ‡ 3rd Pan-Iraq
- Karbala-Baghdad
- 42nd Baghdad
- Tikrit
- 3rd Al Hillah
- 3rd Samarra
- Al Diwaniyah
- Taji
- 4th Pan-Iraq
- 43rd Baghdad
- 4th Karbala
- 44th Baghdad
- 2nd Basra
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Battles and operations of the Iraq War in Anbar Province
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- Fallujah Killings
- Desert Scorpion
- 1st Ramadan
- Spring 2004
- 1st Fallujah
- 1st Ramadi
- Husaybah
- 2nd Fallujah
- Abu Ghraib
- Sayeed
- Al Qaim
- Hit
- Haditha
- Steel Curtain
- Haditha Killings
- Desert Shield
- 2nd Ramadi
- Ramadan 2006
- Al Majid
- Alljah
- Donkey Island
- 2008 AQI Offensive
- Abu Kamal
- 2009 AQI Offensive
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Operation Steel Curtain (Arabic: الحجاب الفولاذي Al Hejab Elfulathi) was a military endeavor executed by coalition forces in early November 2005 to reduce the flow of foreign insurgents crossing the border and joining the Iraqi insurgency. The operation was important in that it was the first large scale deployment of the New Iraqi Army. This offensive was part of the larger Operation Sayeed (Hunter), designed to prevent al Qaeda in Iraq from operating in the Euphrates River Valley and throughout Al Anbar and to establish a permanent Iraqi Army presence in the Al Qa’im region.