Operation Al Majid

Iraqi police manning a checkpoint in Barwanah in December 2006.

Operation Al Majid was an operation conducted by both Marines and Iraqi security forces intended to disrupt and defeat insurgent activity throughout more than 30,000 square miles (78,000 km²) in western Al Anbar Province. The operation began in the fall of 2006 and resulted in a series of berms being constructed around the cities of Anah, Haditha, Haqlaniyah, and Barwanah.

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• Gains in stability slow but tangible in Haditha
• Marines battle their past in an Iraqi city
• Unit sees efforts stabilize city, drive back insurgents
• Additional Coalition forces, construction of dirt ‘berms’ increase security conditions in Iraq’s Haditha Triad region
• U.S. Army unit rescues kidnapped Iraqis from insurgents
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