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  • Iraqi Army and U.S. Marines uncover insurgent cache
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq An Iraqi Army and U.S. Marine patrol operating on the outskirts of Barwanah discovered a cache Jan. 14. Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. Marines with 2nd Platoon, Company L, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Reg... ( 11/16/2006 )
  • Al Anbar recruits head to Baghdad Police Academy
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Approximately 400 Iraqi Police candidates arrived in Baghdad early this morning from the Al Anbar Province to begin a ten week Iraqi Police training course.Half of the men were recruited from the Al ... ( 11/13/2006 )
  • Marines conduct air strikes
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq At approximately 12:35 a.m. (local) today coalition forces conducted a limited air strike on small bridges known to be used by terrorists to move foreign fighters and equipment across the Euphrates R... ( 9/5/2006 )
  • 813 FALLUJAHIAN MEN JOIN THE IRAQI ARMY
    FALLUJAH, Iraq Eight hundred and thirteen Iraqi men enlisted in the Iraqi Army during a three-day recruiting drive here by a Mobile Recruiting Team from the Ministry of Defense.The 813 recruits were part of a large... ( 3/30/2006 )
  • Marine, Air Force dog handlers work together in Al Qa’im
    CAMP AL QA’IM, Iraq Inter-service rivalry is almost a tradition in the armed services, Marines, soldiers, sailors and airmen have all, at one time or another, joked about believed deficiencies in other services.  Nothin... ( 2/14/2006 )
  • Operation Final Strike ends
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 1,000 Iraqi soldiers from 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (28th Infantry Division) completed Operation Al Dharba Al Nihaa’ya (Final Strike) ... ( 1/30/2006 )
  • Koa Canyon wrap up
    FORWARD OPERATING BASE HIT, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. Marines finished Operation Wadi Aljundi (Koa Canyon) along the Western Euphrates River Valley yesterday after finding and destroying 45 weapons caches and detaining 20 su... ( 1/28/2006 )
  • Coalition Forces repulse attacks in Ramadi after elections
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Security Force soldiers and U.S. Forces in Ramadi repulsed attacks on military bases beginning at approximately 3:45 p.m. in the provincial capital of Ar Ramadi, approximately 100 km west of Ba... ( 1/20/2006 )
  • Counterinsurgeny Operation in Hit, Iraq
    FORWARD OPERATING BASE HIT, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and approximately 1,000 Marines, Sailors and Soldiers with the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), are conducting counterinsurgency operations in the Al A... ( 1/19/2006 )
  • Operation Koa Canyon Update
    FORWARD OPERATING BASE HIT, Iraq Iraqi soldiers and U.S. Marines are continuing Operation Wadi Aljundi (Koa Canyon) along the Western Euphrates River Valley today to locate insurgents and their weapons caches with the assistance of ... ( 1/19/2006 )
  • 22 MEU finds cache
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. Marines uncovered hundreds of mortars, artillery rounds, rockets and other warheads during the 3-day sweep near the ancient town of Hit in Al Anbar province.“This was our... ( 1/11/2006 )
  • Bomb kills Iraqi Police applicants
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Despite a suicide bomber attack at 10:55 a.m. today on a crowd of Ramadi citizens at an Iraqi police recruitment center near the Ramadi Glass and Ceramics Works, the applicants returned and continued... ( 1/5/2006 )
  • Iraqi Army uncovers weapons caches
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers from 1st and 2nd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, attached to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (28th Infantry Division) discovered seven weapons caches and detained two insurgents... ( 1/4/2006 )
  • Marines discover munitions
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq U.S. Marines discovered more than 10 metric tons of munitions hidden at 72 cache sites 39 km south of Fallujah during the weeklong Operation Green Trident.First Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental C... ( 1/2/2006 )
  • Iraqi Army captures insurgents in Ar Ramadi
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 7th Division working alongside 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 28th Infantry Division, are clearing the streets of known insurgents in western Ramadi.I... ( 12/29/2005 )
  • Operation Moonlight ends
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Operation Alkamra Almaner (Moonlight) concluded yesterday evening.Moonlight was the first brigade-level operation conducted by Iraqi Army soldiers in the Al Anbar province. Five Iraqi Army companies... ( 12/23/2005 )
  • Operation Alkamra Almaner Begins
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Soldiers from 1st Brigade, 1st Iraqi Army Division began Operation Alkamra Almaner (Moonlight) early this morning in western Al Anbar. Iraqi Army soldiers from three Iraqi battalions are conducting a... ( 12/19/2005 )
  • Operation Skinner concludes in Iraq
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army Soldiers, U.S. Marines and Army Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team (28th Infantry Division) concluded Operation Gashshaar (Skinner) in central Ramadi today.The operation began on the ev... ( 12/10/2005 )
  • High value terrorist detained in Ar Ramadi
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq The number three terrorist on the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (28th Infantry Division) High Value Individual list was detained today in the provincial capital of Ar Ramadi. Amir Khalaf Fanus, an al-Qaeda... ( 12/9/2005 )
  • Operation Ram concludes
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 100 Iraqi Army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Division and 400 soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, wrapped up Operation Tallie (Rams) in Ramadi today. Operation ... ( 12/7/2005 )
  • Operation Rams (Tallie) begins
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 100 Iraqi Army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Division and 400 soldiers from the 2/28 Brigade Combat Team, launched Operation Rams (Tallie) in Ramadi yesterday. Ope... ( 12/5/2005 )
  • Operation Tallie continues
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 100 Iraqi Army soldiers from 3rd Battalion, 3rd Brigade, 1st Iraqi Division and 400 soldiers from the 2/28 Brigade Combat Team, continued Operation Rams (Tallie) in Ramadi today. Altoge... ( 12/5/2005 )
  • Operation Shank concludes
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Army and coalition forces wrapped up Operation Harba (Shank) in central and southern Ramadi today. The operation was the fifth in a series of operations by the Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces c... ( 12/3/2005 )
  • Operation Iron Hammer in final stages
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Operation Matraqa Hadidia (Iron Hammer) is in its final stages with the completion of construction of a long-term basing in the Hai Al Becker region on the eastern side of the Euphrates River across ... ( 12/3/2005 )
  • Operation Iron Hammer continues
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 500 Iraqi Army soldiers from 1st Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 7th Division and 1,500 Marines from the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit with 500 soldiers from 2nd Battalion-114th Field Artiller... ( 12/2/2005 )
  • Operation Shank continues
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Operation Harba (Shank) is the fifth in a series of operations by the Iraqi Army and Coalition Forces conducting combined clearing operations to disrupt the insurgency and set the conditions for a su... ( 12/2/2005 )
  • Operation Shank kicks off
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 200 Iraqi Army soldiers from 1st Brigade, 7th Division and 300 Marines from 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, launched Operation Harba (Shank)... ( 12/2/2005 )
  • Operation Iron Hammer progresses
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Operation Matraqa Hadidia (Iron Hammer) is progressing with the clearing of the Hai Al Becker region on the eastern side of the Euphrates River across from Hit and approximately 170 km west of Baghda... ( 12/1/2005 )
  • Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. forces began operations near Hit
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. Marines, Sailors and Soldiers began operations near Hit in the Hai Al Becker region.The aim of the operation is to clear the region of al-Qaeda in Iraq-led insurgents and... ( 11/30/2005 )
  • 2nd Marine Division finds caches
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. Marines, Soldiers and Sailors of the 2nd Marine Division discovered 66 weapons caches during the past week in Al Anbar.Blocks of plastic explosives, sticks of TNT, artill... ( 11/29/2005 )
  • Operation Tigers nets several caches
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Early morning efforts of Operation Numur (Tigers) by soldiers of the Iraqi Army and Task Force 2-69, U.S. Army have netted several caches, including two that were found along a railroad track used by... ( 11/27/2005 )
  • Operation Tigers begins
    CAMP AR RAMADI, Iraq Approximately 550 Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team attached to the 2nd Marine Division kicked off Operation Tigers (Nimur) this morning in the Ma’Laab District o... ( 11/26/2005 )
  • Comm restored in Al Anbar
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq The people of Al Anbar province were reconnected to their country’s capital and the rest of the world today as telecommunication services were restored to the region.Insurgents cut Al Anbar’s electro... ( 11/26/2005 )
  • Operation Lion concludes
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 200 Iraqi Army soldiers and 250 soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2-BCT) concluded Operation Asad (Lions) in the Tammim area of Ar Ramadi today.As a result of Lions, 20 suspect... ( 11/24/2005 )
  • Ramadi Operation Commences
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 200 Iraqi Army soldiers and 250 soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2-BCT), attached to the 2nd Marine Division, kicked off Operation Asad (Lions) Tuesday in the Tammim area of s... ( 11/23/2005 )
  • Operation Steel Curtain concludes
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and Marines, soldiers and sailors with Regimental Combat Team-2 wrapped up Operation Al Hajip Elfulathi (Steel Curtain) today near the Syrian border.The 17-day offensive, which to... ( 11/22/2005 )
  • Reconstruction project begins with ceremony
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi government and coalition officials are holding a signing ceremony this Wednesday at the Government Center in Ramadi to celebrate the kickoff of the largest reconstruction project in Al Anbar pr... ( 11/21/2005 )
  • Operation Bruins concludes
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq Approximately 150 Iraqi Army soldiers and 300 Marines and soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2 BCT), 2nd Marine Division, concluded Operation Dhibbah (Bruins) in northern Ar Ramadi Sunday eve... ( 11/21/2005 )
  • Operation Bruins begins
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq Approximately 150 Iraqi Army soldiers and 300 Marines and soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team (2 BCT), 2nd Marine Division, began Operation Dhibbah (Bruins) in northern Ar Ramadi Saturday eveni... ( 11/20/2005 )
  • Insurgent’s objective of attacks unclear
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. Forces engaged armed groups of insurgents sporadically yesterday throughout the Al Anbar provincial capital of Ar Ramadi resulting in 32 enemy killed.The attacks began sh... ( 11/18/2005 )
  • Construction, Patrols continue
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and Marines, Soldiers and Sailors continue Operation Al Hajip Elfulathi (Steel Curtain) in the Al Qa’im region today.Construction of bases for the Iraqi Army and U.S. military’s l... ( 11/17/2005 )
  • Operation Steel Curtain update (Nov. 15)
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and Marines, Soldiers and Sailors continue Operation Al Hajip Elfulathi (Steel Curtain) in Ubaydi. Military commanders in Ubaydi report that the majority of the city has been clea... ( 11/15/2005 )
  • Forces begin new phase of Operation Steel Curtain
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and Marines, Soldiers and Sailors with Regimental Combat Team –2 began a new phase of Operation Al Hajip Elfulathi (Steel Curtain) today by entering the town of Ubaydi.Ubaydi, loc... ( 11/14/2005 )
  • Forces in final phase of Karabilah operations
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and Marines, Soldiers and Sailors with Regimental Combat Team –2 are in the final phases of clearing operations in the border town of Karabilah. The goals of Operation Al Hajip El... ( 11/12/2005 )
  • Forces continue clearing Karabilah
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Approximately 1,000 Iraqi Army soldiers and 2,500 Marines, Soldiers and Sailors with Regimental Combat Team –2 continue clearing the town of Karabilah of terrorists and weapons in Operation Al Hajip ... ( 11/11/2005 )
  • Operation Steel Curtain moves to Karabilah
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Army soldiers and U.S. Forces have begun clear and hold operations in the city of Karabilah, approximately two kilometers east of Husaybah, as Operation Al Hajip Elfulathi (Steel Curtain) enter... ( 11/10/2005 )
  • Ramadi insurgent leader captured
    AR RAMADI, Iraq Second Brigade Combat Team Soldiers from Task Force 2-69 Armor captured a high-level insurgent leader while conducting combat patrols in eastern Ramadi, early Saturday morning.Majid Adnon Swedowi and... ( 11/9/2005 )
  • Iraqi soldiers, Marines find weapons cache in Fallujah
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq Soldiers from the 1-2-1 Iraqi Army partnered with the U.S. Marines from Regimental Combat Team – 8 discovered a weapons cache and detained six insurgents during cordon and search operations in northe... ( 11/9/2005 )
  • Operation Steel Curtain Update
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Late Tuesday night, the commanding officer of Regimental Combat Team – 2, Col. Stephen W. Davis, announced the end of clearing operations in Husaybah.Operation Al Hajip Elfulathi (Steel Curtain) cont... ( 11/9/2005 )
  • Operation Steel Curtain civilian casualties
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Yesterday evening Iraqi Army soldiers and Marines responded to a local elderly man’s plea for assistance in Husaybah.Based on information from the man, Iraqi soldiers and Marines rescued two civilian... ( 11/9/2005 )
  • Coalition Forces engage enemy in Operation Steel Curtain
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Fighting continued into the second day of Operation Al Hajip Elfulathi (Steel Curtain) in the town of Husaybah near the Iraq-Syria border.Approximately 1,000 Iraqi Army soldiers and 2,500 Marines, Sa... ( 11/6/2005 )
  • Operation Steel Curtain begins
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Approximately 2,500 Marines, Sailors and Soldiers with Regimental Combat Team-2 and 1,000 Iraqi Army soldiers began Operation Al Hajip Elfulathi (Steel Curtain) in western Al Anbar today. The object... ( 11/5/2005 )
  • Insurgents killed, weapons seized in Ramadi
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Coalition forces killed three insurgents in Ramadi today while conducting a cordon and search operation at the Malaab Soccer Stadium in the eastern part of the city. At approximately 11 a.m., a snip... ( 10/27/2005 )
  • IED materials discovered in Al Anbar
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces and members of 2nd Marine Division discovered 32 weapons caches in the Al Anbar province over the last seven days.The latest find, discovered late yesterday, yielded more than 1... ( 10/23/2005 )
  • Deputy Governor killed in Ramadi
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Tahleb Ebrahim Saoud, the deputy governor of Al Anbar, died at the Ramadi Hospital today as a result of wounds received in an insurgent attack. Deputy Governor Tahleb was in route to a meeting at t... ( 10/18/2005 )
  • An estimated 70 Insurgents killed near Ramadi
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Coalition forces continued counter-insurgency operations in areas of the Al Anbar province Sunday, killing an estimated 70 terrorists in separate actions. At approximately 1:25 p.m., oalition force... ( 10/17/2005 )
  • Weapons cache destroyed
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Marines from Regimental Combat Team 2 destroyed an insurgent cave complex used as a weapons cache and bomb-making factory early this morning near Haqlaniyah after observing three suspicous men outsid... ( 10/17/2005 )
  • Referendum wrap-up from Al Anbar
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Members of 2nd Marine Division and Iraqi Security Forces wrapped up security operations today in support of the Constitutional Referendum in Al Anbar province. The voter turnout in the province was b... ( 10/16/2005 )
  • 2nd FSSG Marines, soldiers alerted to weapons caches
    AL ANBAR PROVINCE, Iraq Soldiers with the Texas National Guard and Marines from 2nd Force Service Support Group (Forward), discovered significant weapons caches near a primary school, slated as a polling site, here after be... ( 10/15/2005 )
  • Operation River Gate setting conditions for secure voting
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces and Marines, Soldiers and Sailors from Regimental Combat Team - 2 continue Operation Bawwabatu Annaher (River Gate) in the cities of Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana. These citie... ( 10/13/2005 )
  • Bomb-making factory found during search
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq U.S. Army soldiers, assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division, conducting a cordon and search operation near Anah , approximately 300 km northwest of Baghdad, discovered one of the la... ( 10/12/2005 )
  • Operation checkpoint disrupts insurgent suicide bomb mission
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces and Marines, soldiers and sailors from Regimental Combat Team – 2 continued Operation Bawwabatu Annaher (River Gate) in the cities of Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana today. Thre... ( 10/10/2005 )
  • Weapons cache uncovered
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq For the third time in as many weeks, soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Marine Division discovered a significant weapons cache in Ramadi, Al Anbar’s provincial capital. The unit was conductin... ( 10/10/2005 )
  • Weapons uncovered during operation
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 350 Iraqi Security Force soldiers and 2,500 Marines, soldiers and sailors from Regimental Combat Team – 2 continued Operation Bawwabatu Annaher (River Gate) in the cities of Hadithah, H... ( 10/9/2005 )
  • Operation River Gate continues
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 350 Iraqi Security Force soldiers and 2,500 Marines, soldiers and sailors from Regimental Combat Team – 2 continued Operation Bawwabatu Annaher (River Gate) in the cities of Hadithah, H... ( 10/9/2005 )
  • Operation Iron Fist concluded
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Approximately 1,000 Marines, Soldiers and Sailors assigned to Regimental Combat Team -2 concluded Operation Kabda Bil Hadid (Iron Fist) in the Al Qa’im region of Western Al Anbar late yesterday. The ... ( 10/7/2005 )
  • Operation Iron Fist update
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Approximately 1,000 Marines, soldiers and sailors are in their sixth day of Operation Kabda Bil Hadid (Iron Fist) in Western Al Anbar.The force, assigned to Regimental Combat Team-2, is operating in ... ( 10/6/2005 )
  • Marines and ISF begin cordon and search operation
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces and 2nd Brigade Combat Team Soldiers, Airmen and Marines began a cordon and search operation today in and around Ar Ramadi’s southern district of Tammin. The purpose of Operatio... ( 10/4/2005 )
  • Marines launch Operation Bawwabatu Annaher (River Gate)
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq The 2nd Marine Division today launched Operation Bawwabatu Annaher (River Gate) in the cities of Haditha, Haqlaniyah and Barwana. Approximately 2,500 Marines, Soldiers and Sailors from Regimental Com... ( 10/4/2005 )
  • Major offensive kicks off in Iraq
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq A force of approximately 1,000 Marines, soldiers and sailors from Regimental Combat Team-2 launched an operation against a known terrorist sanctuary in the western Al Anbar province town of Sa’dah, i... ( 10/1/2005 )
  • Operation Fist update
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq The first day of Operation Kabda Bil Hadid (Iron Fist) saw several successful engagements against Al Qaeda terrorists operating in and around Sa’dah, approximately 12 kilometers east of the Syrian bo... ( 10/1/2005 )
  • Terrorist safe house targeted in Karabilah
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Coalition Forces conducted an air strike Thursday night against a known terrorist safe house and weapons cache in the Western Al Anbar Province border town of Karabilah. The target was an abandoned s... ( 9/16/2005 )
  • Operation Cyclone begins
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces and coalition forces have launched a cordon and search operation against a known terrorist safe haven in the western Al Anbar province town of Rutbah. Operation Zoba’a (Cyclone)... ( 9/11/2005 )
  • Marines launch air strike in Husaybah
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq At approximately 1 p.m. (local) coalition forces conducted an air strike against an identified terrorist safe haven in the western border town of Husaybah. Numerous reliable sources have observed ove... ( 9/1/2005 )
  • Marine Air Strikes in Husaybah
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq At approximately 4:40 p.m. (local) Coalition Forces conducted multiple air strikes against a known terrorist safe house in the western Al Anbar province border town of Husaybah., Multiple calls from ... ( 8/26/2005 )
  • Operation Quick Strike ends
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Special Operations Forces, Iraqi Army and Marine forces from Regimental Combat Team-2 concluded Operation Quick Strike today.Iraqi soldiers and Marines operated throughout the Haditha, Haqliniy... ( 8/10/2005 )
  • Operation Quick Strike continues
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Iraqi Security Force soldiers and Marines from Regimental Combat Team-2 discovered a bomb in a building in Haqliniyah during Operation Quick Strike yesterday.Three 155 mm artillery rounds, weighing m... ( 8/8/2005 )
  • Coalition forces engage insurgents near Haditha
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, AR RAMADI, Iraq Coalition forces engaged insurgents one mile southeast of Haditha early this morning. Marines from Regimental Combat Team-2 were attacked with mortar fire from insurgents occupying a local schoolhous... ( 7/31/2005 )
  • ISF, Marines kill nine insurgents
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces and coalition forces killed nine insurgents, five of which were reportedly Syrian nationals, who were using buildings in a small village west of Haditha as safe houses and firin... ( 7/28/2005 )
  • Operation Qmtia update
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces and Coalition Forces are continuing Operation Qmtia (Scimitar) in the Zaidon region, southeast of Fallujah.During the early hours this morning, an improvised explosive device de... ( 7/10/2005 )
  • Operation Qmtia (Scimitar) begins
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Marines from 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, Regimental Combat Team-8 detained 22 suspected insurgents during targeted raid operations near Fallujah. Operation Qmtia (Scimitar) began July 7 in Zaidon, ... ( 7/9/2005 )
  • Marines, Sailors and ISF conclude Operation Sword
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces, Marines and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division, are concluding Operation Sword and will remain in the city of Hit indefinitely to provide an ongoing se... ( 7/6/2005 )
  • Car, roadside bomb shops found in Ramadi
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces from the 1st Battalion, 1st Brigade, 1st Division and U.S. soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment uncovered seven weapons caches, a car-bomb factory and a road... ( 7/1/2005 )
  • Operation Saif begins
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraq Security Forces (ISF) and approximately 1,000 Marines, sailors and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-2, comprised of elements of 2nd Marine Regiment and 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Marine Di... ( 6/29/2005 )
  • Operation Sword continues
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraq Security Forces and approximately 1,000 Marines, sailors and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-2, comprised of elements of 2nd Marine Regiment and 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Marine Di... ( 6/29/2005 )
  • Operation Sword update
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ar Ramadi, Iraq Iraq Security Forces and approximately 1,000 Marines, sailors and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-2, comprised of elements of 2nd Marine Regiment and 2nd Brigade Combat Team of the 2nd Marine Di... ( 6/28/2005 )
  • Operations continue in Al Anbar, Iraq
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces and Marines, sailors and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division, continue Operation Romhe (Spear), in and around the city of Karabilah in Western Al Anbar p... ( 6/20/2005 )
  • Operation Khanjar continues
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, RAMADI Iraq Iraqi Security Force soldiers and Marines, sailors and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-8, 2nd Marine Division continue conducting operations in the Southern Lake Thar-Thar region of Al Anbar.Ope... ( 6/19/2005 )
  • Operation Khanjar begins
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, RAMADI, Iraq Marines, Sailors and Soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-8, 2d Marine Division and Iraqi Security Force soldiers began conducting combat operations early this morning in the Southern Lake Thar-Thar ... ( 6/18/2005 )
  • Operation Spear continues in Karabilah
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Ramadi, Iraq Marines, sailors and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division and Iraqi security forces continue conducting Operation Romhe in and around the city of Karabilah today.The operation’... ( 6/18/2005 )
  • Combat operations continue in Karabilah
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq Iraqi Security Forces (ISF) and Marines, sailors and soldiers from Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division continue conducting Operation Romhe in and around the city of Karabilah today.Marines ... ( 6/18/2005 )
  • Operation Spear update
    CAMP BLUE DIAMOND, Iraq Approximately 1,000 Marines and Sailors from Regimental Combat Team-2, 2nd Marine Division and Iraqi Security Force soldiers are battling insurgents in northwestern Al Anbar province. Operation Romh... ( 6/17/2005 )
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